New home, new beginnings.

Tomorrow the Simpsons are moving into a new home. We are thrilled. Being patient and living in an apartment paid off for us. We found a beautiful, spacious home in Oakland Township about eight miles from where we currently are.  Matthew and Caroline will remain at Hart and Ellie will move to Baldwin Elementary. Thankfully my high school friend, Nicole's daughter is also in third grade at Baldwin and Ellie and she are in the same class. Ellie is excited for a new adventure. I appreciate that about Ellie, she is always up for a new adventure. Everyone has their own room in our new house. I began looking for homes in this area last March. I have SEEN many a house in this area. Add to that one of the most competitive seller's markets in recent years and I was, to quote Anne of Green Gables, "In the depths of despair." We had many realtors and I was OVER IT! But, my heart longed for a home, so I kept searching. I ended up meeting our realtor, Susan at an open house and she helped me and stuck with me, even when all the stress made me not the nicest of clients! When I walked into our home, I just felt that it was "ours". It may sound cheesy, but it is true. I feel like everything has fallen into place and we feel this is where we should be. I am so excited to have my home feel like mine again! When we prepared our Portage home to sell we "de-Simpson'd it". We went from warm, earthy tones to GRAY. ALL GRAY.  I have missed my things and I am 100% over apartment living.

The house we are moving into is in a subdivision with tons of kids! I am thrilled for our children and hope they make some good buddies there. I am hoping for decent neighbors as well ,but after the craziness that we've experienced with neighbors over the past years, I may stick with waving hello!
We are ready to be settled and make Rochester, or Oakland Township our home!