The wind is pretty fierce on our sunset cruise. I have moved a lot and I’ve learned a few things about leaving. It’s important, for closure’s sake, to say your good-byes to people. For me, this means carving out quality time with the ones who are important to me, but also taking the time to say […]

Yesterday, on our official closing date, our realtor called. "I’ve got your keys!" she said. This is the first house I’ve ever owned and I’ll be 53 when I start living in it. I realize I’ve never done anything the usual way. Steve and I have lived in the house we’re renting now for over six years. Before that, neither […]

It’s official. We are formally engaged to our house! The closing will be in two months – not the five months we’d hoped for – meaning the house will be ours four months before we can live in it. It turns out that the man who is selling the house is much more ill than we originally […]

I’m in love. With a house. And so is my husband. After two days of looking at 17 houses, we have found the one of our dreams. This house perfectly fulfills all of our objective criteria, our non-negotiable wish list. But that’s not all. It also has that certain pizazz, that undefinable something that’s purely […]