I know I fell off the bandwagon big time after the holidays this past year and then only followed up with 3 posts in March. I had every intention of making my return to the blogging world a regular one. I absolutely love it, after all. So March came around and I got all excited with those 3 posts.....and then the hubs and I decided to put our house up for sale. Little did I know how many changes such an endeavor would bring.
It went something like this: the Saturday before Easter the hubs and I went to look at a few homes to see if we could find any we liked. If we could, then we agreed that we would put our house on the market. Of course, we toured THE house that day. You know, THE ONE. You walk in and just know from the moment you step inside that it's where you're supposed to be. It just has a peace about it and feels like home.
A lot of times this gets confused with a home just being super nice. This home wasn't the biggest or the most expensive home we toured, but it had the most charm by a long shot for us. It had character and we loved that so much attention was paid to the details. You know those mammoth homes you walk into and it seems like they just went big for the sake of going big? We wanted plenty of room to grow as a family down the road, but certainly didn't want the aforementioned feeling.
People kept reminding me that home is wherever you make it and that you can be incredibly happy in several homes. While I know without a doubt this is so very true, I still kept going back to "Yeah, but this is different because I just know we're supposed to be there". I even referred to it as "our house" when talking to other people. Lordy. Dramatic much? My poor husband....when we walked out of the house after touring it I looked over at our real estate agent with a big cheshire grin and shouted "We'll take it!". I turned back to my hubby only to see a look of pure bewilderment, as we obviously had yet to discuss it ourselves. Whoops. Too late to shovel the words back in now. He kept telling me I was a real estate agent's dream.
To make a long story short, we listed our home 2 weeks later on a Wednesday, sold it to the first potential buyers 3 days later, offered on "our" home 2 days after that and closed on both 4 weeks later. To say it was a whirlwind would not even come close. A good whirlwind though.
A lot of times this gets confused with a home just being super nice. This home wasn't the biggest or the most expensive home we toured, but it had the most charm by a long shot for us. It had character and we loved that so much attention was paid to the details. You know those mammoth homes you walk into and it seems like they just went big for the sake of going big? We wanted plenty of room to grow as a family down the road, but certainly didn't want the aforementioned feeling.
People kept reminding me that home is wherever you make it and that you can be incredibly happy in several homes. While I know without a doubt this is so very true, I still kept going back to "Yeah, but this is different because I just know we're supposed to be there". I even referred to it as "our house" when talking to other people. Lordy. Dramatic much? My poor husband....when we walked out of the house after touring it I looked over at our real estate agent with a big cheshire grin and shouted "We'll take it!". I turned back to my hubby only to see a look of pure bewilderment, as we obviously had yet to discuss it ourselves. Whoops. Too late to shovel the words back in now. He kept telling me I was a real estate agent's dream.
To make a long story short, we listed our home 2 weeks later on a Wednesday, sold it to the first potential buyers 3 days later, offered on "our" home 2 days after that and closed on both 4 weeks later. To say it was a whirlwind would not even come close. A good whirlwind though.
We've been in the new place for a little over two months but it still doesn't feel anywhere near settled. We were lucky that we didn't have to do any major repairs, but there were several cosmetic things I wanted to take on. Of course there is this little thing called a budget (smile) and I have been trying to spread the projects out.
One of the things that needs to be replaced is the double oven. It's a great brand (Thermador), but it's an older model and never heats evenly. I've tried to bake 3 different layer cakes only to have them burn and/or cook so unevenly that they weren't edible. While we have certainly been busy moving, one of the biggest reasons for the lack of food blogs is this issue with the oven. Because of its issues I don't feel like I can even begin to give someone instructions as to how to prepare something.
Exhibit A: The Culprit
Hopefully there will be some food posts soon! I certainly hope so because I miss this blog something terrible.
Below are a few pics of our new home and things we want to work on. I figured this could be a peace offering since I don't have any food pictures to share at the moment. I won't regularly post pics of my home and/or household projects considering it's not an area in which I hold any ounce of expertise. Rather it's just a means to help explain my absence. That and several out of town friends kept asking for pics.
Enjoy!
Below are a few pics of our new home and things we want to work on. I figured this could be a peace offering since I don't have any food pictures to share at the moment. I won't regularly post pics of my home and/or household projects considering it's not an area in which I hold any ounce of expertise. Rather it's just a means to help explain my absence. That and several out of town friends kept asking for pics.
Enjoy!
