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UNDER CONTRACT!!!!!!!

HOLY FREAK OUT!!!

Let me explain.  As I have noted here several times...I've been itching to move into a bigger house.  I absolutely LOVE our house...we renovated the hell out of it and the kitchen is gorgeous! (I may be a little biased) (and actually probably will be bigger than our next house kitchen)  BUT, the rest of the house is not so big.  There is NO storage space and the ONE bath thing gets old.  Mikey wasn't quite as ready to move as I was so I told him it was up to him...I didn't want to force it and him not be ready.  We also own (with my parents) a rental house (where I lived in law school) and are ready to sell it as well.  So...Mikey and I started talking and we figured at least one of them would sell and whichever sold first we would live in the other until it sold. 

Well, we put our house on the MLS Thursday night, and as of yesterday afternoon we are UNDER CONTRACT.  Ha! NUTS, huh?!?  The contract was finalized before a FOR SALE sign ever even went up in the front yard.  We are SHOCKED, excited, overwhelmed, etc.  We thought our house might go quick...but not THAT quick.  First and only showing was on Sunday with an offer Monday morning. 

We are ready to make a move to suburbia, (eeek!!) It's just that time for us.  As much as I am going to miss the ever living HELL out of my friends who live downtown and the amenities of downtown...I am so ready to be near the LAKE again and you can get SO much more house for your money outside of downtown.  Another bonus? Our FREE babysitters (grandparents) will be MUCH closer:)  Can't beat that.  Mikey and I both grew up outside of Columbia in the Irmo/Chapin area...we always knew we wanted to move back that way when we had kids and we definitely want our kids to go to the schools out there.  As of now we are looking at the Ballentine area as our  next "home" (in between Irmo and Chapin) and the neighborhood we want is on the LAKE!!! WOOHOO!!!  *Now, we won't live on the lake, but there is a community dock and boat ramp!*

So...assuming all goes well (appraisals, financing for the buyers, etc.) our closing date is JUNE 29th!!!  This also means that if our rental house doesn't sell before then we will be moving into it until it sells.  It is downtown also..we just don't want to buy anything until BOTH houses sell. So, realistically we could be downtown a while still...the rental house may take a while to sell. 

We have been CRAZY busy lately making both of these houses look awesome for selling, but I guess it paid off for ours...now we just need to sell the rental and we will be headed to(wards) the LAKE!!!!!! 

CANNOT.WAIT.

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