Wow! It's been a whirlwind week. The sale of our condo almost fell through and then did finally firm up, and we now have an accepted offer in on a new house! Very exciting, but it's also bittersweet as we adore our condo and will miss it a lot. Honestly, buying the condo and moving into the city could very well have saved our marriage.
The house we're hoping to buy is an older house in the city's west end. It's within walking distance to my work and close to all the city's amenities. It's a house with a lot of potential, too. It has a very cool finished attic space that is divided into two rooms. My plan is to eventually move Hunter up to the back bedroom and have the front room as a play room and then hang-out space when he's older. There are lots of things we can do to improve on the house but nothing that we *have* to do before we move in (at least, not as far as we know right now... inspection's on Wednesday!) Over time, we'd like to refinish the floors, update the kitchen and upstairs bathroom, update some of the older windows, etc. Lots of little projects we can do slowly and then do some of the bigger ones when we're ready. All very exciting, but also a bit nerve-wracking. The bigger house will mean a bigger mortgage payment, bigger heat and electrical bill, etc. We're going to have to be really careful with our budgeting and change our lifestyle to curb some of our more frivolous spending habits. I'll have to write a budgeting post at some point... That's always been one of our biggest challenges.
In other news, I've been hitting the gym four days a week for two weeks now, and I can already see a difference in my body. I noticed tonight before I got into the shower that my tummy was looking more firm (still not firm... but more firm...) than it did before, and I'm getting some definition back around my hips. I love seeing progress! I've also lost 3lbs! I'm sure the honeymoon will wear off soon, though. I'm still finding the eating bit challenging and go over my calorie goal most days. It's going to be hard to keep that in check over time. But still! Progress!!
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Congratulations on your new house! You’re lucky that you can begin the move-in process pretty soon, as long as the inspection goes well, which I think it will. The sounds of a new house can be tough to get used to, but once you fix those windows, update the bathroom and refinish those floors, you won’t even notice.
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