OUR FIRST HOUSE!!

So, this is the big news...we bought a house! Our first house. After being married for seven years, and living in five different apartments, we finally have our own little place on the map. Praise God!!

Here it is...

Here's a little info about our new casa...

It is located in Hamilton, VA, which Jared has deemed "Mayberry." If you go to the website, there are pictures of the newly-rebuilt park, which happens to be adjacent to our back yard. When Eleanor is bigger, she can just jump over our fence, and go play. The house has 3 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms. The bedrooms and the two full bathrooms are on the main level, along with a living room, and, of course, the kitchen and dining room. It also has a fully finished walk-out basement, which is apparently very important to people around here. (I am clueless in this department, as no one in Texas has a basement.) The basement has five rooms- a laundry room, half bathroom, and three other miscellaneous rooms. We will probably use the biggest room in the basement as a family/playroom. There are two fireplaces- one on the main level and one in the basement. Also, you can't see it in the picture, but there is a big screened-in porch on the right side of the house.

Structurally, the house is great. Cosmetically, it is stuck in 1976, when it was built. I affectionately refer to the kitchen as "That 70's kitchen." That is why there are no pictures of the inside. I'm waiting for the fabulous before and after shots that I know are waiting in our future. At least our Christmas lists will be easy for the next few years- Home Depot gift cards, please! Now, you may be saying to yourself, "WHY would they buy a 1976 fixer-upper for their first house?" I would like to answer that with a sample listing from our area...(THIS IS NOT OUR HOUSE)...

This house costs $289,900. And they're serious.

But I digress.

We're so excited about our big purchase. The closing date is June 28th, and we don't have to be out of our apartment until July 26th, which gives us almost a whole month to get that awesome wallpaper torn down, walls painted, and floors redone. We've been watching A LOT of DIY Network, Discovery Home, and TLC for pointers on our various projects. We make Eleanor watch it too. Hey, everyone has to do their part if we're going to get this place whipped into shape!