OUR NEW HOUSE!!!

YAAAY! So for those of you who didn't know, J and I have been house-hunting this summer. When I bought the house we're in now, it was just Chaser and me - but it's just too small for J and Chase and Grace and myself - AND all of J's toys. So we decided a few years ago that if we were all four going to continue to live, and our marriage was going to survive - we were going to have to buy a bigger house. And now's that time.

You can't ever find the perfect house - but this is pretty close for us. It's on 1/2 an acre, so the backyard is really big and includes woods and a little creek. It's 4 bedrooms and 3 1/2 baths. The deck is huge and beautiful. The 3 car garage is J's favorite part, of course. The main floor is all hardwood and ceramic tile - a big plus for us. The basement is already finished and it's a walkout - actually there are three back exits, all french doors. And - most importantly - a walk-in closet.

Of course there are little things I want to change here and there - light fixtures and stuff like that (all of the bathrooms are BORING). But all of that can come later - it's totally move-in ready right now. We had our inspection today and they didn't find anything big enough to worry about so it's full steam ahead.

The pics below are off the real estate website, so it's got all of the seller's furniture in it.

We don't close until the end of October, so we've been working very hard to get our house up on the market. There were a lot of things we felt like we needed to finish before we put it up. So we spent the last weekend completely redoing the bathroom (if I never tile or grout again I'll die a happy woman), and we've already refloored and painted the master and upstairs guest bedroom. Still need to replace all the interior doors and a couple of exterior doors - a build a wall. Then we'll be done!