This was sitting in my drafts!  What a tragedy I never published it, so here we are. 🙂  I bought a house almost four years ago now – and I love it!Yep, I bought a house.  It honestly feels rather strange to finally be able to say that.  This has been a dream of mine for years, and something I have worked towards most of my adult life.  The process to buy a house has take me a lot longer than I thought it could ever take.  But, here I am.  A Homeowner!

The process was definitely not for the faint of heart.  Here is just a snapshot of what it took to get here:

• Start Date:  met with my Realtor February 19.  End Date:  closed August 24.
• I put in 15 offers before I was accepted.  15.  That fifteen contracts signed, fifteen bank pre-approval letters I needed to hunt down, and fifteen cover letters I had to write, pouring my heart out for houses I fell in love with.
• Of those fifteen, four of those houses I truly loved.  So, that’s three complete heartbreaks of thinking I found “the one” and learning the sellers didn’t agree.

But now I have my own home!  It is something I am so proud of, especially since I did it as a single woman.  Girl Power!  I love my home, and can’t wait to make it my own.