Looking for Home

In mid-March ManDan and I took a trip down to Texas to look for a place to live. As soon as we walked in to the Alexan I felt like I was home. It was gorgeous, spacious and peaceful.

The entrance to Alexan. Yes, it really looks like that. 

(They even have a whole room devoted to once a month wine tasting!) 

9 foot ceilings. Granite countertops. Oversized tubs. Crown moulding... the list goes on!

Alexan is surprisingly reasonably priced for the area (and actually cheaper than university housing!). ManDan and I talked about it and we could live there if both of worked full time. But then... we would be working so much we wouldn't really be able to spend much time at home. Plus, we wouldn't have any extra money for eating out or new clothes. 

As much as I love these apartments living there would not be worth the financial burden. So, we did a lot more apartment shopping and eventually learned that it is really going to be much more economical to buy a house... a house that has been foreclosed on... where the kitchens look like this... 

Actually, this is a really good looking kitchen for a foreclosed house. 

Umm... not my ideal place. However, I am actually excited about having an extra bedroom for visitors and eventually for our babies. I am excited about working together to paint the walls however we want and ripping up flooring to put down something new. I am excited to make our house a home. But, most of all, I am excited about a better potential for financial freedom. 

ManDan and I will be moving down to Texas without a place to live. Most likely renting for a few months while looking for a house to buy. I will keep this blog updated with our shopping and renovating adventures. 

Another Blog

For as long as I can remember I have wanted to be a wife. Well, this summer I am getting married. Yay! I am going to be a wife!

I will use this blog to chronicle my new life as my husband’s wife. I don’t know much about a being a wife, but I am really excited to learn. And I have a lot to learn! I have never really lived on my own before and neither has my future husband. Not only are we going to be moving in together and on our own for the first time ever, but we are also moving thousands of miles away from our families. Whoa! We are about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime!

Some categories I think I will be writing about here are:

• Cooking  I am the oldest of a family of nine. It is going to be a challenge to learn to cook for two! Plus, I am going to have to learn to put together tasteful meal plans on a tight budget.

• Cleaning  Cleaning isn’t so bad. I will hopefully come up with a good day to day system to keep my house fresh. It is the tidying that is a problem for me. I never know where to put things!

• Homemaking  I have grown up in house after house of white walls and old worn furniture. Not because we didn’t have the money, but just because we didn’t decorate. I really want my place of living to be a home. I want to paint the walls and I want throw pillows on my couch and artwork on my walls. This is going to be an extra challenge with very little money! 

• Time Management This is probably going to be the most difficult for me. I can cook and clean… but I really like sleeping in and I waste far too much time on the internet.

• Personal Appearance I want to look good for my husband! That might mean a new way to do my hair or make-up, but it most certainly means keeping shape. I am going to have to learn to work out regularly for his benefit as well as my own.

Alright, the wedding is the end of June and then of course we will have a honeymoon. I don’t think I will get much posting in till after then. Anyway, I am not officially a wife yet!