We made the list!

As a few of you may know, we've been looking to purchase a puppy for our new home. We're happy to report that after filling out the application and exchanging a few emails and phone calls with the breeder, we've made the puppy list! Speaking of pups, Brandy's parents just added a new edition to their family. Sadie is a 10-week old yorkiepoo with a great personality and gorgeous black coat.

Jeremy also had a chance to mow the lawn for the first time today. So between the dog and lawn, I think we can safely say the house lost it's innocence today!

Check out the link at the top of the page for more photos!

Instant yard!

Check out the photos of our new yard at the flickr link!

Enjoy!

Welcome!

Since we last left everyone, we had just moved into the house. Well, here we are now, a little over a month later and still standing.

We enjoy the neighborhood, our kitchen, the garage, and of course, the house! We've already begun mudding and taping the garage, not to mention taking care of the dinky projects that endlessly come up. Now all we have to do is get some grass and we'll be set!

Everybody is welcome to visit, but if the trek to Owatonna's not for you, keep checking our site as we'll keep everyone in the loop about our adventures.

And remember, view updated photos of the place at the flickr site!

SOLD! I think. . .

Two weeks ago, we became the proud owners of our first house! And, as you'd suspect, we've had a few "newbie" moments.

After only a few days in the house, we decided to make dinner in our new oven for the very first time. Unfortunately, upon starting the oven, it started to give off what can only be described (with the use of numerous adjectives for dramatic effect) as an "unpleasant, strong, burning, electrical scent."

We had expected the oven to smell a little on the first use, but when the thick smoke started pouring out of it a few minutes later, our months of building flashed before our eyes. We took one look at each other and pulled the oven away from the wall as quickly as we could. A few moments later, we attempted to alieviate the strong smell by turning our cieling fan to high.

Ladies and gentlemen, this small gesture turned our nervous situation into a full-blown crisis, otherwise known as "all hell breaking lose." It was at this very moment our cieling fan decided to part ways with the base mounted in the ceiling.

We quickly concluded this was not good.

Which was more important? The smoking oven--which, by the way, was not giving any indication of slowing down--or the fan hanging by it's wires swirling around ready to give us new haircuts at any moment. It was a tough decision.

Fortunately, Jeremy was able to spring into action and take care of the fan while I monitored the oven situation. About a half-an-hour later we had everything under control and we were sitting on the couch with a couple beers waiting for our delivery pizza to arrive.

Yes, homeownership has been good to us--but not without a few trying moments.

As for new pictures of the place, well, we've decided to wait. We're sure everyone wouldn't mind seeing how the house looks with our furniture and other belongings set up, however, we are waiting for our parents to see the place in person before posting any. On the plus side, you can count on a few photos at the beginning of May. And although the building process has been completed, the driveway and yard have only just begun--so you can count on a few more posts about our adventures in new homeownership!

Week 17: Is this week over yet?!

Sheesh.

For all the weeks of ease we've had in building a house, we are definitely paying for it this week! Our troubles began last week when our real estate agent, Susan, went MIA. We were starting to get anxious because items that still needed to be changed, added, etc. were left undone.

Just as we were getting ready to send out the blood hounds, we received a call from another agent on Saturday (of all days) informing us that Susan changed real estate agencies. This new agent, Bob, assured us everything was okay and that we could still work with Susan and complete the close.

Apparently this was not the case.

Jeremy found out a few days later that we were, in fact, no longer working with Susan. This presents a highly tricky situation as Susan still represents the builder, but we legally signed into our contract with Century 21, her old agency. Although we were sad to see Susan go, we didn't have much time for mourning because we needed to get the house ready for closing next week and there were still items left to be finished.

So our new buddy Bob has been saving the day left and right. Fortunately for him, we made the transition process much easier by compiling a list of various items, objects, and alcoholic beverages that needed immediate attention. Just a quick side note, as you may have guessed, we actually did not submit the last portion of that list to Bob, but one could feasibly say that after our hellish week, I think he can afford to buy us a few.

And that leads us to today. We're happy to see our requests are being fulfilled and the hiccup in the process has passed. To celebrate all the changes and the extremely near completion of the exterior of the house, we've uploaded a ton of photos to the link at the top of the page for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!