house!!

WE HAVE A HOUSE! Or at least almost. We saw the house around noon yesterday. Signed the papers that evening.

I still haven't quite absorbed this fact. I keep feeling as if something's going to go wrong and we'll find out it was all a big mistake. Then again, the sale is conditional on a home inspection on Monday, so there's always that chance, isn't there? No, I won't even entertain that possibility. Everything will be fine.

Dear lord, I'm rambling. Blathering, rather.

The minute we walked inside, we knew it was our house. Lots of interesting nooks and crannies and unusual angles. As Jeff says, it looks as if a (small) giant sat inside the house and pushed out with his elbows and knees in odd places. It has a spiral staircase (a spiral staircase!!) leading up to the library. Lots of light. I loveLOVE the kitchen. Easy access to the TTC.



The house is small, with just one bedroom. We don't have a guest room. There's an office alcove which will be Jeff's office, a small solarium where I plan to grow some potted herbs to use in my cooking. No garage, just a parking pad. We're renovating part of the unfinished basement to be my office. No grass, but there's a small wooden deck out back as well a crab apple tree, and we've been told there are some perennials out there under all the snow.

Closing date is late May. I have no idea how I'm going to be able to stand the waiting. I love that house; I want to move in NOW.

Jeff and I were anxiously waiting at my sister's place when the call came from our real estate agent that the buyer had accepted our offer. We cheered and jumped up and down, and then I started crying and we all hugged each other.

I still can't believe it...

We. Have. A. House.

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