Home is Where the Heart Is

First come loves, then comes marriage, then comes...a house? I don't think that is how the song goes...haha

We have decided that we want to stick around the Omaha/Blair area and if we are going to move somewhere, we are going to move into a home and not an apartment.  Now dont get me wrong...we absolutely love our apartment and have no problem what so ever staying where we are. We have a large spacious apartment, 2 bedrooms 2 baths and our complex is very quiet and relaxing.  We are in a good location in Omaha too...close to alot..shopping, dining, and friends, however, we both have decided that maybe we should start looking for a home to be more "permanent" in the Omaha Area.

So about a month ago we started looking at homes.  We so far have only looked at homes in Blair.  We love Blair.  We love the small town feel, the schools, the people, and oh did we mention the taxes are UBER less then in Omaha? haha but yes we love Blair.  So we decided to start in Blair looking at houses. 
We have seen some super nice homes in Blair as well...we have also seen some super small, cramped, weird homes in Blair as well. 

For example, the one house...we pulled up to and our realtor picked up the key to show us the key to the house...IT WAS A SKELTON KEY PEOPLE!!! Not kidding....and the home proved to be very very very old inside as well...another home we went to...we are pretty dang sure they were hoarders...or borderline hoarders...their garage was stacked tight with boxes and stuff and so was the basement and basement bathroom but upstairs was pretty clean.  Then since the hubby works for a lawn care company he can not stand it when we walk up to a house that the lawn is not attended too and I would have to agree with him...come one people...you are trying toENCOURAGE us to buy your home...not discourage us :-)

On the other hand, we have seen alot of potential homes...some have completely renovated insides, some have ALL brand new storm windows, others have everything we would want--which is more then 2 bedrooms, 2 bath, garage, and a fenced in yard.

So you are probably asking, well if you found a house with everything you want then what is the problem? There is no problem, we just dont want to rush into anything...we are not dumb...buying a house is a huge committment! We are definately ready for the committment but want to make sure we buy something for us and not just because a family member, friend, or the world say we should get a house...

Home is not just a house...home is where the heart is and well right now our hearts are with our apartment...will our hearts be in a home soon...stay tuned to find out...