Becoming Homeowners

Throughout our journey as homeowners I have felt a few times like "this is OUR home" but have never done anything TO the house to make it feel like it was ours. This makes sense, I promise! 

We bought the house in November, hubs didn't get home from Iraq until December. We moved into the house, have been living here for about 4 months now and still didn't even own a lawnmower. I had never mowed a lawn  in my entire life-and no, I am not exaggerating. I lived with my mom my whole life. We lived with my grandparents who were big time gardners, then we lived with my little sisters dad on a farm with no lawn to be mowed-and if there was one, I never had to do anything with it. Then we rented and the landlord did it for us. Then my mom bought a house and my grandparents lived up the street so he would mow her lawn too. Then apartment, 2 rentals with my husband that had maintenance included in rent. So before today I had never even touched a lawnmower aside from the time I worked at sears and would maybe clean them as part of my job. As our first lawnmowing purchase as homeowners, we went with a corded electric set up. The cord is a pain in the ass but I feel better knowing mother earth can breathe a little better because of our decision to not go with gas yard care appliances. I got to mow OUR lawn at OUR house that WE own. It felt good. Until my sunburn set in. And I realized why people are up at 8 AM to mow their lawns. Lesson 1. 

Before this project, neither of us had operated miter saws, jig saws or nail guns. My experience in these items is still very limited but I can now say I know how to do it! And my hubby did an awesome job on the trim-especially being a 'first timer'. And he feels all manly and handy being able to do stuff like this now. 

I dont know why I am posting. Except that it finally set in. We own this, this house is our responsibility, and we can do whatever we want to it-well to the inside. The outside is protected because it is historic but that doesnt mean we can't fix that up eventually too. Because we CAN. We have all the tools we need and the skills can only be improved by continuous use of them right? I am enjoying this journey so far into homeownership, and I feel really accomplished. I am 23 years old, my husband is 25 and we own a house that we are slowly but surely renovating ourselves while raising our family. I like this feeling.