House Hunting Part 2

Okay, so we were back to square 1 and I was back to Tulsa. How are we going to do this? I swore to my friend Lisa (who is also in this same relocation boat) that I did not and would not trust Mark to pick out a house without me seeing it first. I really should learn to shut-up because guess what happened? Alright, it's not very hard to guess since I'm leading you up to it. As I told my friend, Kim, it was a God thing. A house in the city of Seattle came on the market afer we made an offer on the "grey" house. When the inspection fell through and we walked away, I had Mark go look at the house (since he is already in Seattle working) It is now known as the Star House (there are painted stars on the stairs going down to the basement). He and our real estate agent, Stacy, loved the house. After seeing several pictures, we put in an offer on a house I've never set foot in. Talk about faith after only 6 months of marriage! Currently we are in the inspection process and so long as everything goes well we are set to close on June 12.

I do have to say that the Star house may be the end of our marriage (not really). You ask why? Well, it needs a total kitchen remodel. Before putting in an offer, Mark promised we could hire a professional to at least design the kitchen space. Since Mark is an engineer and did take one class (10 years ago) on design he does believe he can do this. Mark came home to Tulsa this past weekend and we decided to take a trip to our neighborhood Lowe's to take a look at some appliances, cabinets, and other FUN kitchen remodeling goods. After 3 minutes in the store and a quick argument I realized I had the car keys and was storming out of the store. I have a feeling this kitchen remodel may be a hefty subject for this blog and half the reason I've started (due to the numerous requests for updates). I will keep you posted with all the happenings, but first we need to keep the horse in front of the cart and close on the house first.

Stay tuned for more insight into the VanGroll adventure (we hope we're still married after all of this)

NOTE: I'm being very sarcastic and currently harbor no ill will toward my wonderful husband.