Do you remember what it felt like to buy your first house? Yesterday, we finally closed on the house that would have been ours before Hurricane Ike side tracked our plans. Mike and I are both excited because this is our first major purchase as husband and wife. We are a bit nervous too about the impact of change in our lifestyle now that we have a house to pay for. It's a great financial responsibility and there will be adjustments to do when it comes to our budgeting. Now that we have a mortgage payment, we’ll need to set aside the nonessential things and concentrate more on the important needs. It will not be like it used to be where we could eat out anytime, travel at will, and shop by urge.The whole process of buying a house was very overwhelming! We walked through over 30 homes before we figured out what we really wanted to have in a house. It was fun but at the same time it was challenging and time consuming! But our eagerness to start a family in a house that we can call "our own" has offset all those tiny hurdles along the way.
After closing the house noon of yesterday, we worked our butts off to box up our things and transfer all our furniture to the new house. We were a little pressed for time because we only have one and a half days to move everything and clean up the apartment. We've been working like crazy for two days in a row now!
Although there are pressures, I'm still ecstatic to start the interior decorating! My mind is restless thinking about the endless possibilities of how we'd like the interior of the house to be. I am not a professional designer but this is the best chance for me to incorporate my sense of style and taste when it comes to decoration.. but of course Mike's opinion matters a lot too! Mike and I have different tastes... so we need to compromise in some areas to arrive on a decision that will make both parties fairly satisfied. This is where we'll be living for years so we have to be comfortable with the atmosphere and whole setting of the house. We are thankful for being so blessed with all the things that we've achieved in our marriage. I can't wait to continue our life together and build a family in a house that we will soon call home!! -MABEL-
After closing the house noon of yesterday, we worked our butts off to box up our things and transfer all our furniture to the new house. We were a little pressed for time because we only have one and a half days to move everything and clean up the apartment. We've been working like crazy for two days in a row now!
Although there are pressures, I'm still ecstatic to start the interior decorating! My mind is restless thinking about the endless possibilities of how we'd like the interior of the house to be. I am not a professional designer but this is the best chance for me to incorporate my sense of style and taste when it comes to decoration.. but of course Mike's opinion matters a lot too! Mike and I have different tastes... so we need to compromise in some areas to arrive on a decision that will make both parties fairly satisfied. This is where we'll be living for years so we have to be comfortable with the atmosphere and whole setting of the house. We are thankful for being so blessed with all the things that we've achieved in our marriage. I can't wait to continue our life together and build a family in a house that we will soon call home!! -MABEL-
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I always in need for some designer tips, just like you *LOL*
btw, congratulation with the new house :D
thats good to hear about you and mike having house....me and dan is searching a house as well at the moment and nmaking an offer of some our choice hopefully someone will take our offer...its hard to get a (bargain) i dont think naay bargain sa house but were trying our best na maka get less sa mga amount sa houses that we look at. im crossing my finger now na we can have a house soon as well...its hard to think all of those things na i set aside nato once having a house just to save for the payment of mortgage.....less eat out,less movies and shopping....(dan making fun) noodles time galore daw hehehehe......hope not that bad.
okey i think taas na ni akong comment mura nag message.
hope i can catch up to you sometimes...did u change your yahoo id....wala naman ka nako nakita sa chat.
you take care bel and goodluck woth your new stuff , big stuff)
GOD BLESS
enjoy the fun of moving around, guess you'll miss that, hehehe...
Jai, thank u! goodluck to your house hunt. It's going to take a while but I'm sure you'll find the perfect one for you.
Lollii-pii, thank u girl! :)
Shawie, it is exhaustingly fun! We've been really busy running around like crazy but everything is coming along well.
Sweet Heaven, we're doing great here! are you enjoying your scrollable bloglist? hehe. thanks!
Cheers to a new house, new lives & new memories! =)
Con, thank u! kulang na lang ta'g babies ani. ;)
Babette, thanks. :)
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I hate moving, but I love interior decorating.
Enjoy!