Our House

Back in 2000, me and the man decided to buy a house together. I put my current house up for sale and Ricky put his roommate on notice. We began the great property search. We were looking for a house with lots of rooms, on a quiet street, and close to the highways. There were a couple of houses that looked promising, but one really really jumped out at me. I didn't look at the house as 'a maybe', I looked at it as if it was 'the one'. It was at the end of a cul-de-sac, it had lots of rooms with a small wooded area next to it at a convienent location. Perfect. We contacted the realtor to set up an appointment. I was crushed to find out 'the one' was already under contract. Our search continued on, but it was disappointing as we didn't come across another 'one'.

Eventually, I accepted a bid on my house. The buyers had a deadline and wanted to move in as quickly as possible. It was time for us to hit the streets again and seriously start looking for a house to buy. We went to the realtors office for a new list of properties. I remember glancing at the list crossing out the properties we already ruled out when I saw 'the one' listed on my list. It had to be a mistake. I asked the realtor why my favorite house was on the list when it was already sold. She insisted it was still for sale on the computer. She made a quick call to confirm and indeed it's contract fell through and it was back on the market. Rejoice! The previous buyer had another 24 hours to show up but everyone seemed confident that wasn't going to happen. I was thrilled. I knew that was suppose to be our home. I just knew it. I told Ricky and I told the realtor. We quickly made an appointment to see inside. I remember pulling up to the front curb, before we were out of the car, I said to Ricky this is 'the one'. We walked into the front foyer and I whispered to the realtor, "I want this house". She laughed at me and suggested we actually walk through the house to be sure. We did and it was everything I had hoped and more. We returned to the realtors office and typed up our offer. We offered their asking price and they accepted. House sold!

We have been here almost seven years and I still believe that this is where we are suppose to be raising our family. The house is currently undergoing some radical changes; new master bedroom addition with a walk-in closet (yeah!), exterior changes, new roof, new deck and new siding. Our old master bedroom will become the boys playroom. The deck will be suitable for bare feet. We are excited at all the new changes that are happening. My darling house will no longer look like it did seven years but it certainly remains to be 'the one' for us (for now).