News!

 Yeah, so it's obvious I quit doing my accountability posts.  I just went back and reread my last post and you can tell that I was over it at that time.  Like I said in that post (almost a month ago) it's silly to just keep talking about weight loss that's not losing.  Today I sit at the same weight I was in March, so that's two and a half months of trying and not succeeding.  

But . . . I do have good news.

We are pending on a house!  We put in an offer on Monday and it was accepted on Tuesday.  Now we are in the process of getting the loan and the appraisal and all of that.  It is very stressful. 

It says it's a three bedroom, but there are two bedrooms downstairs with living space.  The negative is that there is no bathroom downstairs, so Damian and Asher will have to come upstairs for that.  I'm excited and scared.  It will be nice to have enough space for all of us, but I'm terrified of the mortgage payments, seriously they are ridiculous.  

Look at this kitchen! I've never had a kitchen this size.  Our current kitchen is barely big enough for 2 people, and most likely you're in the way of the other person.  Our whole family could be in this kitchen and not be in the way of anyone else.  

The dining area is small, but it's bigger than our current dining area.  I wish they would leave their furniture, it's beautiful.

It's a fully fenced back yard, with space for my pool.  Maddox REALLY wants a trampoline, so we may get him one for his birthday, which is the day after our closing date.

With a garden!  Look at this garden!  It is wonderful, needs a lot of work, but I don't have to make the beds!

And the deck, oh my word, I love it.  The grassy area you see is a park, so that's another bonus.  The back of the house is adjacent to a mostly empty (but owned) lot that has trees and lots of brush.  The side is the same and is at the end of a dead end road, the only neighbors are at the front of the house.  It's a small gravel road that only has three other houses on it, but it really is rather perfect.  

Other than it is in Burlington, which is the neighboring town.  It means that Maddox will have to move schools, but he's going into middle school, so maybe it won't be bad.  We've lived in our current house for 7 years, the longest I've been in a house in my adult life.  It's also the only house Maddox remembers, so it will be difficult to leave.  I think Maddox will miss it, and his friends, a lot more than he realizes.  He's got quite a group of friends here.  But he's not shy at all, so hopefully will make new friends quickly (I hope there's kids on the small road we'll live on).