Our 1st House

 We have bought a house!  We signed the papers on Monday to make it official.  Possession date is October 18; moving day is Saturday, October 21 (3 weeks before my due date). 

 Neat things about our house:  It’s got lots of space.  Almost 2200 square feet over 2 floors (main floor and basement).  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).  5 bedrooms plus other rooms that could be developed (enough space to have a bedroom for everyone, an office, toy room, and exercise room).  Large open floor plan living room/dining room.  Big windows.  9ft ceilings on main floor.  Heated veranda/porch with lots of large windows and french doors opening into the rest of the house. 2 bathrooms.  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; we could develop a reception/den area and have my husband’s office in a separate room off to the side.  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.

 When we first saw the house, my husband could see all the potential (and I could see ‘work’).  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.  But a friend got me thinking when she said, “now you can make the house how YOU want it”.  So I started dreaming (and my husband thinks he’s created a monster).  Of course, as usual, I don’t necessarily think of the simple things we could do.  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.  I have no idea how much time, labour, money this would take, but it can’t be too hard, right?  lol.  I am so naive.  For right now, we’ll just move in and prepare for a baby.  Then we’ll see where things take us.  My husband is really excited and I’m getting excited, too.  It’s a new adventure and another step in our lives together.