Monday, March 31, 2008

It'll be just like starting over

Thank you, John Lennon, for such an appropriate title.

Well, the house that I thought was going to be my first home is no longer in the running, as the homeowner has decided to file bankruptcy and take the house off the market. Additionally, the even better house I found last weekend that I put an offer already had an offer on it, and is closing on Friday, so things are not looking good on that front.

All that to say, I've got a bit of work ahead of me.

I'll be looking at places tomorrow and for the rest of the week if needed; my goal is to have an offer on an available and realistic house by the end of the week, and I think I can achieve that goal. We'll see. It's in God's hands, and I'm fine with that.

This week is going to be moderately intense. Not only do I need to find a house, I also have several work events to attend, along with preparing for a 21 mile run Sunday morning. There's just a lot that has to happen this week.

My newest addictions are: Cubis 2 on MSN Games and the Pieces of Flair application on Facebook. Check out both if you get the chance; definitely worth your time. Well, maybe not definitely, but sure beats doing nothing!

Thursday, March 06, 2008

The hope

This is my goal for what the basement will look like...


The home buying process

Not really the process, so much as where I'm at in it... which, in this case, is waiting for the seller's mortgage company to accept my offer.

In the meantime, here are pics of the place!

Upstairs bathroom (shower to the left)
Upstairs bathroom (shower to the left)


Upstairs landing


Upstairs bedroom #1 (right up the steps)


Living room view from entry


Living room view from dining (entry door is on left)


Back porch (off kitchen)


Kitchen


Basement stairs (the start of something great)


Rear view


Side view from corner of street


Front of house (main entry is off side porch on right)


Main level bathroom


View into back main floor bedroom (bathroom on left, other bedroom behind)


Dining Room (bathroom directly behind)


Main floor hallway (living room ahead, kitchen left, back bed right, porch behind)


Stairway upstairs


Upstairs bedroom #2 (left up the steps)


So that's that... more to come!