We made it. We closed on our first home together. It was a bit more of an emotional moment than I thought it would be. After so much fighting and stress that came with this I was surprised at the quick bit of release I felt. The knots that had been in my stomach for [...]
Tag: home building
We are so close to closing
Come Monday we are closing on our house. With fingers crossed, prayers, a visit to a priest, candles lit and whatever else we come up with for luck-we will close. Last week I was talking to a friend of mine who happens to be a psychic. Yea, the real kind. He reminded me that sometimes [...]
What doesn’t kill your marriage makes you stronger
Before we began building our house people would tell us how they would never build with their spouse again. They would say how much they would fight over hardware and tile selections, how it would make them crazy and about killed their marriage. Somehow we came through without those major hurdles that others seem to [...]
As they say- If it can go wrong, it will.
Oh, hi little blog of mine. I swear I didn't forget about you. I have thought about you over the past several weeks. This should now be the post where I write about the big move into the house we have spent months building. It is supposed to be a great, big, happy post about this [...]
This was our start to summer
This weekend was the weekend I have been waiting for all winter. The weekend where I could FINALLY put away the winter clothes and stretch out in the sun. I live for this, summertime. I live for the long days and warm nights. I really have no idea why I continue to live in a [...]
Deciding How to Build
If you have ever built a home then you know the crazy amount of options that are available to you. Before I started I watched several of my friends go through the same process. It is easy to go over on your limit, adding one more item here and another here and then a few [...]
The Road to Building a House
After the Husband and I started dating we started seriously thinking about where to live together. Sure, he had moved into my apartment but I was doing everything to get out. We were ready for a home of our own but we weren't sure where or how that was going to happen. We live in [...]
Through My Mistakes 