It appears I completely forgot about my plan to blog about the home buying process. Let me sum it up for you: it's l-o-o-o-o-o-ong.
I am actually (very) happily settled into the new house. We were able to move forward with the second house we had an accepted offer on. The home inspector was only able to find one problem (the paint on the bulkhead door was chipped, and had to be repainted). Once he got his second fee for doing the follow-up inspection, we were good to go!
We got the keys on April 15th, and Dad moved in right away. He literally brought a small mat with him and slept on the floor in his upstairs apartment that night. I'm not sure if it was more excitement over the new place, or excitement over not staying in our (very small) spare bedroom for four months.
We love the house - the cats are incredibly happy - they have tons of space - and huge many-windowed porches on the first and second floors - we have a huge back yard, that was already set up for a really large garden. This year, our gardens were completely populated with seedlings people gave us, or old seeds Dad or I had from previous years. We've already started planning out for next year.
The house itself is awesome - it was built in the late 1910s - early 1920s (I just can't remember which), and it's on an island! A certain family member of mine told me that it's "not really an island," according to her, the fact that there is a bridge to our island means that it's not real - you have to take a boat to "real" islands. I didn't comment on this incorrect assertion, as I like to keep the peace as much as possible, and since this has been a pretty wacky year, my silence seemed to be the right move.
I'm sure you've seen that I've updated the Netflix Christmas movie list for 2016 - I will do at least one more update before the big day.
Until then - try to enjoy a delicious moose mug of eggnog!
I am actually (very) happily settled into the new house. We were able to move forward with the second house we had an accepted offer on. The home inspector was only able to find one problem (the paint on the bulkhead door was chipped, and had to be repainted). Once he got his second fee for doing the follow-up inspection, we were good to go!
We got the keys on April 15th, and Dad moved in right away. He literally brought a small mat with him and slept on the floor in his upstairs apartment that night. I'm not sure if it was more excitement over the new place, or excitement over not staying in our (very small) spare bedroom for four months.
We love the house - the cats are incredibly happy - they have tons of space - and huge many-windowed porches on the first and second floors - we have a huge back yard, that was already set up for a really large garden. This year, our gardens were completely populated with seedlings people gave us, or old seeds Dad or I had from previous years. We've already started planning out for next year.
The house itself is awesome - it was built in the late 1910s - early 1920s (I just can't remember which), and it's on an island! A certain family member of mine told me that it's "not really an island," according to her, the fact that there is a bridge to our island means that it's not real - you have to take a boat to "real" islands. I didn't comment on this incorrect assertion, as I like to keep the peace as much as possible, and since this has been a pretty wacky year, my silence seemed to be the right move.
I'm sure you've seen that I've updated the Netflix Christmas movie list for 2016 - I will do at least one more update before the big day.
Until then - try to enjoy a delicious moose mug of eggnog!
 |
| My Eggnog & My Tree |
