:: :: this could soon be yours :: ::

ok. mine. not yours. but "this could soon be mine" didn't sounds as catchy as a post title.


we put in an offer on a house yesterday and as of tomorrow we will be in contract (contingent, of course, on a successful transfer of title on the condo in ohio). they countered our offer at more than their asking price so i was ready to write it off as a loss (even though we totally *love* this house) but then came back tonight with a counter of exactly what we offered but with a few little strange (and likely inconsequential) contingencies of their own.

we have to sign on it tomorrow.

because i had spent all day convincing myself i didn't care that we weren't going to get the house and blah blah blah i have yet to get properly excited about the fact that this house -- far bigger and cooler than i ever imagined we could afford -- will be ours.

it has all these cool built-ins throughout the house. and a one-car AND a two-car garage. and it's within walking distance of two parks, the community pool and ice rink, and a spray area for kids. it's in a walking school district (no buses! i think that's so cool!). it's seven miles from brian's parents' house, six from my mom's house, four from my dad's, and just under nine from my sister's house.

and just zero-point-four miles from wegmans. yes. less than half a mile from my favorite grocery store.

alleleuia.