This week marked the one year anniversary of when we closed on the house. My how our lives have changed. When we bought the house I was still in school and unemployed, but it was our (okay MY) dream house, so we jumped in head first.
So, here's to:
- A year of being real adults, with real responsibility. We OWN a house. It's ours. It doesn't belong to our parents, a friend, or a landlord. We pay a real mortgage and real bills and it feels very adult and very grown up.
- A year of surprises. Who knew that two months into homeownership the plumbing would back up on a Sunday. Did you know Roto-Rooter charges much more on a weekend? Who knew that for our end of summer party the pipes would clog and our house would smell like shrimp for three weeks. Literally, Lofton will never let us cook shrimp again. Who knew that that on the first cold morning in October when our heat wouldn't work, it was because our heat is GAS not Electric. Oops! Baby Reese better bundle up. It is very cold here in the winter.
- A year of wonderful family and friends. Thanks Mom and Dad, Sally and Lee for dropping everything to spend a weekend painting every room in out house last June. I'm sorry, I couldn't live with a purple dining room or gray walls. Thanks also for coming back two weeks later when I decided on a Thursday I wanted to move Friday and Saturday. Thanks for buying our washer and dryer, for donating furniture to our bare rooms, and for planting flowers outside. Thanks for loving our house as much as we do. Thanks Wes and Wendy for being fabulous neighbors and amazing friends. I feel in love with your family three years ago, and I never dreamed I would one day live across the street. Thanks for cutting our grass, Wes, even though we don't pay you. And for turning off the water when the pipes froze and busted. I hope you enjoy your free newspaper every morning! I can't wait for Will and Reese to be best friends.
- And finally, a year full of anticipating the future! Lofton has finished painting Reese's room. It's green, but I love it. And I love that this is the house we will bring him home to in October.
So, here's to:
- A year of being real adults, with real responsibility. We OWN a house. It's ours. It doesn't belong to our parents, a friend, or a landlord. We pay a real mortgage and real bills and it feels very adult and very grown up.
- A year of surprises. Who knew that two months into homeownership the plumbing would back up on a Sunday. Did you know Roto-Rooter charges much more on a weekend? Who knew that for our end of summer party the pipes would clog and our house would smell like shrimp for three weeks. Literally, Lofton will never let us cook shrimp again. Who knew that that on the first cold morning in October when our heat wouldn't work, it was because our heat is GAS not Electric. Oops! Baby Reese better bundle up. It is very cold here in the winter.
- A year of wonderful family and friends. Thanks Mom and Dad, Sally and Lee for dropping everything to spend a weekend painting every room in out house last June. I'm sorry, I couldn't live with a purple dining room or gray walls. Thanks also for coming back two weeks later when I decided on a Thursday I wanted to move Friday and Saturday. Thanks for buying our washer and dryer, for donating furniture to our bare rooms, and for planting flowers outside. Thanks for loving our house as much as we do. Thanks Wes and Wendy for being fabulous neighbors and amazing friends. I feel in love with your family three years ago, and I never dreamed I would one day live across the street. Thanks for cutting our grass, Wes, even though we don't pay you. And for turning off the water when the pipes froze and busted. I hope you enjoy your free newspaper every morning! I can't wait for Will and Reese to be best friends.
- And finally, a year full of anticipating the future! Lofton has finished painting Reese's room. It's green, but I love it. And I love that this is the house we will bring him home to in October.
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