...drumroll please...
 
We just bought our first single family home! Yes, that's right. After living in our townhome for almost four years, we're finally moving on. It's been a long and crazy road, too. While our own house sold in only 4 days, our search was far longer than even 4 months. Granite countertops and scary shag carpet, vaulted ceilings and peanut-sized yards, leaky bathrooms and unpermitted kitchens...Felix and I saw it ALL.
 
I realize now that there is simply no such thing as the perfect house. It could always have a bigger yard, or be in a better neighborhood, or have a lower price, or offer a stronger school district. Finding a house is a constantly changing process, a fluid and shifting process that often made me want to tear my hair out.
 
So all factors considered, we're both pretty excited about our new home. It represents a little of everything that we wanted, and I can easily picture us living there happily for quite a long time.
 
A picture's worth a thousand words, rigtht? I'll post pix soon, I promise.