Thankful Thursday

I saw this post on Life After I "Dew" and thought I would create my own. 

I am thankful for:

• Friends and family.  This is such an important factor in my life.  I do not know what I would do without them.  They are what makes life exciting.  I love helping them out when I can.
• My Wonderful Husband.  I have been blessed to meet a great guy at the right time.  I always enjoy spending time with him. 
• Charlie- A couple years ago on a dream board that I created, I added a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.  Well I got one!  I didn't think it was possible but George got permission to have him in our apartment and we decided to purchase him.  I am amazed at the amount of tricks that he can do!  
• No Debt-  There are so many material objects in my life.  It is great to know the feeling that I do not owe anyone for them.  I might not have the nicest car or house, but I know that I can afford them. 

Farmers Markets

I love our local farmers market.  It gives me a good reason to wake up a little early on a Saturday morning. These flowers were only $3.50!  What a deal!  Now they are sitting in my office. They brighten my day in the morning when I come into the office. 

Hotel Review

Since I am part of TripAdvisor, I reviewed the Iberostar Rose Hall Suite hotel that we stayed at Jamaica. 

Jamaica

We had an amazing 5 nights and 6 days in Jamaica.  We stayed at the all inclusive resort Iberostar Rose Hall Suites.  I have done a lot of traveling, and this is the most relaxing place I have ever been!  We got off the plane at 10:30 and by 11 our stuff was in the room, and our feet were in the sand!  Starting at 11 we changed into beach clothes, went swimming in the ocean, had a drink, went in the infinity pool, and tanned a little on some beach chairs.  We did pretty much the same thing the other days.  We also went zip lining.  I had fun but I probably won't do it again :).  The food was amazing, the people were great, and I had an amazing time! 

View our photos here! 

Excitment is in the Air!

This is such an exciting week!  Tomorrow is our inspection.  Then we leave for vacation on Saturday!  I love summer! 

The Happy Inspired Home

I will be posting all house posts to the The Happy Inspired Home. I will keep this blog for more personal things.  Go check it out! :) 

Waiting...

Now we wait for the inspection,ect.  How long did you have to wait to get into your first house? 

Our new neighbors

I try and drive by the house every time I come home from something.  This includes bugging my friends to drive past the house also.  One time we found these cute little ones eating from the apple tree.  How cute!  Charlie will love to chase them!  I also hear that we have a neighborhood bear and fox!  

 

Soon to be home owners!

Offer Excepted!

Offer #1

We put in our first offer on the house on Barton street!  I was not too worried last night because we think they will counter offer.  Only time will tell! 

Still House Shopping!

Today we look at 5 houses, the house we like again, and hopefully put in an offer on the house we like.  We will see what today brings us!!

Exciting Project?

Well toured this house yesterday and think it will work.  It has a lot of good things about it.  It needs a little work that we can complete.  Now we need to figure out the rest!

Next Hopeful!

Well the last house we want to look at was recently rented because it was not sold.  So this is the next one on our list!  We hope to see it this week.  My issue with this house is that it does not have a basement and has small square footage.  I guess we will see as the week goes on!  
 

More Manageable

We are starting to realize what we really want in a home.  We go house shopping for the first time tomorrow.  This is one of the houses that is currently at the top of the list.  Having a house like this will allow me to be a stay at home Mom, and get my Doctorate.  Then when we both have full time jobs we can move up in the world.  So please wish us 'good luck' as we move on in the house hunting process. 

Switching Gears!

After a good rest George and I realized that mold is something we don't want to worry about!  My Mom had us look at modular homes today and they may be a possibility.  I am glad George and I came to the conclusion at the same time.  During this process we are slowly realizing what we both want in a house.  Thanks Heather and Diana for your help during this week!