We bought a new house!

We just bought a new house!

It's hard to describe how surreal it feels, but we've been told we own it and I see a big huge mortgage in my online banking, so it must be true.

First some logistics, We are going to keep our old house and rent it out, we still like it a lot. Part of the deal with buying the new house would be that we would let the current owner stay in there and rent it back from us until February. That's why over there on the right of this website you see a countdown until we can move into our new house.

It's twice the size of our current place and has wonderful views of the ocean and town. It's close to parks and schools and my daughter will be able to walk to her (new) friends houses and school and ride her bike right out of the house. It's close to swimming and bike trails and beautiful.

Obviously it won't look this nice once our ratty old cat destroyed furniture moves in, but it'll still be awesome.

Did I mention the kitchen, because it is awesome and wifey can cook up a storm in there for sure! There is no pool (we didn't want one where we live) and it has a two car garage for the bikes.

It's move in ready and very well maintained. We want to put in a few bay windows and do a little painting but it's pretty much ready to go.

I also want to epoxy the garage floor and put in the same cabinets we put it at our current house.

Every time we visit we find something new that makes us love it more and more. Last time it was the little sponge holder in those fake drawers in front of the sink, the filing cabinet filled with receipts and owners manuals for everything in the house (just like we would do!) and the built in closet organizer in my daughter's room. I keep having these moments where I work out something new about it that fills me with joy, like being able to call someone up and they will deliver pizza! and not feeling trapped in our house on rainy days because we're worried there will be a big accident on the highway and we won't be able to get home. 99 days to go!