Two exciting pieces of news for the Anderson household. First up, we have a new family member! Samson the 8 month old Yellow Lab/Golden Retriever has joined us just under a week ago. He is very well behaved and both Tim and Kate are glad that he is fully housebroken. There is definitely still some puppy in him that we are working on but it is a very good learning experience for both of us. Here are a few shots from his first day at home.
Also exciting news is that after much tedious searching in a very rough economy, Kate has received a job offer for a position that promises some very exciting career opportunities and flexibility. More info on that at later once things are a little more solidified, but God has been good to us and continues to bless us as we grow.
May has been a busy month for us. It started with Kate’s graduation from Vandy on Friday May 8th. Mom, Dad, and Mamaw traveled to Nashville for the festivities. Graduation day was great. We went to breakfast and then off to graduation. It was supposed to rain all day but fortunately the morning started off sunny. By the time we got to graduation, the ceremony had been moved to under a tent and it started with precautionary tornado procedures in case we had to evacuate to nearby buildings. Kate soon found out that marriage moved her so far up the alphabet that she was the very first person to get her degree. That was definitely a different experience from her previous spot in the middle of the alphabet. Mom said the bright side was that if there was a tornado and they had to stop the ceremony, at least she would have her degree.
While Mom, Dad, and Mamaw explored Nashville, we packed up our little town house. We packed and packed and packed and packed some more. Then on Sunday, we finished throwing the last little bit in our truck and then made the drive to Ohio. We got into Columbus around 6 PM and then all of our amazing friends and Tim’s parents showed up to help unload. It was an amazing weekend. Between our parents and our friends we had so much help cleaning, packing, and unpacking. We can’t forget about the delicious food people brought too! We are so grateful for everyone’s time and energy.
So now we are mostly unpacked and have been making little additions here and there. (We’ve been to home improvement stores more times in the last few weeks than ever before.) Our major additions thus far have been blinds, a storm door, and a king sized bed. Lately we have been looking for living and bedroom furniture and boy have we seen a lot of it. It’s been a lot of work but a lot of fun picking out what our home will look like. Here’s a video tour of our house before we moved our stuff in.
We look forward to being able to seeing friends and family more now that we are back in Ohio.
So as most of you know, we have been house hunting for a new home when we move back to Ohio in May. Well we are happy to let everyone know that we are no longer hunting. We have found a home!
As we spent weekends in Ohio looking at different homes, a few times we changed or adjusted our priorities in what we were looking for, but never saw anything that really grabbed us and made is think “this is home”. We were starting to get a little worried and wondered if it doesn’t happen for some people and if we would eventually settle on something that just worked. That changed when we walked through the last house after a long day of searching. We are truly happy with the home we found and when we went back through a list we had drawn up at the beginning of our search process of all the desires for our “dream home” it had nearly all of them.
We’ll provide more pictures and even video once we get closer to moving in, but for now here is some brief info to give you an idea:
4 bedroom, 2.5 bath. 2200 sqft. Built in 2008 (We’re the first owners!) Great up and coming “americana” neighborhood that is close to our friends and less than 10 minutes to Tim’s work. All the bedrooms are upstairs, crawl-space no basement, and the main floor has a sitting-office-living room and an open great room that flows right into the dining area and kitchen . Not a super huge backyard, but big enough for a dog and room to throw a football around.
We close on April 28th and will move in the weekend of May 10th (right after Kate’s graduation)! We are very excited and very much looking forward to our move.
May. Well we are happy to let everyone know that we are no longer hunting. We have found a home!