I think I just fainted
Domestic Bliss October 16th, 2007I’m sure that most of you have been wondering why in the hell that Lach and I have fallen off the face of the ’sphere. Click the thumbnail for your answer!!
Ecstatic. Scared. Shocked. Happy Tears. So many emotions that I don’t even know where to begin! Because of our recent good fortune, we have been talking to our close friend who is in real estate about finally getting serious. We made an offer last night and just found out that it was accepted with no changes! Now that it is all coming together, I can’t even begin to focus on work. My mind is at our new home. My brain is already turning a partially fenced backyard into a fur-children ready haven. I’m already hanging these killer wine racks in the dining room. I’m selling furniture we can do without and wondering how much it would cost to get a pool table for the basement. I’m hanging our memories on the freshly painted walls and starting a fire on a cool winter evening.
How in the hell is work supposed to compete with THAT? I think I’m going to go run laps around the building now…
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October 16th, 2007 at 10:10 am
Congratulations! I couldn’t be happier for you guys!!!
October 16th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
That is so awesome! I’m SO happy for y’all!
October 16th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
P.S. I really like that wine rack.
October 16th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
Congrats!! cute house.
October 16th, 2007 at 2:23 pm
Congratulations!
October 16th, 2007 at 4:41 pm
That’s fabulous, congratulations!!!
October 16th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
Kick-A wine racks and warm congratulations!
October 17th, 2007 at 4:27 am
*sniffle* You’re all growed up now. Congratulations! House par-tay!!!
October 17th, 2007 at 6:03 am
Congratulations!!! I remember buying my first place. I didn’t sleep for days and it seemed like it took forever for the closing date to arrive.
So exciting!
October 17th, 2007 at 6:36 am
I’m doing cartwheels for you. OK, that’s a lie. But, I would…
October 17th, 2007 at 7:18 am
Thank you all so much for the support! I don’t think I’ve slept more than a few hours all week. It’s impossible to shut my brain off with a thousand things going through it. We will have the official inspections this weekend and if all goes as planned, we’ll close on Nov. 30th. So, yes, it is going to be a looong month of November!
October 17th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
Looks like a neat place. (I have a weakness for neat places, having bought one myself four years ago; I suppose I could have found something newer, or closer to work, or possibly even less expensive, but darnit, this place is neat.)
And yes, it will be a long month. I put in a contract during the third week of October, and we closed the day before Thanksgiving. Thought it would take years to get through those last thirty-odd days.
October 18th, 2007 at 8:03 am
Congrats you two! There are so many important firsts in life… and in relationships. But owning that first home is a biggie!
Enjoy the process of making it yours. There are very few more satisfying things in the world.
October 18th, 2007 at 2:12 pm
Yippie!
October 19th, 2007 at 8:30 am
Hoorayy!!!
October 19th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
Awesome! Congratulations! Buying my first house was the most terrifying thing I think I’ve ever done. If you haven’t already, don’t be surprised if before you close you wake in a cold sweat in the middle of the night wondering “What the FUCK have I just done?!?”
It’s all good - Yay! Happy first home
October 19th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
Charles, I’ll have more pics up before long. It really does have character which was an important factor to us. And I can’t complain that it will be a FIVE minute commute to my work either.
Trep, making it our own is what I look forward to the most. I’m already finding myself obsessed with the local architectural salvage websites… and we haven’t even had the inspections yet!
MJ, I have had a few of those freak out moments but I try to remind myself of the disgustingly large amount of money I’ve put into someone else’s pocket renting. It’s doesn’t make it any less terrifying though, lol.
October 20th, 2007 at 8:16 am
I never had more than a few fleeting seconds of “buyer’s remorse,” even when writing out rather large checks to expedite the buying process.
Admittedly, my commute has gone up from seven minutes to seventeen. On the other hand, my little postwar neighborhood (developed 1947-48) is in arguably better shape than the Seventies schlock I left behind.