A house into a Home!

When we found out we had to move, it was about 4:30pm on a Wednesday, we were FURIOUS to say the least, then we slipped into a panic mode of what are we going to do, there is a MAJOR housing shortage in Dickinson and the prices are outrageous!!! On Friday, after panicking and dealing with it, we posted on Facebook our situation and on Sat late morning, we received a phone call from a friend here in town. A coworker/friend of hers had just purchased a house and although it wasn't really ready to rent, our friend had told them our predicament and they wanted to show us their place and talk. We met with them on Saturday afternoon, and when we left, we knew all would be ok. We weighed out the options of waiting to see some other rentals becoming available or just going with this one. We prayed and thought about it, and the answer seemed pretty clear. So here we are, our landlords are simply amazing people! They are so sweet, and rushed with everything they wanted to do so we could move in quickly. They offered to help us move, and have been absolutely awesome to work with.

Our rent did go up quite a bit, but we should note that we feel we are being charged a pretty fair price for our place. Some 2 bedroom apartments are charging more than what we pay right now. When it was all said and done, we received the notice to move on Sept 9, and we were completely out and getting settled in our new place by Oct. 5. Can we say a crazy few weeks!

During this time, we really questioned our decision to move so far from any family, but going through it and after we realized again that we made the right decision. We had so many friends help us through the move, during the move and get settled. In the short year that we have been here, we have been so touched and so blessed by the amazing people we have been able to meet, and get to know. We can't imagine our lives without them.



A not so great picture of the garage, and most of the house. Very different layout. The door with the wreath on it, is our front door, you walk in and enter our garage, go around the corner and there are the stairs to climb and enter the house. Those stairs are in the middle of the house, so it makes a complete circle all the way around. Confusing, I know. Come visit, it'll make better sense!



The other half of the kitchen. Surprisingly for it's size, we have decent counterspace, and cupboard/drawer space is pretty good to.



The appliance half of the kitchen.



The Guest bedroom. Please note this was before any decorating in this room had been done, and it was still sort of the catch all room. Yes, the carpet is a nasty green shag. It's the only room in the house with the ugly carpet. Just adds character!



Of course, our home would not be complete without our Scentsy Office.



Master bedroom, there is a bathroom with shower only just off this room. Great size!



The living room. There is a deck, and then downstairs we have it all fenced in for the dogs. Also, please notice our make shift pet door. This way the Patio door closes, and the dogs can still be free to roam in and out. We have no messes with out Pet Door trained "kids"



The Dining Room, which also had a lil nook that is the very small laundry room.