Well hello there!! Long time no...see? Write? Whatever. Sorry for the absence but we've actually had quite a bit going on.
First off, we're moving! Finally we found a place we love. It's not exactly what we were looking for but it's cute nonetheless. We've started the packing process and get our keys tomorrow. I'm really excited to move and start somewhere fresh, but it's been stressful. House hunting was torture. Getting my husband to lower his expectations to reality was difficult. I searched Homes.com everyday for months. Everything was either too far away, too expensive, or not what we were looking for. We wanted an actual house with a yard which is very hard to come by around here unless you want to pay for it or be about 30 minutes away. If we couldn't find a house, we agreed we'd take another townhome, but only if it was cheaper than where we're at now. I couldn't find anything that fit for the longest time, but we finally found something that looked decent online and when we went to see it, we fell in love. It is a townhome, but a little smaller (which is what we want) and about 200 cheaper than our place now. It's only about ten minutes away from where we're at now but it's in a new town and doesn't really effect either of our commutes. I'm really excited about it. It's got beautiful hardwood floors on the main floor and is the perfect size for us. Unfortunately, the actual moving out part is proving to be stressing. The day after I informed our landlord we would be ending our lease at the end of the month, he called letting us know he already had a showing. So we frantically cleaned our house in the 2 hours we had before they arrived. I couldn't believe he did that. Since then we've had a showing about every other day which means we have to keep our house looking presentable which is sometimes a challenge when you work at 5 or 6 am. I'm also a little worried about getting our security deposit back. We haven't done anything to the property but there are some minor issues that we discovered pretty much since we first arrived but they didn't bother us so we didn't mention them. I'm afraid those things are going to get blamed on us and they're going to screw us out of our money. Plus, we have to get our carpets cleaned and the house exterminated since we have a pet. The carpet cleaning itself is inching close to 400 with how big the place is and our pet deposit was only 500. Sigh. I wish I could just say screw it, have them keep the deposit and take care of it all. The only good thing is that our lease can't end until the end of the month but we're starting to move in to the new place tomorrow. So we've got some time to make sure everything's clean and ready to go.
So that's what we've had going on. It's been a busy month.
We've had some bad news too last month. My great-grandmother passed away early in March. She was 90, so it didn't come as a complete shock, but it was upsetting nonetheless. We had thought she was going to pass a hundred times in the last 10 or so years, but she always managed to pull through. So it was hard wrapping my mind around the fact that this time she didn't. It was and is surreal for me. Since I'm not there and wasn't there to experience everything, it doesn't feel like it actually happened. It hit my mother hard though. She was the last of her parents. I was sad for her more than anything else. I didn't make it home for the funeral. I knew with the move coming up we didn't have the extra money. But I know my mother and my great-grandmother were surrounded by people who cared about them, so I didn't worry.
Spring has finally arrived it seems. The cold has finally broken. It's going to be almost 70 this week. I'm anxious for what this season holds and all of the beauty and new beginnings it brings.
Chrissy
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| Spring. |
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| Yum |
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| Sunshine... Finally. |
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| I made this. I'm so domestic. |
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| Today: Packing.... so much packing. And coffee of course |
