Mary's Musings: My New House!!

Sometime back in April I started thinking about buying a new house. I had not put my old house on the market nor did I really have much intention to. I told my mom about my little thought and that set in motion a series of events that quickly ended with me buying a new house. Needless to say it's always, ALWAYS dangerous when the Libster and I hatch new ideas or "go up the road" just to get out of the house. We have been known to come back with lots of clothes, new cars, and of course new houses! We decided to enlist the help of a Realtor and we went with Mary Lou Vonderau. We met with her and she told me that the house that was meant to be mine would "smile" at me. One day after work, we looked at 6 houses in an hour. I wasn't expecting much because I wasn't fully convinced that I was ready for a new house yet. Well the first house we went into was this cute house on the opposite side of my neighborhood. It was a 3/2 with a garage, tile floors, dining room, large fenced in backyard, everything I was looking for when I bought my first house, but couldn't afford. This house sure did "smirk" at me if it wasn't smiling yet. We looked at the other five and they just didn't compare to the first house of the day that had gone from "smirking" at me to a big cheesy "grin." After Mary Lou left I told my parents that I wanted the first house we looked at because it was now "smiling" at me. So, ever the financial guru, my mom worked the numbers and put an offer on the house that night in the hopes that it didn't get away from us. She didn't tell me what the offer was, so I was psyching myself up for some back and forth on the offer. That weekend we got the call that they didn't even counter with a new offer and accepted my offer!! I was so excited! After a month of home inspections, repairs and painting the entire inside of the house, I'm happy to say that I've moved...again! I absolutely love this house!! It's such a grown-up house, one that I could live in forever. Have a look at it! Isn't it great?!