YAY Homeownership!

One night last week, I finished a load of wash and noticed water slowly seeping out from under the washing machine.

Uh-oh.  

Once we dug up the corner of the flooring, we found that there were a grand total of SEVEN layers of flooring, and underneath all that was gorgeous wood.  So we decided to spend a LOT of hours and a LOT of calories pulling up the entire kitchen floor.  

But in the middle of this, we had a major rainstorm and suddenly our ceiling was dripping water.  

Uh-oh.

So now we get to pay for that instead of dealing with sanding and sealing and staining the floor.  Bummer.  The laminate will go back on, and we will do it later.  Boo.

We're tired and sore and just done.  Praying for added patience (and a surprise raise....haha).  The floors turned out so pretty!  I can't wait to get back to them someday.  Charlie's tired, too.  He gets it.

Worth the Wait

When we were looking for homes, we had 3 criteria that HAD to be met:

1. Four bedrooms

2. A 2-car garage

3. A flat spacious yard

We aren't so picky about interiors.  I've learned that when house hunting, you have to pick and choose what matters most to you, because you aren't going to get everything!  Keep your criteria list short and sweet! So these were ours.  

West Virginia is 75% mountains.  A lot of homes are built right against or into the hills.  Flat lots are hard VERY to come by around here.  So are garages!  I found the most gorgeous home, but Nate wouldn't even consider it because it didn't have a garage, not even a carport!  Street parking.  Nope.  We've done that for 10 years!  

When we found this house, we knew it was home.  Some people thought we were crazy, but we had no reservations about buying it while in Utah.  We knew it was meant to be. 

Bedrooms? Check.  

Garage? Check! (It's gigantic, has workbenches for Nate, and has a carport)  

Flat yard? Check!!! A whole acre to call home. 

It was worth the wait!