We bought a house! I blotched out the numbers, so I feel safe putting this on here. But I'm too excited not to share. After house hunting for a mere two days, we saw this house on the second day, loved it so much, and made an offer. The nice military couple accepted the offer and in May we'll be moving in. We wanted to give them time to move out and get to their new base, etc.
It is three stories with an unfinished basement (we're very excited about this project), but all the wiring and plumbing is already done. Whew! It's next to a part of the green belt, which is where there cannot be any development, the trees and wildlife is left alone, so Buckwheat will be able to have his glorified space. Granted, if there's no dangerous eagles, wolves, or bears... or moose!
We've seen three moose so far. All the rest must still be dead. Mark had a briefing on bear safety, and then relayed it to me. Here's what I learned: guns don't stop a bear, it only makes them mad. On hikes, carry a "bear size" pepper spray. It's as big as a can of spray paint, I guess! Then you are supposed to 'react' differently to different bears, and also different situations. If you startle the bear, stand still and let it bite you (essentially). WHAT the heck. Then it'll leave you alone. It just needs to feel like it's done it's job of not being the weak one. But if it scares you, yell and throw rocks. Oh my. Still no wolves yet. Thank goodness!
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Congratulations on the house. We once had a mountain man/gold miner for a neighbor who told us the best way to fend of a bear is to break his knees. Not a problem, right? I hope you never encounter any bears, or wolves, or moose, or ravenous eagles in your new backyard.
You bought a house! That's so exciting! Congratulations!!! It looks so cute, and how fun that you get to live with such "wild" wildlife! :) Good luck with the bears!
A house!?! I am totally jealous. Can I come help you paint and decorate and buy furniture??! ;) I love where you are, Jace. Good luck with the moose, and wolves, and bears--Oh my! If anyone can do it, you can.
Congratulations on the house! It's cute and I can't wait to see pictures of how you decorate the inside!
thanks, everyone! The house inside has been decorated with furniture similar to ours, and it already has cute paint! ha The wife painted the walls upstairs this pretty blue, somewhat aqua color, and downstairs this light green. So mark and I will probably move in and see what colors we will keep or change. :)
Kris - umm... maybe there's a tutorial on how to break a bear's knee? ha ha! That is really scary!
Holly - thanks! Hopefully they won't be a problem. Everyone keeps their trash in the garage until they're ready for the garbage trucks.
Kristen - come on up ANYTIME! Your expertise is always welcome.
Aimee - I'll put up pictures come 'move in'. Thanks!
That's awesome! It's so nice to have your OWN home to do whatever you want with it! Congrats!
Wow...A HOUSE! Hooray! I am so jealous and excited for you! It's going to be so awesome to have your own house and be able to be the creative person you are with your own space!! What an exciting part of life. Kind of overwhelming I imagine. It looks like a great house! Oh, question for you. Do you have any websites for cute modest dresses. I need to get one for graduation and for Paul's sisters wedding.
Jayci, it's nice to meet you! Where do you live? You should really think about having Jenny or one of her director's come to your ward or Stake again. She has some AMAZING new programs!! And we pretty much tour all over. You can go to jennyphillips.com if you're interested. It's always free, so it's at least worth a look. She has a new program out for young women and relief society called "The Parable of the Princesses" that is really great! Also "The Miracle" is wonderful and it can be put on for adults or youth. Thanks for the comments and again, it's nice to meet you! :)
OMG!!!! That is so craZy seeing moose, and having to take bear safety classes. That just a little too scary. On the other hand your house is beautiful. I know you will decorate it up so lovely. Wow...3 stories...that's a lot of room for just the 2 of you. You better start poppin out some babies to fill that big house ;0
Oh, and to answer your question...no I didn't move. I just came to visit for Easter, but since I drove I wanted to make it worth my while and stay for a month instead of having to drive and only spending a couple days and turning right back. I'll prob. head back to Del Rio around the first week of April. Right now I'm enjoying spending time with family
cuuuuuuuuuuute house!!!!!!! So I can come visit now? I want to see a real moose!
wow!! congratulations to you both. i can't wait to see interior pictures!!
Stand and let it bite you?!?! Are they crazy! I can't wait to see what you do with your house. Oh, by the way, I met Raime (I don't know how to spell her name and probably butchered it) that you played tennis with in high school. I was in Vegas for a wedding and she was there. And why is Tessa talking about wedding dresses?
Hooray for the house! It is so awesome! I love it.
how COOL is that. bears, mountain lions, wolves. man, that is AWESOME.
Congrats!!! That's awesome :)
Note to self: Stay far away from bears and Bear Country.
Congrats on the house!!! It's nice to have your own place to do what you want to it. Also, CRAZY about the bears. I must say I've NEVER heard that you're supposed to let them bite you. You'll have to let me know how that goes ;) Take care and keep the posts coming!!!!
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