Moving.... Moving.... Moving

Well the biggest news in our life right now is that we are moving!! We are in the process of buying a house (which I have concluded is not my favorite thing in the world). We looked at many houses, but ultimately decided on one in the 'burbs that needs a little love to really shine. We love the area. We are going to now live in Oakdale, Minnesota. One of the great parts of this move is we will now live in the same city as the Minnesota temple! I feel like I'm back in Utah! So now there won't be any excuses for Dave and I....

Moving from a studio apartment to a 3 bedroom 2 bathroom house is going to be pretty interesting. We close next week but do not need to be out of our apartment until the last day of September. This give us time to go in and do some MUCH needed painting and replacing of flooring. There are such great deals going on right now that we think we are going to give the main level and kitchen some hardwood floors, and recarpet the rest of the house. We are also going to take out a couple of cabinets and turn them into an island for the kitchen with some granite and new appliances.... We have about a month to do it.... And I think we'll be able to.

Some things I love about this new house:
~It's not a studio apartment
~It's got a nice big backyard with some great trees
~Three (yes, 3) car garage
~Walk in closet in the master bedroom
~It's a single family home (not a townhome or condo)
~Bathroom right off the master bedroom (no more walking down the hall to use the bathroom!)

Here are some "before" pictures just to give you an idea of the work we have cut out for us... Once we finish and settle in, we'll post some "after" pictures... Count on those in November or so.....

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Ok.... so we aren't living at the temple... but it's pretty much our new neighbor :)

So as you can see, we have some work to do... But a little sweat equity I think will go a long way.... There were other houses just like ours with the sweat equity already done asking for a lot more... But I figure this way I get to redo things how WE want them.... not someone else :)