Follow me on a 12 month journey, from house to home. This is my space to reflect on the process of becoming a first time homeowner. I can't always promise pictures, or even paragraphs, but I can promise a true look at this season of life, and my exciting purchase.
The best and brightest part of February in the house, was my 2 housewarmings. Even though it's a short month, I opened my home twice to amazing family and friends. The love, and support made my heart sing. The planning and prepping made me a smidge nervous and irritable. The kind gifts reminded me that I am loved by generous people. But both times fell on perfect sun shiney days, and the house was filled with sun and love and I will always remember the joy of showing off my house:)
February was also the routine start of bills and grown up things. The blah things of life like insurance, that make the world go round. To stay within my budget, I went back to the drawing board (Excel sheet) and recalculated figures based off of month 1. I was not too far over, though I was over in my electricity bill, but Stephen says that is because I always have on lights in multiple rooms, though I can only be in 1 at a time. I'm a light bright, what can I say:)
The snake! So I live further out now and expect to see more critters off and on. So this is just to document I saw my first snake. YUCK! I know it's just a part of living in a semi rural area, but still, YUCK! It was your average, garden snake. And thankfully he was dead, rolled over by either a tire, or trashcan wheel....who knows. Anyways I screamed internally when I saw him, jumped back about 5 ft, and had to take a deep breath before I embarrassed myself right there under my car port. Anyway, anyway, whew what an adventure. So my mom who is always ready with a suggestion, recommended some stuff called snack -away. So we shall see how Mother Nature and I mesh.
Do you hear that? Hammering, muttering, home repair YouTube tutorials. Yep, that's me, learning to do small things around my house. Replacing knobs on the dryer, taking somewhat inaccurate measurements, as I try to fit furniture in like Jenga pieces. But all in all, I give myself an A for effort and a B- for skill. I think I am so satisfied because between me and the amazing help I have been given, my vision of what I dreamed the house could be, is definitely becoming a reality.
February flew by so quick. I'll report back at the end of the month March.
Sunday, March 1, 2020
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