Closing Time... I know who I want to take me HOME!

We closed on our house on July 28, 2009. I know the date pretty well because we signed it on about 3,000 papers. What I loved was that it wasn't enough to just sign ONE form saying we understood the dangers of lead based paint, we weren't coerced into buying this house and we weren't planning on using the house for terrorist activity--- but instead we got to agree to all of those things SEVERAL times on SEVERAL different forms. Just so we were really sure. No matter, they gave us a nice pyrex pan and brownie mix and when we left the title company we officially OWNED OUR OWN HOUSE!!! That's just a great day all around (as you can tell from our faces).



To celebrate we went to have dinner at Settebellos. This is where we went on our first date and we figured it's a good place for big occasions such as this. We ordered "The Settebello" which is a delicious pizza made with italian flatbread and yummy fresh toppings including pine nuts which I love. Mmmmm. (The picture below is when we went right after we took our engagement pictures-- hey, remember when I had a waist?)


So there it is. We now are the proud owners of this little abode:

So much natural light! That makes me a happy girl. Also I LOVE that my laundry (in the closet on the left) is on the main floor.



We even lucked out with a master bath and walk in closet--two things we'd given up on in our search. We also love that the carpet and walls are in great shape and nothing needs fixing right away. While we find our kitchen countertops a little, um, dated... we love the new clean appliances and having a dishwasher and garbage disposal (not to mention the kitchen's right off the garage-- that will be so nice when we unload groceries/kids). Adam loves all the cooking space (and don't worry, we're going to paint the cabinets).

Brand new tile floor. Big backyard already fenced with a HUGE deck (all the better for entertaining, my dears....) and a big pretty weeping willow tree and even a clothes line (okay, so that's probably gonna go at some point)! Never mind all the weeds, pretty soon it will be green luscious carpet of grass where we'll sit and eat popsicles next summer and jump in piles of leaves next fall... won't it be great?

Can't wait to have you over!