We've now been in our home for a couple weeks now.
Both mine and Michael's parents helped us to move in. Lance, also came and helped with the heavy lifting. That was extremely nice of him.
Let me tell you, we are absolutely loving our new home! We unpacked fairly quickly. I guess that how it works when you've had less than 2 years to accumulate stuff. (I'm sure it will take longer in the future; Michael likes to call me a hoarder.)
Let me tell you all the things I love about it:
- We have a dishwasher!! We don't have to hand wash dishes anymore, and it is sooo nice! We also have a garbage disposal. (You can tell how much I really despise doing dishes since our new dishwasher is the first item on my list!)
- We have a big tub that actually holds water. I took a bath the night we moved in.
- We have air conditioning! Michael, being the penny pincher that he is, doesn't like us to use it, but I've convinced him to turn it on a couple of times. :)
- We have so much space! There's so much closet space for all our possessions. Both our parents brought over boxes of stuff we were keeping at their homes because our apartment was too small to hold it all.
- We have a well kept yard with pretty flowers in the front. We also have big fenced backyard. Now... to convince Michael we need a dog to keep in it. :)
- The previous owners planted a vegetable garden. We're benefiting from it right now! We have grape and cherry tomatoes. (I'm not a tomato girl, but I tried a grape one yesterday and it actually wasn't that bad... don't tell Michael.) We have zucchini and summer squash. We have green beans. We have brussels sprouts. I have no idea how to cook brussels sprouts, and am pretty sure I wouldn't like them if I did, so if anyone wants some, come on over!
- The laundry room is upstairs.
- The fridge is big and has a drink and ice dispenser.
- The Master bedroom and bathroom are HUGE! We each have our own sink! I'm loving it. We have a walk-in closet that actually holds both of our clothes. (In our apartment, I had the closet in our room all to myself, plus I shared half of Michael's who kept his clothes in the 2nd bedroom.)
- We have a big pantry.
- There's 4 bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths. We have a lot of room to grow.
Here's a funny story. The day after we moved in, a Realtor came and knocked on our door. The first thing he asked me was if my mom was home. When I told him I was the home owner, he replied "oh sorry, you look so young." After, he asked me if we wanted to sell our home. I told him we just barely moved in yesterday. He left our house feeling very embarrassed.
Just to let everyone know, I feel so blessed to be able to have bought a house. Especially one as nice as this one. I know that some people have wondered how we could already be at this stage in our life. It's true, what 19 year old can say she's happily married to a loving husband and they own a house?! Let me just say, it's not something we decided to do overnight... We've studied it out and have come to realize for ourselves that home ownership is a good investment. We both have been blessed with good jobs, and I've been blessed with a frugal husband who has made it a priority to save money. I think I wrote this in a prior post, but we were also blessed to have been able to live in a very nice apartment for the previous 18 months with low rent. Michael has been blessed with half tuition paid for and has been able to cover the rest with pel grants. Without all these blessings, we wouldn't be in the position we are in today. I'm so thankful to my Father in Heaven for all the blessings he has poured upon us at this time. I hope I can live my life in such a way to be worthy of everything we've been given.
