New Home

We've decided to buy a new house and get out of my townhouse. I have mixed feelings about this. On one side we need more space. There is no getting around that. But on the other hand I am going to miss my space…my sanctuary, my home. The home I bought on my own, and kept through some really tough times. It’s just walls and floor and ceilings, but why do our homes mean so much? I can’t even say that it is the people inside the home that makes it, because for 90% of the time I’ve owned it, it was just Charlie (my cat) and I.

But we need a main floor bedroom for N. He just can’t keep sleeping in the living room. And the girls would like their own rooms. So upgrade we must.

It is huge. 4500 square feet. But we’ll have the space we need for us and the kids which is a good thing.

Now for furniture. We’ve decided that we need a kitchen table, living room furniture, furniture for a screened porch, patio furniture, some additional furniture for the master bedroom, and the kids each need a chest of drawers. Then there are the electronics. Thank goodness I work for a major electronics retailer. The discount isn’t great, but it is there and that is something in and of itself. The whole cost is staggering and way out of my comfort zone.

R doesn’t get this. I lived in a small house that was just big enough for 2 (maybe 3) when I was married. We didn’t need anything more. I moved out into a one bedroom apartment that was really lovely and that I miss to this day. I didn’t need anything more. Then I bought the townhouse and it was more than I needed. Now this house is WAY more than we need. But it is a great value, and hopefully when house prices rebound the value will skyrocket to where it should be. I guess we’ll see.

I just need to take some deep breaths and remember that it will be ok. But as hard as it was to go from the mindset of 2 incomes down to 1 (and I’m still paying off the credit card bills to prove this), it is even harder to go from 1 income to 2. Deep breaths should get me through it. J

Kids for dinner tonight and then this weekend. It’s a rather quiet weekend though. Basketball practice on Friday, game on Saturday. Soccer practice on Saturday. Then we’re done with the “must do’s.”  Who knows what the weekend will bring!