It’s been over a month since I have even looked at my blog – needless to say life has been BUSY!!!
I hate when people say they’re busy, but truly, we have been. So let’s do a quick catchup on the last 6 weeks…..
WE MOVED!
Another big move in the books. We are excited to be living somewhere for longer than 18 months this time. Our year plus in Minnesota was amazing and we are still getting settled in a new state, new house, and new routine.
We’ve done a lot to our house so far – painting, new lighting, lots and lots of cleaning and outdoor work. It’s fun to have projects again (after renting for 18 months) and make this house our own. I know lots of people have shared this but it truly is insane buying a house right now. Interest rates and inventory are basically zero (not anymore I guess on the interest rates!) so it was difficult to find a place to live – especially when living in another state.
We saw dozens of houses, put in 6 offers, and got accepted twice. The first time we were accepted we were super excited…fast forward to a disaster inspection, and we walked away. We just couldn’t stomach fixing the roof (structural AND shingles), getting new HVAC AND having the house rewired. It was truly a disaster inspection. It was pretty stressful to walk away and just hope it would work out.
Luckily we did end up finding our current house – but we didn’t even see it until the day before closing. Talk about stressful. I don’t recommend buying a house sight unseen but sometimes you don’t have another option.
After two weeks here we are really loving it. It took some deep cleaning and some fresh paint to really feel like ours. With some of our art on the wall and photos it feels more like home everyday. We love our neighborhood, our quiet street, and the mature trees.
So expect more home content to come. We have a lot of updates planned so I will be sure to share that with you all. It’s interesting how our focus changes as our situation changes – I truly don’t look at clothes now, I look at home items in my spare time.
Also – I’ve been doing Rent The Runway lately and LOVING it! It’s such a fun way to try new clothes without buying them. I have a plan where I get 8 items a month, 4 items at a time. I am going to share a full review soon as well. This J.Crew sweater below is from one of my RTR orders. I wore it 5 times in the two weeks I had it!
Ok that’s all for now – off to relax a bit while both kids are napping. Have a great day!
