House Hunting

I haven't posted anything in a while....we've been SO busy over the past two weeks, selling our current house and having to make a mad dash to find a new one! Based on where Dean works and the fact that we don't want him to have a much longer commute than he has now, we were fairly limited in the neighborhoods we were considering. And we probably drove a hundred miles (or more) and used up multiple tanks of gas in the past month, just driving around to look at possible neighborhoods and to see possible houses.

We ended up deciding on a house in a subdivision only about 4 miles from where we live now....I like the area because it's still close to the interstate and all of the retail stuff around here. We were also considering moving farther toward the water, in an area called Seabrook. It's a nice area (close to the Kemah Boardwalk) and Dean's commute would have been shorter than it is now (20 minutes vs. 35 minutes). But the insurance was quite a bit higher over there by the water, and the house we liked was a little bit out of our price range anyway.

The house we picked is at the end of a cul-de-sac, and is about 12 years old. All the bedrooms are upstairs (which makes me more comfortable since Grant is so young), and it's got a GREAT covered patio outside. So many of the houses we saw just had a little concrete slab out in the backyard for a patio; I don't know many people in Texas who would want to spend much time outside if there's nothing to shade them!

Anyway, we are closing on both houses on Sept 14 (a Friday). So we have less than a month now! Dean's parents are coming that week to help us move, which should be very helpful. My parents conveniently planned a trip to Montana that week! Just kidding....they've had it planned for a long time.