We Bought a House!

HORRAY! We bought a house and we're both very excited! We've been going to open houses for several months to get a feel for the market and were planning to buy this spring. This Sunday we went to one that was just what we were looking for and much better than the others we'd looked at in the same price point. With interest rates below 5%, we decided there was no reason to wait (we locked in at 4.625%). Monday night we made an offer and they accepted. It's a 3 Bedroom, 1 1/2 bath ranch with a 2 car attached garage (1372 square foot). It needs some updates and the basement is unfinished (making it affordable for us) but it's been well cared for and we look forward to being able to make some updates and finish the basement. We had the inspection on Thursday and the apraisal will follow soon. We don't close until Feb. (our request as we're still under a lease at our apartment). We are certianly thankful for how easy and smoothly the process has gone. We are very excited to have found what we wanted and to be upgrading from our 1 bedroom apartment!

This is a video I made with pictures I took during the inspection.

Now we can have families over for supper and family and friends can come visit and sleep in a bedroom instead of on our living room floor!


It is also likely we will start updating our blog more often now.

Jameson's Going Back to School

Well, Jameson just loves school so much that he's decided to go back (make sure you sense the sarcasm)! Jameson decided that having an MBA may help open doors and job possibilites later so he's going back to get his MBA. We decided the best time for that was now, while we don't have kids so he can finish before our kids have memories of dad being gone at class several nights a week. He's getting his degree through St. Ambrose who has a connections with John Deere and offers some classes in Waterloo. This process will take about 3 years.

NO SCHOOL... again

Well, today marks the third day off from school in the past month due to winter weather. Oh yeah, we've also had two late starts. I question whether learning conditions will really be better in June. I also wonder why parents can drive considerably farther to work than would be required to bring their kids to school and yet schools quickly get cancelled. Oh, well. I enjoy the days off and try to get a few things done. Today I finished our bedroom curtains that I started last summer and made a pillow out of a t-shirt that no longer fit Jameson. We'll see what else the day has in store.

The First Official Post: the first of many(hopefully)

After visiting with some friends the other night, we became motivated to create a "blogspot blog". Though I don't forsee this blog as being hugely educational, insightful, or even entertaining, we thought it would be a nice way to share with the world random tidbits from our lives. We hope you enjoy...