HOUSE HUNTING . . . sigh.
To date, we've made two trips to Cleveland to look at houses. The first trip, we all went, and toured seven homes. On the second trip, I went with Ella on my own and met my mother's husband there. He graciously volunteered to drive up from Dayton in order to entertain Ella and lay a second pair of eyes on the line-up for that visit - another four houses plus a second visit to a home we'd seen during our first visit. It's this house that we've been negotiating to purchase for a little over a week now.
It is the only house we've seen that I began visualizing plans for immediately. It needs some TLC after sitting empty for just over a year's time, but has plenty of square footage for our little family to grow into. In fact, I almost can't imagine having so much space after living in our tight, 1100-square-feet for the past three years. We are all eager to spread out a bit!
So, as we wait for news on our last and final offer, I've been browsing children's books all about moving to a new house (thank you for the suggestion Annie) and ordered these two:
A New Home for Kai-Mook by Guido Van Genechten and From There to Here by Laurel Croza.
Ella and I have also been busy planning her bedroom for a new house (whichever house that may be). I'll be posting her creative vision later this week!
It is the only house we've seen that I began visualizing plans for immediately. It needs some TLC after sitting empty for just over a year's time, but has plenty of square footage for our little family to grow into. In fact, I almost can't imagine having so much space after living in our tight, 1100-square-feet for the past three years. We are all eager to spread out a bit!
So, as we wait for news on our last and final offer, I've been browsing children's books all about moving to a new house (thank you for the suggestion Annie) and ordered these two:
A New Home for Kai-Mook by Guido Van Genechten and From There to Here by Laurel Croza.
Ella and I have also been busy planning her bedroom for a new house (whichever house that may be). I'll be posting her creative vision later this week!
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