Home Ownership

I can't believe how fortunate I am to be a homeowner. Moving was not the rough transition I imagined it to be, although it was challenging indeed, I found everything more exciting and easier to handle the petty stuff since it all lead to being in my first home! First, I must give all the glory to my amazing husband, because without his career none of the dreams he's made come true in my life would be possible. Now, back to my happiness... As I'm walking through the kitchen or down the hall to the master bedroom I find myself imagining all the things I'm going to experience in my home over the years. In fact, I can't even say how long we will be in this area. However, what if we were to start our family here? Can you hear the baby coos and cries? Can you see our puppy licking them in the face and hear our toddler laughing? How about our child running through the front door to show us their school work? To think that we could go from just the two of us (plus our animals!) to a child or two is such a sweet way to learn to love your home in all its faults and glories big or small. Our house, for one, has what we like to call "character". An older brick home with an addition gives it much potential with little projects here and there to become something great. My husband has already accepted the "honey-do list" with enthusiasm. If anything I simply hope that when we are done we have the time to enjoy it without his job sending us somewhere new earlier than expected. We're thinking 3 years at the moment, but of course that could change to 2 or become up to 6 for all we know. No complaints though, either way, we'd probably rent the house out if we have to leave. *Keeping my fingers crossed*

Through all the ruckus I mostly wanted to draw a picture of how the last few days have felt being our first days in our first home. Simply put: peaceful. I don't know if it is the euphoria of home ownership, the sunny warm weather, or the fact that we'd been sleep deprived the last week, but this past Sunday was the sweetest, happiest, most comfortable... just peaceful day I've had in (believe it or not) years. Sure we miss our friends and church from our last place of residency and we always miss our family back home, but I have to say NC has already won my heart against all odds. I've told many of my friends that when my husband told me we were moving here I cried for 20 minutes. Now that I'm here...have a home to call my own and have seen the surrounding area, beach, etc. It is absolutely beautiful, actually reminds me of my hometown, and has more than the potential to keep us here for years to come pending overall satisfaction.

I'm happy. I'm at peace with the past and looking forward to the future. I'm home... sweet home.

This One's For Me

I have to say I feel more than blessed to start a blog. Not only is this a place for me to become a writer, but to actually speak my mind to the world (potentially). I know I'm not the first nor the last, but there is something extremely comforting about having a place to share your heart and soul possibly without ever knowing who has read it... I like that.

Well, here I go- Thanks for reading!