The last couple of months have been absolutely crazy in the best possible way! Early this spring I made a decision that no matter what this next year had in store for me, it was going to be the best year yet. As far as teaching goes, there have been a lot of lemons, and it is time to make some lemonade. Well, I firmly believe that good energy when put out eventually comes back to you, and it did! In a whirlwind affair, I got a new job in Mansfield at Danny Jones Middle School… which happens to share a parking lot with the school where Matt teaches! Before I've even started (or met the principal for that matter!) this new job is already making our lives glorious. It came at just the right moment for us, and with some not so subtle pokes and prods from family, we are buying a house!
FYI: House hunting sounds like more fun that it is going to be. You look at house after house, getting excited and then depressed over and over again. I feel like we saw every house in Mansfield. I exaggerate… but not by much!
Well, after all that looking, our realtor (and my mom) encouraged us to go check out a neighborhood that might have some inventory on the ground. We walked into the model house and it just felt like us! It was flooded with so much natural light, and I could just see us living there. I think at the same time we both knew as long as the floor plan wasn’t awful, we were done.
So, we are the proud almost-owners of a house! Right now it doesn’t look like much. I feel like the proud parent of a kid who is only kind of cute. I want to whip out the pictures every chance I get, but it’s truthfully not much to look at.
So, we are going to dedicate our blog to the progress of our up and coming love nest! We have so many important people that can’t be there for all the fun little steps, but we want to include you the best we can – friends and family make a house a home! Also... there are three bedrooms besides ours, so we expect you to go ahead and start making travel plans! No guest suites are available before Halloween though if you would like a bed.
Pictures are on the way!
