An update

Oh, I have neglected my precious blog! Damn that harlot called Facebook. But it's such instant gratification and low maintenance ... so tempting and such a quick fix.
I haven't had anything to write about lately so I've been avoiding the blog. Then I realized, uh, duh. Yes I do.
People, The Man and I are in escrow.
This is what I wrote to a friend after she found out we were buying a house and was super excited for us:
"We have seen so many homes and my heart has been broken only once by a home :P I learned my lesson after that and don't fall in love with houses anymore! We found this house and put an offer. There are things I love about it - new, good neighborhood, close to my parents, spacious but comfortable enough for me to clean (the older homes we were looking at were a lot bigger and, truthfully, intimidating when I thought about how I would be able to keep it up), tiny yard for us to practice our extremely limited gardening skills, and centrally located in my work territory. The cons are that it's not in our ideal location, it's two story and our preference is one, The Man still has to commute and the land it's on is kind of itty bitty. Oh, and HOA fees! Big boo to that. But we know we are so blessed to even be able to have a first home and know that this will be a great starter home. Hmm, I write that and think I should maybe delete it b/c watch us be there when we retire! Hahaha:) The plan is that we would like to move in 6 years to another city but we'll see. I really like this house and know that we can make it a great home. Especially with personal touches like having beautiful pictures from our wedding displayed!"
Obviously I was writing to our wedding photographer.
We are supposed to have the keys to the house by the end of the month. But Sister warned me not to count anything as a done deal until the keys are actually in our hand. We will also have to cut back quite a bit on luxuries. So if I ask, "Hey! Want to meet for a cup of water?" well, just know that I at least want to see you. We are also wondering how the heck we will furnish the house as it will cause us a pretty penny. Let's be real, thousands of dollars :( So we will definitely have a spacious (bare) home for a while. But by golly, we are going to have a home to call our own very soon. This is the biggest decision we have made since we got married and, oh boy, it's a big one.