We are getting ready to close on our very first house on Monday. I am so excited I haven't been able to sleep very well. I lay in bed at night and imagine where I'm going to place my furniture, what it will be like to live in this new house and how easy it will be to do the laundry without having to go up and down stairs ("yeah!")
I have posted a few pics of our new home :)
We have rented for so many years, that I do have some fears as to how we will adjust to owning our own home. First of all there's the issue of maintenance. It's not something we've EVER had to worry about. When the dishwasher breaks or the pipes freeze, we simply call the management office and they send someone over to fix it. It is a know fact that Ian and I neither one are the best at taking care of things. My idea of fixing something is to duct tape it. I do hope that we don't wind up being in the Guiness book of world records for having the house with the most duct tape on it.
The second thing that causes anxiety is the idea that we have BOUGHT this house. We can't just decide that if we don't like our neighbors we can just move. In the 14 years we have been married we have lived in 9 different houses, apartments and townhomes. When we got tired of the "view" or the neighbors or just had a desire for a change of scenery, we just moved. I don't think that would be a good idea when buying, so I guess the best solution to this problem is to get a Lowe card and keep painting the walls when the boredom of the scenery gets too much to handle.
The third thing that causes anxiety is the financial commitment. I'm not sure where it comes from, but for some reason I feel a great deal of anxiety over any kind of financial commitments. I don't even like signing a contract for cell phone service. I've never had this issue with relationships, but for some reason I always have with money.
There are some woderful things that I am very excited about though, which greatly outweigh those little things listed above. We started looking for a church to attend as soon as our offer was accepted on this house and have found a wonderful church that we hope to continue going to. It is about 1 mile from the house and we have already met a family that will live about 4 doors away who also attend that church. They have a little girl about Morgan's age, so we are very happy about that.
Also, the schools are among some of the best in the whole state of Indiana. The school Morgan will be attending is a four star school with an excellent cirriculum and wonderful staff.
Probably the best thing about this house is the location. We will be right on Geist resevior which is a beautiful lake and there are actually some hills in the area and it gives it more of the look and feel of the scenery of Tennessee that we miss so much. No, there are no mountains, but there are hills and trees. It's not quite as flat as some of the other areas in Indiana. I love the are and the location.
Keep praying for us, especially on Monday. I just hope FHA doesn't decide to stop giving loans on Monday morning.
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Hope you are getting stuff together and moved over to the house with much fun and little trouble. Wish we could be there helping you. The dogs are recovering nicely from the porkie quills. Dad is going hunting in the morning if it isn't raining too hard. We would much rather be with you:)
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