It's Official

     Well folks, it's official. Jason and I put an offer on the house we fell in love with on Sunday, the people countered back and all terms were agreed upon this evening. I don't think I can officially say we are "home owners" at this point because we still have to go through home inspection, termite inspection, final appraisal, and closing before we can call it "home", but we are definitely closer. EDC (estimated date of closing) is December 17, 2010.
    I am not as stressed at this point because we thought it out and prayed about it. The house is also $20,000 less than the top of our budget which is FABULOUS. Now I am stressing about what I'm going to put where, what colors I'm going to paint, and how I'm going to fill a 1900 square foot house when we have about 3 pieces of furniture to our name...two of which are tv's. Guess we and the tv's will sit alone in the big ole' house for a while! Ha..just kidding. My parents and other family members have already been more than generous in offering up furniture to help us start our humble abode.
     I do not have pictures right now, but hopefully we will be able to go back this weekend and I can take some "before" pictures. I will definitely need some opinions from you experienced house decorators when I start trying to spruce up everything. I hope everyone has a great week!

The toll of starting a life

Everyone told us it would be hard. There would be days where things would not always go as planned and there would be stress. Try magnifying that times 1 bazillion and that's how I feel right now. It's 4:27 am and here I lay, after being awake for almost two hours with horrendous heartburn and nausea stressing about what you ask... Buying our first house. We think we have found "the one" and I'm so excited, but a ball of nerves at the same time. This house is perfect for us. It's 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, formal dining, formal living, den, office, tons of closet space, and it has a shop in the back already which was the major selling point for J. We absolutely love it. I stood looking down the hall from the formal living room and could see my future babies running down the hall in their Christmas pajamas... Yes, its that perfect. Why am I scared then you may ask? I don't know!!! My dear cousin whom I trust in these matters tells me that it's normal to feel sick and lose sleep and I do think that's what it is. I know we can afford it but I guess it's kind of fearing the unknown. I don't have pictures right now since the deal hasn't even started rolling ( I said I wanted to sleep on it... Wonder if this counts?) Hopefully we will have something started by this evening and I can share more details. 
    Until then... Fingers crossed and tums in pocket!