Courtesy of StevenM_61

It’s officially official. We own a home. It’s not the one pictured above. Hahahahahah! No, no. That one only had the one pool.

We closed on Friday, moved in on Saturday (thank you in-laws!), came home to a power outage Sunday and are getting settled today.

It’s getting late and this homeowner is tired so I’m just going to hit the high points:

  • The kids love it. Haven’t had any troubles going to bed in their new rooms. This is a huge blessing because my son freaked out when we got rid of our old TV. I thought getting a new room in a new house in a new neighborhood would be more traumatic. Apparently he really liked that TV.
  • The washer and dryer 1. work and 2. fit into the laundry room.
  • I love that I have a garage.
  • I love that I have a garage door opener. I kinda geek out about that.
  • I love that I came home for lunch today.
  • I love that my commute has been reduced from 50 miles roundtrip to 10 minutes roundtrip.
  • I love that my wife has a house to be in.

Things on the to-do list:

  1. Get some kind of window coverings. Skin and tan animal hides if necessary.
  2. Unpack.
  3. Figure out where our mailboxes are.
  4. Meet more neighbors.
  5. Eat some peanutbutter ice cream. (This has nothing to do with the fact that we live in a house now.)

Overall, it feels like we’re visiting a rental property but had to bring all our stuff in order to use it. It definitely hasn’t sunk in yet. That being said, we’re very excited. Tired, but excited.