Holy Crap We Bought A House!

     Welcome to my blog about what it's like to be a professional football player.  Here, you'll get a first-hand look at the day-to-day of training, learning the playbook and fighting off all the ladies.  It's a tough job, but someone's gotta do it.


     Just kidding.  Just wanted to see if you were paying attention.  Did you do a double take on the blog title?  Did you think to yourself, "This lady has lost her mind?"  Well yes.  Yes I have, because my husband and I just bought a house.


     A little background on us.  We're young...ish.  We have 2 kids and 2 massive dogs that bark like mad, so it's basically like we have 2 infants as well.  Two really big infants.  That shed.  Thank God for Dyson, am I right ladies?!  My husband is a Chief in the Navy, I'm a SAHM and my hobbies include cuticle care and the E Network.  I also love Pitch Perfect so.....yeah.  My husband is getting closer to retirement and for some reason we said, "Hey!  You know what we should do?  We should buy a house!"  We are not planning on retiring where our house is, but that's the beauty of it.  No longer do we have to be out of a house by a certain date, it's ours.  We can stay as long as we want after retirement.  Because it's ours.  In case you were wondering.


     The days leading up to closing on the house were a nerve-wrecking, worry-infused blur.  Anyone who has gone through it, or is going through it now, will completely understand.  It's full of talks of interest rates, mortgage payments, inspections, appraisals...the list could go on.  It's enough to make even the most stoic of people sweat.  There are so many variables that come along with purchasing a home and for the first-time buyer, like us, it can be rather scary.  We lucked out and had an amazing Realtor who worked his butt off making sure we were comfortable with every step and were well informed of the process.  Even now he keeps in touch and we closed 2 months ago.


     Closing day was crazy exciting.  It was official!  We were homeowners!  Then the panic set in.  Holy crap...we bought a house.  Holy hell...what have we done?  Oh. My. God.  WE JUST BOUGHT A HOUSE!  Let's just say that emotions were high and were tumultuous.  Even though we closed over 2 months ago, we have only lived here for about a week, we had a lease with another house we couldn't get out of, so the previous owners paid rent-back to us for that time frame.  We picked up the keys one day early and BAM!  Homeowner status: Official.


     Moving into the house was the easy part.  Now we're on the hook for anything that goes wrong with our home and I'll be honest with you folks, that scares the hell out of me.  For my entire life I've been able to say, "Mom! Dad!  My window is broken!"  Or, "DADDY!!!  There are SPIDERS in the kitchen!!!"  Or, for my entire married life, "Maintenance...we have a busted pipe in our kitchen.  Come quick!" I personally haven't had to pay a dime for anything that has gone wrong in the numerous homes I've lived in, which totals to 7 in the past 9 years alone.  It's all on us now, there is no maintenance line to call.  I can call Mom and Daddy, but they're in my home state of Alabama (ROLL TIDE!) and I'm...not.  They'll help me anyway, even if all they can do is make me laugh and calm me down, so I guess they're my maintenance line.  Well, and the old ball and chain, he's pretty much my first line to defense when I'm overthinking something or freaking out.  All in all, I think I have a pretty good support system.  Anyway, I got sidetracked.  It happens a lot, so be aware of that.  We know we have to have the roof and AC unit replaced, which are two costly repairs.  We have a date for our roof install and hope to have the AC taken care of before next summer.  Pray for our bank accounts, they're crying already.  If they're smart, they'll call Switzerland to transfer the money out of the country...


     So this is where I'll be talking, venting, crying, whining (and wine'ing) about what it's like to be a homeowner.   My husband and I take a lot of pride in that term and we're looking forward to this adventure together.  Whether you're a seasoned homeowner,  just starting your journey or are thinking of taking the plunge, I'm sure you'll understand some of the feeling and emotion I'll try to bring to this blog.  I may not post as often as most bloggers, but my plan is to post once a week, at least, about our weekend projects, our repairs, and quite possibly, my answer to the meaning of life.  (It's 42.)