Finally Fireworks: Old house, new house

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Old house, new house

So, this house has been our home since St. Patrick's Day 2006--that is the day we closed. Since that time, Eric and I got engaged, married, learned a lot about being homeowners, and each other too. We brought Amara home from the hospital to this house and shared it with many friends and family. It was Ily's first home with us, where she learned to run off, but eventually love her fence too. We celebrated anniversaries, New Years' dinners, holidays and birthdays. We also grieved the loss of many family members and friends together and started to grow as a family.

All things come to an end, or at the very least--change. They say change is the only true constant and we have certainly ridden that wave, together.

I found this house on Copper ct. on the HUD website (same way we found our last house) and we stopped by for a visit. Immediately, Eric could NOT hide his poker face, and it was SO clear he wanted to live here. After a weekend of agonizing over the bid, we submitted it. Because it was the 4th of July weekend, we had to wait an extra day for the bid results, but the time paid off, and we got it! It took a few weeks for the HUD folks to get their papers in order, but we closed on our new home the Friday before Eric's birthday. He said he wanted to spend the night in his new home by his birthday--so with our AGGRESSIVE goal of a 2 day turnaround, we started moving.

To get into the house even faster, one crew painted while another moved. We had Jason's family show up to move us, our moms and dads, and Matt & Steph too. Saturday was a VERY long day, but believe it or not, we all slept in the new house on Sunday night, so Eric could wake up on his birthday in the new place :) Since that day--we have never looked back. It took weeks and dozens of trips to get the Schuylar house cleared out. Dozens of hours with my mom and dad spackling and painting, carpets being cleaned, etc.