Finally an update!

Wow.

I kind of lost my way from the blogging world. Oops.

I have been around...just out of it lately. I can't seem to quite get it together. I really think it's all the stress of selling our house and looking for a new one.

That said....

We bought a house!!




It's brand new construction, but a spec home so it was already built. We love it. Gordon fell in love right away, but it took me a few times for me to be certain. Its in Otsego, about 15 miles north of where we live now. It's a two story with a large unfinished basement. Current finished area is 2300 square feet -- what we were hoping to get in total finished AND unfinished area!! We NEVER thought we would buy new construction, but after looking at 30-40 homes, this made the most sense financially, location wise and design wise!! The builder is DR Horton Homes, who apparently is the largest builder in the country...which I'm not sure is a good or bad thing.

After some drama with the offer and our realtor (grrr...don't get me started!), we signed the final paperwork for the offer on Saturday, so it's official!! We are homeowners! We close on April 30!

It has four bedrooms on the second floor...guest bedroom and master bathroom on the second floor, with a 1/2 bath "powder room" on the main level. Family room, informal dining room, formal living and dining room and kitchen make up most of the 1st floor. The basement is huge and a lot of possibilities...hopefully we will be able to finish it and create a media/TV/"man room" as well as an ebay room (or bedroom) with large storage room/closet...there is also rough-in for the 4th bathroom.

The backyard view is a farm, complete with red barn. They have donkeys/mules, so we hope they don't smell too bad!! The backyard is the farmers land and lowland/wetland area, so unless the farmer sells out, we won't have any immediate backyard neighbors, which will be nice. It's a decent yard, not huge but not tiny either...which will be good for our novice landscaping skills!


French doors into the master suite. I love the huge windows. Ahhh, welcome home. :)

I will try to post some more pictures soon, for some reason all my photos are sideways...and that is just not working for me!! I got a new MAC computer and I dont know how to do anything anymore.... It is just different and I need to get used to it.