{"id":166,"date":"2006-09-22T10:11:12","date_gmt":"2006-09-22T16:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/songofjoy.ca\/?p=176"},"modified":"2006-09-22T10:11:12","modified_gmt":"2006-09-22T16:11:12","slug":"our-1st-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/songofjoy.ca\/?p=166","title":{"rendered":"Our 1st House"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00c2\u00a0We have\u00c2\u00a0bought a house!\u00c2\u00a0 We signed the papers on Monday to make it official.\u00c2\u00a0 Possession date is October 18; moving day is Saturday, October 21 (3 weeks before my due date).\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0Neat things about our house:\u00c2\u00a0 It’s got lots of space.\u00c2\u00a0 Almost 2200 square feet over 2 floors (main floor and basement).\u00c2\u00a0 The basement is full height (so my husband doesn’t have to duck his head – he’s 6ft 6inches ; and I can use my treadmill down there).\u00c2\u00a0 5 bedrooms plus other rooms that could be developed (enough space to have a bedroom for everyone, an office, toy room, and exercise room).\u00c2\u00a0 Large open floor plan living room\/dining room.\u00c2\u00a0 Big windows.\u00c2\u00a0 9ft ceilings on main floor.\u00c2\u00a0 Heated veranda\/porch with lots of large windows and french doors opening into the rest of the house. 2 bathrooms.\u00c2\u00a0 Side entrance opening onto basement and main floor (door separating basement from main floor)- we could develop the basement for my husband’s business so clients could meet with him and have a private entrance away from the rest of the house;\u00c2\u00a0we could develop a reception\/den area and have my husband’s office in a separate room off to the side.\u00c2\u00a0 A long time ago, someone lived in the attic (there’s vinyl flooring and drywall up there) – we could develop this and use it as another room.<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0When we first saw the house, my husband could see all the potential (and I could see ‘work’).\u00c2\u00a0 I am intimidated by the thought of renovations (I’ve never done them before) and I prefer to have everything done for me ahead of time so I can just move in.\u00c2\u00a0 But a friend got me thinking when she said, “now you can make the house how YOU want it”.\u00c2\u00a0 So I started\u00c2\u00a0dreaming (and my husband thinks he’s created a monster).\u00c2\u00a0 Of course, as usual, I don’t necessarily think of the simple things we could do.\u00c2\u00a0 When I found out about the attic, I started envisioning a den with skylights and then, hey, why not knock out the ceiling above the living room\/dining room and have vaulted ceilings with skylights.\u00c2\u00a0 I have no idea how much time, labour, money this would take, but it can’t be too hard, right?\u00c2\u00a0 lol.\u00c2\u00a0 I am so naive.\u00c2\u00a0 For right now, we’ll just move in and prepare for a baby.\u00c2\u00a0 Then we’ll see where things take us.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0My husband is really excited\u00c2\u00a0and I’m getting excited, too.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s a new adventure and another step in our\u00c2\u00a0lives together.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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