House

Wow! SOOO much has happened since our wedding nine months ago, but the most exciting thing is.... WE BOUGHT A HOUSE!!! YAY!!! Being a home owner has been so much fun, and every day is a new adventure. However, every adventure has a beginning, and that's where I will start.

We searched for the perfect home for a few months. We saw our fair share of s**tholes, and homes that were way too expensive for our budget. We saw homes that had been completely gutted, and homes that were stuck in the 1970's. We were just about to give up when I saw the house pictured above online. It had been on the market for three days when we went to check it out, and the very bitter and freshly divorced homeower was looking forward to getting it out of her hands. We put in our bid that day, and a couple months and boatloads of paperwork later... we got the keys on April 20th, Hitler's birthday. (I had to throw that in because I was born on Pearl Harbor (December 7th), and we were married on September 11th. All the important days in our life also happen to be the most offensive days in our Nation's History.)

Night one in our new house:

We spent the ENTIRE day moving our stuff into the garage. We couldn't move anything into the house yet until we got fresh paint and carpet. We knew going in that there was no electricity in half the house and we were able to work around it, and there were some problems with the water so we wouldn't be able to shower there for a while. No problem... the in-laws are a couple cities over, and they said we could shower there. I think the main thing we didn't anticipate is how freaked out the animals would be. The cats were NOT ok. They screamed and howled and hissed, and chased us with the intent to kill anytime we came near. We had to pen them up in a room to give them a chance to settle.

We grabbed some couch cushions and blankets and threw them in a corner to serve as our bed for the night, then we noticed that there was a very distinct smell of poop. After some investigation, we discovered that our younger dog Cherry had the runs, and she had it all over the carpet. And this went on ALL NIGHT. It was pretty brutal.

The next day we went to visit the in-laws for some serious shower time and breakfast, and when we went back home a couple hours later, there was a note on the door saying, "Your dog (or dogs) have been barking non stop for the past hour. Please take the time to train them as it is VERY annoying to your neighbors." And that was it. No name, no nothing.

Welcome to the neighborhood!