Where We Live

It's been a solid two months since I posted anything, and almost three months since I posted anything worthwhile, but I'm happy to report that we now LIVE here:

It's a real house, with a real yard and everything. And we love every inch of it.

There are a number of reasons I quit posting house updates, not the least of which was that every time I posted a positive update, we took two steps back. The building process really wasn't an enjoyable one for us. There were days when we thought it wouldn't happen, and all of our time and energy was for nothing. We honestly wondered if we wanted this house TOO much.

We didn't close on the house until July 15, far later than we'd anticipated. In hindsight, the delays may have been a good thing. Don's house sold, which meant we wouldn't have to carry three mortgages between the two of us, we were able to save more money to put down initially, and it made moving in that much sweeter. All of our headaches were worth it. Even the three weeks we spent living in a hotel were worth it.

Would we do it again? Well, no. Probably not.

Now that we're living in the house, I'm finally okay with getting back to this blog. There's no longer that risk of chronicling a process that didn't have a happy ending. And now that the HOUSE is built, we can start building the HOME.

So, the two people who haven't deleted me from their Google Reader can look forward to more posts soon!