Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Housing Update
Well, lots has changed since 5 hours ago. We're putting an offer in on a house.
It's not the same house as earlier today. There were a few issues with that house that we were waiting for answers on. The answers ended up not being in our favor. I felt kind of relieved, because I had started thinking about the runner-up place we saw last weekend. The more I thought about it, the more I kept thinking, "We could live here for a really long time."
This house has a great layout, lots of space, and a huge, flat gorgeous backyard. I can visualize little kids having fun there, me making music there, Husband having plenty of projects to work on (the right kind of projects - no work needs to be done, but we can always come up with updating projects down the road). There's plenty of space for a baby grand piano in the future (the dream lives on). We did a second walk through tonight, and were greeted by neighbors who made sure to tell us that their daughter is a great babysitter.
I drove us home listening to Husband's lengthy cell phone conversation with his mother. After they had discussed just about every aspect of the house, how expensive the market is, and how excited we were, I realized that the length of that conversation matches the length of time that he'll save on each trip to and from work. We could have family dinner at 6pm - 5:30 on some nights. There would be time for Husband to play with Bridget before bedtime. We could have conversations about how our days went in person.
At dinner tonight, I said out loud in a serious conversation, "What would we do with the extra bedroom?" We would have an extra bedroom.
We're meeting the realtor to put the offer in on Thursday, right after the ultrasound. It seems that Thursday is turning into a big day. I'll know by my birthday where I'll be spending Christmas this year.
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Yea, four. All decent size - none of this "oh this room COULD be used as a bedroom" when it actually looks like a closet. The family room in the basement was also used as living space for an adult kid (with a full bath), so we could just keep having kids...
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