Sunday March 14th

So Rebecca is the first house we see. A quick stop to pick up my parents and we are on our way. The house is about 5 minutes away, 10 minutes closer to our jobs, and in a really nice neighborhood. We walk up the front steps and enter the house. A carpeted staircase goes 4 stairs up or 4 stairs down. We walk up the stairs first and go into ...a kitchen! A real kitchen with cabinets and a countertop and even appliances! I never thought I would get so excited over freaking appliances but there you have it.
The kitchen opens up to a living room and dining room, then there are three bedrooms.
We walk downstairs and there is a fireplace in the living room, a laundry area, and the 1 car garage. The entire house has new carpeting, fresh paint on the walls, and a nice airy feel.
Mom points out the bird nest above the front door, a symbol of good luck (as long as they don't poop on your head). We decide to look at the other houses but put an offer on this one at the end of the day.

We then go to the Wilkins houses. Both very close to the freeway, smaller, and more beat up. Not even worth the time to look, next please!

We pull up to the O'Brien house which is in my parent's neighborhood. It looks like a study little house, another split level. The outside is having a bit of an identity crisis with its bright red stairs, baby blue cement foundation and gray siding, but that's minor right?

The two car garage immediately draws the attention of the men, while the brand new carpeting has my attention. The kitchen is missing appliances and could use some work but it does have cabinets and counter top. Ah the little things in life.
We decide to make this our second choice. It's a bit of a fixer upper, but it's a fixer upper we can live in while fixing.

We stop at my parent's house for some chili, then go the Realtor's to get the paper work in. While there we find out the house already has another offer placed, but they won't look at the offers until Monday. We put ours in but don't expect much to come out of it.