We Bought A House

Yes, that is right. We bought a house. And we are moving this Saturday.

It's kind of crazy, actually. We were semi-casually looking, and this place kept coming up. It was too good of a place, at too good of a price to pass up.

It's a town house in New Brighton...not my ideal location, but everything in the cities is either crap, or out of our price range. And since we will only be here for 3 or 4 years (enough time to finish school, do some theatre, and move to Manhattan) I can deal with the fact that I live in a suburb.

Things I love about my house.

1) It is 500 square feet bigger than our current place, NOT including the basement.

2) The basement. While it is technically "unfinished" it is clean, painted, and completely usable for a work room for Nathan.

3) The laundry room. It's in the basement, and the washer and dryer do not require me to feed it quarters before I can wash my clothes.

4) Three bedrooms. And because Nathan has the basement as a workspace, we will be able to have a guest room, and a library/study.

5) Walk in closet. Huge. Mine. Need I say more?

Things I Hate:
The kitchen. That's it. But since we got an INCREDIBLE price on the townhouse (so good...you have no idea) and because we paid way less than we expected to pay for a house, we are redoing the entire ground level floor. Reflooring, new appliances, new cabinets, etc. Nathan's dad is an architect, so he helped us with the design, and because Nathan is great with house work (he a lot of the same kind of work on his sister's house when they lived in St Paul) we won't have to pay for most of the labor.

We;ll be eating Chinese food and microwave dinners for about a month, but it will be so worth it!!

So all in all, we are both very excited to be moving. It's not our dream house, but it't will be a good place for the next few years.

And anyone who wants to is welcome to help us move this Saturday...just saying.

Love to you all,
Lissa