Little House on the Prairie

Front of the house
back
kitchen, nice color huh!
upstairs loft
Family room with artwork, very tasteful-were keeping that!

Looky, looky, we got a HOUSE! I didn't want to post till it was official and well, now it is! Now anyone who has seem me with money knows I have financial commitment issues. I cried when we bought our cheap, old car and yes I BAWLED at closing. Everyone kept asking if I was ok, I couldnt even talk, so Brett just laughed and told them I was fine. Man, I hate being in debt and so this just about ruined me. It still bothers me sometimes just thinking about it but Im getting used to it. Plus, I am excited to have a house!

Its way more house than we thought we could get, especially cause houses here are PRICEY! But this is a foreclosure and we bought it for $100,000 LESS than what it sold for brand new four years ago. Plus, its a little out it the country so the houses in this town are a bit cheaper to start with. ( ok, Ive never lived in the country but Target is 10 minutes away, I'll survive, right?). So basically all these things combine made this the cheapest house we could find, seriously. Unfortunetly Brett has a 30 minute commute, but because he works near downtown, we couldnt live closer than 20 minutes without fearing for our lives. We actually considered living near the hospital but once Brett started working, all the gun shot wounds, stabbings, and gang fights happen within a 20 minute radius of the hospital. Brett has already heard of three robbings in front of the hospital that happened in the middle of the DAY! Geez, I'll take the suburbs thank you very much, oh wait, we cant afford that. Ok, we'll take the country thank you very much! And the last thing that talked me into buying a house is the fact that renting is super expensive here and all your neighbors are shady (no more Wymount), so for about $200 extra a month we could own.

We need to do some work on it, all new siding due to hail damage, refrigerator and range needed, painting throughout the whole house, carpet cleaning, new dry wall going up the stairs, and fix top panel of garage door. We already started cleaning, taping and priming the walls. We are also getting quotes on the siding and garage door.