The irony.īut what do you do in this moment? We had been looking and looking and nothing else fit the bill either. Oddly enough, it ended up being too small. It didn’t have all the amenities we needed or wanted, we wanted to make some updates, and it honestly ended up being way more work than it was worth in the end.

We close on the house, move in, and realize WAIT. His house really didn’t fit all of us either – all of us being me, him, and his two teenage boys.ĭuring this time we thought about building UNTIL we found a home that *at the time* felt like the perfect mixture of the two of our existing homes.Īt the time, we were just so excited to find something that felt like we could blend our lives easily.Īnd then… we get there. We basically already lived together, so we really didn’t need two homes.īut yet again… the same problem was there. So I was going back and forth between his place and mine until one day we both asked, “what are we doing?” In the meantime, my boyfriend Jason had his own house too. Meaning it didn’t have room for my people. It was essentially Barbie’s dream house… not Ken’s.

In November of 2022, I closed on the home, moved in (and LOVED it), but there was just one problem… The house I’m referring to is Sunbeam, so for the full breakdown of how I got to this point, read here. In 2022, I started building what I thought at the time would be the house I lived in for a veryyy long time.īuilding a house of my own was a huge step for me and it’s something I was SO proud of! It was the first time I ever did something big like that on my own. 🏡 The Right House Will Find You – You Won’t Find Itįor any of this to make sense at all, you need a little backstory. This time, it’s all about the journey to our FOREVER home. This year as I sit back and think about all that 2023 brought with it, I’m finding myself in another state of reflection that has a lot to do with homeownership yet again! That post alone gives greater insight as to what homeownership can really mean for you if you don’t yet own a home and if you do, my hope is that it encourages you to embrace the celebration that is so deserved! 🎉 Last year as I was planning for the year ahead and setting my sights on 2023, I couldn’t overlook one of the most exciting moments of the year… and its closing chapter.įor the full story on that, make sure you read The Story of Sunbeam AKA The House That Built Me. If you don’t yet own a home, you might not fully understand the emotional attachment that people have to their homes, but I can tell you firsthand, this is a REAL thing. Honestly, the two national holidays I usually celebrate are National Dog Day (yes… all five of them 😉) and National Margarita Day, but when I found out about this one, I had to add it to the list of celebrations!īecause home ownership is a BIG DEAL and deserves to be celebrated as such. Did you know that December 26th is National Homeowner’s Day?

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