Townhouse!

Ok, 2 posts in one night, but I had a lot to say after not posting for a week!

It's official...we're moving! (again!) After a few weeks of looking at townhomes, we found the perfect one for us. It's in the town just west of where we are now called Chanhassen. We can't wait! The house is just beautiful although it was quite a rollercoaster ride getting it to be ours.

The townhouse was up for sale at the same time it was up for rent. (we're just going to be renting it) Well, we both fell in love with it after seeing it Easter weekend so we went back the very next day and filled out the application in hopes of beating any other potential applicants. So, our application got approved and the lady called and said they would love to rent it to us! Two days later I talked to her again and she said they had gotten an offer on the house and that they would be taking the offer. She apologized profusely and really felt so bad, but they had their house listed since January so part of me couldn't really blame them for snatching up an offer in this awful market. We knew this was a possibility b/c the house would be kept on the market until we actually signed the lease, in case anything fell through on our end. But...we were waiting for the lady's husband to get back in town so we could go sign the lease.

Needless to say, we were devestated. I cried a bit and threw a couple of fits and Michael just kept repeating "I can't believe this!". We were just that disapointed. I'm a true believer in that you just know when something is right...and we both had that feeling about the house, so i was just shocked when we got the news. Michael, my mom and some friends kept telling me to not give hope and that maybe the offer wouldn't go through, but I was too afraid to even hold out hope on what I considered the "perfect" place for us. :(

So, needless to say...when I saw her number pop up on my cell phone in the middle of the day at work 2 days later, a ray of hope came through! And sure enough...the offer had fallen through. They said they were taking it off the market and if we wanted it, it was ours! Wahoo!!! (insert the Kyla happy dance here!) :) So, we went Sunday night and signed the lease! It is officially ours and we will begin moving in the middle of May!

It's about 1600 sq ft...which was bigger than our house in Houston! It's a 3 level house with a 2 car garage. So basically, you walk in and either go downstairs to the bottom level where the 1/2 bath, office area and 2nd family room is or you go up to the living room and kitchen. From the kitchen level, you go up 1/2 a level to where the 2 bedrooms are and 2 more bathrooms. The owners are leaving their stainless steel appliances and the kitchen is just beautiful. Most importantly, there are tons of windows and lots of natural light that we love. Off the kitchen, there is a 10X10 deck with stairs that go down to the grassy backyard area that is basically shared by the other townhomes. Which means.....we get to do our favorites!! Michael will get to grill and I will get to have some potted flowers! And after having the longest winter of our lives, you have no idea just how anxious we are for that!

AND...now that we will have even MORE room, that means we are ready for MORE visitors!! :)