Home buying, truths!

My husband and our two children recently sold our first home, although heart wrenching it was time to move forward. We now are living with my parents (yeah I know what all men think, who would ever want to live with their in laws). 

House hunting is fun right, said no one ever! You have this image in your head like they show on TV, you get a realtor, they show you the house of your dreams,  you and your spouse fall in the love with it at first site, right. You make an offer, its accepted and you move in. No fighting, no disagreements, not in realty folks! 

In realty, your husband will send  you several links to houses, I mean everyday. Doesn't he know you have a 4 and 7 year old to car pool around, feed and entertain. Its like he thinks I don't do anything all day but sit and eat Bon Bon's! ;)

Needless to say, there is fighting, there are disagreements, there are moments where words aren't even spoken. To place the cherry on top of the house sundae,  a link to a house with wall paper is sent to you?! Who still has wall paper, who wants a house they have to go into and its like a clown decided to decorate it, Or its's 70's bathrooms?! People its time to redecorate get into the 2000's! 

In the end when God directs you into the right path, it really is like the TV shows, you and your husband both fall in love, with the new house of course ;). You see pictures of the home, but once you both step foot inside its like all your worries, fighting and arguing ceases and you get the overwhelming feeling of a sense of safety, warmth, relaxation and just this release of all things tense and stressful, you've found home! 

In our quest to find "Home" we used several different house hunting tools; the one we found most useful was Craigslist.com. Who knew on there website is a specific section for 'Real Estate For Sale'. Under this link we have now found our forever home. 

Just remember when you are looking for a house to utilize all options available to you; 
Craigslist.com (might just be an Oregon thing)
 Trulia.com
Redfin.com
Zillow.com
WVMLS.com (Oregon) 

You don't have to rely on a realtor to do all the work for you. You can find your forever home, you just have to remember to keep your head up and have faith everything happens for a reason and everything will fall into place. Keep a positive attitude. Be grateful and all things that are meant to be will find a way! 

*TFAMM*