Our first house!

Hello everyone! It's been a long time since an entry and that's because we've been very busy. We've been apt./house hunting for the past couple of weeks and it's slim pickens out there! We were so desperate to find something big enough and nice enough, we were considering moving out to East Brainerd (very far away from our little bubble). But last week on my way to the gym, I passed a For Rent sign and checked it out and it was absolutely perfect! It was a HOUSE number 1, and 2, it was in a great area and had all the amenities we wanted. So today, we signed the lease and move in Feb. 1st!!! It's all very exciting and happening so fast, I don't even want to think about all the work we have to do around here.

To tell you a little about the house since I have no pictures up yet, it's a 2 bedroom 1 bath blue house located in the Rivermont area of Chattanooga (between North Chatt. and Hixson). It's all hardwood floors except for the spare bedroom (we're using it for an office/guitar/gym room) which is carpeted. It has a huge wooden deck that covers the entire back of the house. Perfect for summer cookouts and you bet your ass I'm buying a giant baby pool and sunning it up all summer! The front yard is small, but big enough to plant some pretty flowers and the back yard is pretty big but in desperate need of landscaping. Any landscaping artists out there, PLEASE help me out because I have no expertise in that area. Directly below the deck, there's a pretty good size fenced in area that hopefully Dexter will stay some of the time. Sterling thinks he'll probably get out but it's such a perfect place for a dog to stay. We'll just have to see. Dexter and Ali (our pets) are in for a surprise because they've never lived together or met each other. But according to Sterling they'll be best friends so I guess we have nothing to worry about!

So needless to say we have our hands full but I am so excited to have my own house to decorate and to finally have people over. I love to entertain and with my 2 room apt., not much entertainment has gone on in the past 2 years. Speaking of entertainment, we're going to have a housewarming party as soon as we get things settled and we'll keep you up to date with the details. That's all for now - I'm off to pack!