Yay!

here are some more pictures of the house (furniture…not ours!)

front of house.

front of house…different angle.

living room…looking towards the front of the house.

very nice kitchen…i can’t even remember what it’s like to have an ice maker, dishwasher and garbage disposal.

hall bath…

back yard…

so looking at the pictures again…make us excited to move on. finally.

we have had many ups and downs these last 7 months. when all is said and done…we have decided to move on…47 houses later…we found one worthy enough.

i (amanda) am really having a hard time leaving my neighborhood. i love it more than my house i think. but we have looked up and down and thought of every possible way to stay…but it just isn’t working out. so we have ventured outside of our ( i mean MY) comfort zone…and have decided to branch out further. we have ended up in the “garden of the gods” neighborhood behind whole foods. we put an offer and it was excepted…but all the joy of homeownership has been sucked out of me. i know i should be happy…but in the back of my mind…i am waiting for something to go wrong. that’s normal, right?

so say goodbye to this:

and hello to this:

they are very different…but it will be a good fit.

well…here we go again…

we having been looking at more houses recently. it’s seems as though the house we were going to buy (and now living in) has once again brought forth complications. the little house has dropped in property value…and the seller hasn’t really come to terms with this fact. don’t get me wrong…he’s a super nice guy and has been easy to work with. but paying more than a house is really worth is crazy talk.

after living in the house for 5 month we have realized the kitchen is small and not very functional. then really thinking about it…the living space is too small…so off to the search again.

we found a house/townhouse 3 streets away and put an offer…then we went to visit it again and heard the neighbor bumping their music against the house’s shared wall. we pulled our offer and ran far away from there as fast we could. there is no way we would be in that type of situation again.

next, we found a house on the other side of our neighborhood and turned it down the first time we saw it. the house doesn’t have a garage and that seemed like a deal breaker. however…after rethinking it, we decided to take a another look at it this week. we chatted with our realtor and we all agreed this was a comparable solution. we went home slept on it, and after weighing the good and bad we decided it will be a nice fit for us. we put in an offer last night and we should hear something tomorrow (sunday) about our offer.

we keep saying house hunting is not like the tv show and that is the truth. we are way too picky i guess. we will be happy however it works out. we will make it work and pray for a compromise if needed with the yellow house. either house has many wonderful features. so i guess it a good problem to have.

Christmas tree time! Apple hill is so beautiful today.

the shillings and the ashdowns are participating in run to feed the hungry on thanksgiving day. this is the second year we will be doing the race…and i know we are all really excited.

jasen and i are running with the sacramento country day team…you can find our support page here. any small donation will help. $5, $10 $1 million. you know pocket change. help us help our community.

Woo hoo!

we got the keys!!!! whoo hooo! so we dont own the place yet, we are renting until the lot line issue is resolved – hopefully less than 4 months…
much love to matt, ryan and sam for helping us in our first round of cleaning and putting together closets!!!!

amanda has the most current update on her blog – go here and read about it. any thoughts/prayer/advice would be greatly appreciated

Our 3rd anniversary was on wed and we celebrated by signing docs on a new house! We did the walk through tonight and all looks good, we should get the keys on monday!
Tonight we are celebrating with a great dinner at Ella. Here’s to a new house and many more years to come!!!!!