The new house

I signed a lease today. On this beautiful house below.

I spent a lot of hours over the last two days looking at houses. Online, in the local paper, driving around frantically trying to spot signs in yards. Mom and I have done it all. This house has been on the "to view" list, today at 2pm, since yesterday around 3. I waited almost a full 24 hours to see this house, and honestly, I had reached the point where all of my hopes and dreams were pinned on it.
Nothing else was working for me.
Too old.
Too tiny.
Too dirty.
Bad area of town.
Too far of a drive for Andy.
WAY too expensive (but what I really wanted...)

So, when I walked into this one, I simply breathed a sigh of releif. It isn't my dream house, and I wouldn't want to buy it - but I am quite confident we can be very happy here for a year (or two) renting.

The current tenant hasn't quite moved out all the way yet...

I will have trees in my yard!!

That will be a nice change after my last house, in the middle of a field.

I can't get the pictures to rearrange. I am on the old laptop, rather the on my Mac, and I am not as familiar with the controls on here... sorry.
I wanted to comment on the picture of the dining room, and the people standing in it. They had come to view the house after us - they were the 2:30 appointment. I am pretty sure that if I hadn't already claimed it, they would have put in an application themselves, so I am really glad I got the 2:00 showing. However, after talking to them and finding out that they were newly transferred to Moody from whatever that base is out in Las Vegas, I felt sort of bad. At least looking for a house is a little easier for me. I already know the area, and have friends to watch my kids. (Thank you Mary!!!) They were just driving around, trying to figure out what areas had good schools, and safe neighborhoods, etc., dragging their two kids with them.

I led them to another Realtor's office that I had talked to earlier in the day, went with them to look at another house, then left them with my phone number so that we can stay in contact in the future. I told them that house hunting in "competition" was a bonding experience!
I am just so glad to be done with the hunting part.

Next weekend is the actual moving. Any volunteers?