This is for those of you whom we love but because of our personality "quirks" we seldom stay in touch with, and even for those of you whom might rather we didn't stay in quite so frequent touch. -S&M
So today we wrote up a contract to buy lot 12 in The Willows! After going to the model home with Dad and Susan and learning they were taking contracts, Mark and I decided to move on the house quickly. We were deciding between two lots (19 and 12) and after driving to Leland and walking around the site, we realized that lot 19 was backed up to Hwy. 17. Not really what we were looking for in a new back yard.
So lot 12 it is.
We picked out all of the colors in the house (flooring, cabinets, vinyl siding, carpet, paint, etc) and we should be able to move in in September. It will be a light gray house with slate teal (like slate blue but more teal) shutters and doors. The kitchen cabinets and counter will look very similar to this picture (that is the exact counter top style we are getting - Himalaya Slate). Mark wanted this gorgeous black granite look but luckily I convinced him to go a little lighter so the kitchen didn't look like a "black hole" (his words, not mine). We'll keep this updated with pictures once construction starts.
Not out of Wilmington of course. Well, technically I guess it is out of Wilmington and into Leland (or LA as it is called around here for the Leland Area) which is just across the river from downtown Wilmington. But mainly we want a new house. One with a bigger, usable kitchen, a garage (large enough for 2 cars or Mark's power tools), a little more space (600 sq. feet more than we have now with the house we are looking at), a screened-in porch, and a FROG.
The house we want and will hopefully get once they begin accepting contacts on is in a new subdivision that is being built called The Willows (www.thewillowsnc.com). We want the Oleander II style. We better get it because between the two of us, we've already planned out where everything will go in the house (pictures included) and it'll be a huge let down if we don't get it.
So we've begun the process of readying our current house for the market. The colorful walls are no more in the main rooms and in their place are drab sand colored walls which make the off-white trim look dirty. So we're having to paint all the trim and doors too. But hopefully it'll make it easier to sell. We can live with drab if we know a new house is in the works!
The final Harry Potter installment will come out this summer. July 21st to be exact. I have mixed feelings about the end, as most fans do. I can't wait to find out what happens in The Deathly Hallows, but I don't want it to end. It is such a all-consuming story that it doesn't seem right that it won't continue after July. But as long as Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny are all still alive at the end, I can live with knowing no more books will follow.
