For the past three years, I've been torturing my husband, making him drive all over God's green country, scouting out potential future hearths for our family fire. We both want a home, but we both have psychological makeups that make home buying difficult.
We're both idealists and dreamers. That means we have a hard time settling. We want our home to be our perfect dream home. I love that we're impractical dreamers. I wouldn't have us any other way. But it makes home buying difficult.
We're also commitment phobes, at least I am. I love my flitting life; flit here, flit there, like a moth. But I know that even moths have to rest every now and then.
So this weekend, Mike and I took some long walks, which is how we make all our decisions, and decided...I think, maybe, perhaps, I'm afraid to even say it...to buy a home. Soon.
Why is this so hard for me? It's a pretty normal thing to do. I know 23 year olds who buy homes. I'm an intelligent, self-possessed, grown woman, but the thought of this makes me feel like a giggly 5-year-old with her hand in the cookie jar.
But when it comes down to it, Mike and I really like cookies. So we're going to get a realtor and try to get a home.
Here's the video that convinced us to live here. Especially the old creepy gawker at the Broadmoor.
6 comments:
I applaud your home buying efforts and wish you luck in finding something that doesn't fall too short of your dreams.
Sweet! I'm very excited for you guys. :)
I am excited for you! I remember that feeling too! Bryan and I had the blizzard of 2000 to help us think things out. We were trapped in our cul de sac waiting for the plows to come. They never came, so all of our neighbors in the cul de sac got all of the shovels and we all dug ourselves out. As soon as we got out we drove straight to the office to sign the papers!
It wasn't our cul de sac and it wasn't 2000. It was 2004 and it was our apartment cul de sac! I guess I am a bit tired so I am meshing all of my memories together!
I thought the first version of your story sounded a little off. Now we just need the right home to come along.
That video is hilariou, right out of 1960. I think you and Mike are just "fresh and lively" enough to fit in with the other "fresh and lively inhabitants." After all, "this is the place with time to live."
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