Welcome to the blog of Jamie and Jamie. I am a chronic failure when it comes to blogging, but I thought this would be a great idea and way to communicate the important things in our lives to people that are smart and educated enough to be able to use the internet. Congratulations if you've made it this far.
So if you know Jamie and I from back in Hays, from College, from Wichita, or from currently in Kansas City, this is a good place to catch up with us, or just stay posted with whats going on in our life. We got married 4 years ago on June 26, 2004, and its been a wonderful 4 years, even if its been a little pedestrian. Its hard to blog about going to work, going out drinking, watching football, and just generally enjoying life. However, we've recently embarked on a new blog-worthy adventure that I thought would be great to detail here as we go through the steps.
We're buying a House! Finally, after years and years of living in apartments, rentals, and bouncing from place to place virtually every year, we're ready to settle down in a space we can call our own, fill with our ideas and concepts, and make into a real home. This of course will also enable to take that next step -- filling it with a family. And before you ask...no, not quite yet. I'll keep you posted.
We had a pretty particular idea of what we were looking for in a place. We wanted to stay right here in this area (near 95th and Metcalf in Overland Park, just block away from both of our jobs), we wanted 3 bedrooms and hopefully 2 baths, and enough room to not only live in now, but to grow a family in as well. Oh, and of course it had to be in our fairly average budget. Well, I don't want to spout to much hyperbole, but we essentially we found what is our perfect house. It fits all of our criteria (and then some) and needs just the right amount of work to let us add our personal touch to the place.
We've gone through most of the difficult steps already. House hunting was fun, and the pre-approval process was a bit tedious, but we made it, and checked another step off of our list this morning when we had a very successful inspection. Virtually the only thing left is the bank's appraisal of the property, and then it should be smooth sailing as we progress to our September 1, 2008 Closing Date.
I plan on supplying this space with TONS of before and after pics, our experiences doing the work we're doing on the place, and a great place to re-visit the memories of creating our first home. Pictures will be coming, likely not until September 1 or shortly after. I pledge to at least attempt to keep up with this thing, and hopefully someone out there gets some joy and information out of it.
Peace out!
Well, a new rug actually. I was browsing craigslist (I'm becoming a major addict since we started into this house buying venture) for random household items, furniture, etc. and I stumbled upon this pretty sweet 4'x6' area rug. It totally fits with alot of the colors we're thinking of for many of the rooms, so I picked it up for a cheap 25 bucks. It isn't that I think its so incredible that I had to make an entry about it, but I really want to test out and get used to posting pictures on here, for when we get into the big stuff come September. Regardless, this rug rules, and I'm digging it.
