Jan 30, 2012

The BIG news!

Categories:  About Us, House

This is our first house. We lived here about three years, and it was an amazing little starter home. So many memories here…to name a few:

  • we planned the majority of our wedding here (lots of DIY projects)
  • this was our home after our honeymoon
  • we hosted our first holiday here
  • this was Millie’s first home
  • this was where I learned how to sew
  • this was where we had a LOT of DIY house projects

After a lot of thought, we decided it was time to move to a different area of town. We wanted to live in an area that had great schools for when we start a family. We also wanted a newer home with a good backyard. So, we moved here:

New House

Since we got such an excellent deal on our house (and we weren’t sure how long those awesome interest rates would last), we decided to just scoop up this house and wait for our old house to sell.

And wait….for about four months. (yuck)

Well, today we CLOSED on our old house. We’re back to one mortgage, y’all!

So yeah…BIG HAPPY NEWS for us!

(Ok, so I have to know….how many of y’all thought the big news was a baby?)

17 Comments to “The BIG news!”

  1. Morgan | January 30th, 2012 at 5:31 PM

    Yay, that is such fantastic news! It must be such a relief to go back to paying only one mortgage.

    And I tried really, really hard not to suspect a baby was the big news. Don’t want to jump to any conclusions ;)

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  2. Marissa | January 30th, 2012 at 5:39 PM

    Hooray! Congratulations on closing the chapter on your first home! Just think of all the memories that it’s new owners will make there… and the experiences + milestones you’ll celebrate at you new place!

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  3. Ali | January 30th, 2012 at 5:42 PM

    YAY! Congratulations! :)

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  4. Carly | January 30th, 2012 at 7:54 PM

    Congratulations! Your new house is beautiful!

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  5. sara | January 31st, 2012 at 6:28 AM

    Wow – yay!! What a relief that must be!!

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  6. Geek in Heels | January 31st, 2012 at 8:45 AM

    Congratulations!!! LOVE your new house!

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  7. Suzanne @ Kokocooks | January 31st, 2012 at 8:48 AM

    Congratulations! The new house looks great. But more importantly, how’s the kitchen???

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    admin Reply:
    January 31st, 2012 at 9:17 AM

    Oh, I love our kitchen! So much storage! I’ll have to post pics of it now that it’s all decorated, but this was a pic when we moved in. http://www.theniftyfoodie.com/food/2011/09/26/the-kitchen-is-closed-for-now/

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  8. Our Wired Lives | January 31st, 2012 at 9:13 AM

    I saw the picture before reading, so I thought house before baby ;) Happy Back to One House & mortgage!

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  9. Cece | January 31st, 2012 at 12:49 PM

    I’m a day late (for some reason I couldn’t comment via phone) but CONGRATS on selling the house! For some reason after your teaser tweet I was thinking new job for one of you instead of baby ;)

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  10. Stephanie @ This Casita | January 31st, 2012 at 3:13 PM

    So happy for you – and what a relief that must be!

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  11. Terri | February 2nd, 2012 at 9:25 AM

    Go AMY!! You CAN do it!!

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    February 3rd, 2012 at 11:31 AM

    Thanks so much!

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  12. Terri | February 2nd, 2012 at 9:26 AM

    Oops…That was for the weight loss post. Oops. :) That being said congrats! Please give us a tour of your new kitchen. I’d love to see it.

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  13. The Home Cook | February 3rd, 2012 at 11:30 AM

    Still jealous of your new, gorgeous house. I wish we could move. Sigh.

    Congrats again honey!

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    admin Reply:
    February 3rd, 2012 at 11:32 AM

    Thanks girl! Move down to Louisiana…you can get a lot more house for the $$! :-P

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  14. Kelsey | February 4th, 2012 at 9:09 AM

    Congratulations!

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