New Adventures

Tomorrow, unless something goes terribly wrong, we will close the door on a big part of our life and start a new chapter.

In 2005, after a little over a year of marriage, Jason and I bought our condo. At the time, we didn't think we wanted kids and this place was a great setup for us. Master on main with attached bath, main living on first floor, and three rooms upstairs with a full bath. We used one room for an office, another for a guest room, and the other was empty for years.

We moved from a 3 bedroom apartment and going from rent to mortgage was so very satisfying and we were very proud of ourselves and our place.

Fast forward to 2009 when we brought home the eldest. We moved our bedroom upstairs so we could be close to Jackson. Our office moved downstairs and the garage became the workout room.

Fast forward again to 2013 when we brought home the littlest Altman. Our room remained upstairs and suddenly our guest room was a baby room.

We've tried several times to sell the condo. It was never the right time. We tried in 2009 and the economy tanked. We tried again a few years later and still it didn't sell. We tried again after Karson was born that was a mistake and we weren't ready to be showing the home.

We decided in late April to fully commit to selling. We needed to move and to get settled before J starts kindergarten. We had no idea the market was so good and we'd be buying and selling and closing within a month.

On the advice of the lovely and awesome Marian, we moved a bed downstairs to make the master look like a bedroom. The office went back upstairs and Jason, Karson, and I have been sharing a bed in Karson's room so that we'd still be close to Jackson. We cleaned and prepped the place for market.

We looked online at dozens of houses and all sold before we could see them. We found two places and one was in the same development as some friends. We loved it on the spot. We put in an offer before we left for vacation. While on vacation, our place went on the market and we sold it. I can tell you vacay isn't nearly as relaxing as it should be when trying to counter offer and complete real estate transactions but hey, we were thinking long term and it made the extra work from the beach okay.

This was our first home. This is the first home that our boys will remember (Karson may not even remember it...) and will be a place that holds so many special memories. We hosted birthday parties, Thanksgiving meals for friends, planned thousands of events from our kitchen table, and cooked dinner here almost every night for the last decade.

We are so excited about tomorrow and our new home. It will be a great place for the boys to grow up. I will miss our condo. (Probably even more so when we are doing yard work!) I will miss the coziness of this place and I will cherish every memory made here.

Time for a new adventure.

See ya on the roads!