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Dream Big

Kate — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:18:08 +0000

Anyone with an extra $18,000 laying around??

My dream horse. Jumps, does dressage. 17hands. Unique markings.

Granted, this is a ridiculous thing to even look at because there’s no way I could ever afford a horse like this. Not to mention, I totally cannot afford to keep a horse (any horse) on the salary at my current job. But, god she’s beautiful.

Green Thumb

Kate — Mon, 19 May 2008 00:52:07 +0000

Today I decided to finally go to L*owes and buy some plants for the front of the house. Jake had planted some tomatoes and corn earlier this morning, and it got me motivated to do some planting of my own. I got three hydrangea bushes and two lily plants to start with.

These roses are on the left side of the house (as you face it)… we didn’t plant these, but I love them.

Prior to planting them.

Jake tilling up the bed

Planting my first hydrangea bush

After planting

Just the hydrangeas

We got a nice soaking rain soon after planting, and they’re looking beautiful. Let’s see if I can keep them alive!

1 Year

Kate — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:04:45 +0000

I nearly forgot…

But a year ago today we closed on our house.

Owning a home has been incredibly wonderful, albeit stressful at times. I think I’m safe in speaking for Jake when I say that it has been a fantastic part of our lives.

Pranksters

Kate — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:53:37 +0000

Apparently last night there were some pranksters in our neighborhood. I slept through all of this, but Jake has told me what happened. We have two flowerbeds in our front yard, and they are edged by some large stones. Someone thought it would be funny to move these out and put them in the road. At about 1:30 someone driving down the road hit them. It blew out their front tires and took off their oil pan. I guess the police were here and everything.

I guess Merlin went ballistic when all this was going on. There were flashing lights and noise and all kinds of stuff.

Did I mention I slept through this??

In any case, the stones are being put back in their proper place. Hopefully this doesn’t become a habit. We live in a pretty nice neighborhood, and I didn’t think this kind of thing would be common. I’m hoping that it’s not something that becomes common.

Jake also told me that according to our across the street neighbor, this kind of thing is somewhat common here. Apparently they’ve had their car broken into a couple of times. They’ve also had their mailbox broken. So from now on everything worth money comes out of my car at night. The bright side is we do have a dog that reacted to all that was going on outside. This situation does, however, make us more inclined to work on letting Merlin stay out of his crate at night time.

Painting- Master Bath

Kate — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 22:35:36 +0000

This weekend we decided to start painting. The master bathroom and the office were most in need, but the master bath won out in things to start first. We’ll soon be starting a homeowners’ blog, but until then I’ll post these pics here!
Before and After:

We are very happy with how it turned out. There’s a little bit of touch-up work to do around the ceiling, and we’re getting new towel bars, but other than that the bathroom is done. It was hard work, but we had a great time doing it. Three cheers for that awful orange-pink color being gone.

Wonderful Things

Kate — Sun, 06 May 2007 17:57:24 +0000

…about this house. The list is growing.

The land. Seriously. My dog is heaven
The horses in the lot behind us. I woke up this morning, came outside with the dog, and while we played I watched the horses graze as the sun came up.
The kitchen. It’s hugemongous!
The washer and dryer. Enough said.
Having closet space.
The shower in the master bathroom.
The valted ceilings in the master bedroom and the living room
The grill on our back deck
How wonderful it feels to have us all here together

Closed

Kate — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:25:59 +0000

Jake called me about 40 minutes ago. They met tonight and closed on the house.

So we’re officially house owners.

Big News

Kate — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:03:45 +0000

Several months ago Jake and I began looking for a house, just to get a tiny idea of what we might like. We saw a few on line that were nice, but nothing that jumped right out at us. Several weeks ago, though, something awful and wonderful happened at the same time. My best friend, Tim, told me that he and his wife were moving back to New York and would need to sell their house. The house we had instantly fallen in love with the moment we saw it.And so we began the tedious, stressful, stomach-churningly exciting process of buying a house.We got word yesterday that our loan was approved, and we close on the house Monday April 30th.Some stats on the house:

1500sq ft
3 bedrooms, 2 bath
~1.5 acres of land
riding mower comes with the house
washer, dryer, stove that come with it.

A view of the back yard.

The front of the house.

**Click on the pictures to see full-sized images**

More pictures will follow after Tim, Tracy, and the girls have moved out… which will be Monday after closing. Sadly, I won’t get to say goodbye to them… but I think they’ll be back to visit us in our house.

We are very excited. Obviously I won’t be moving in until I find a job, but hopefully that won’t be too far off.

We have a house!