New House

Today I'm thankful because:
1. We got the house!
2. I got paid today (that makes #1 seem even better)
3. I'm busy changing our address on everything (I get a lot of magazines).
4. My boss is not at work today.
5. Maybe the late-night meetings and all-weekend house hunting is over for a few years!

I am very excited. After waiting through the weekend, the house builder finally settled on a price with us, and we all agreed. Last night after work, we went over to sign the official paperwork, since the last few prices were only verbal offers. We will work on getting a home inspection done in the next week (I know – it's a new construction – but we're scared of electrical fires, etc) and then closing is set for Halloween day.

After signing some paperwork last night, we went over to the house. This was the first time we'd been there knowing it would be ours. The other times we had to look at it through the same eyes that looked at other houses thinking, what if? So this time I took a bunch of pictures. It was getting dark by this time, so they didn't turn out great, but people wanted to see pictures, and you've got to keep the people happy.