The Next Big Adventure

For the past year, one single thing has consumed us: Our Wedding! We waited no time after the engagement to start planning, and immersed ourselves in a world of guest lists, invitations, linen colors, menus, flowers, and... you get the point.

(That's us getting married at Saint Peter Church in the North Side)

Not surprisingly, once the honeymoon was over, as wonderful as it had been, we were bored. There was no rushing to Michael's for glue sticks, no going broke over bar tabs, and no weird diets anymore. Life was back to normal (ahem, boring).

Since I have the patience of a one-year old, I quickly moved onto planning our next adventure: buying a home! We couldn't sit still for long without embarking on something big again, at least not after such an intense wedding-planning process. Buying a house seemed like the best next step.

We have wanted to buy a home for at least two years, but the time was never quite right. Now, we finally have some savings, our credit is solid, the market couldn't be riper, and the lease on our current apartment (which we are quickly out-growing) is up in five months.

Hopefully this blog will help us chronicle our home buying adventure, while also giving us an outlet to recap our wedding, and a place to share some of the highs and lows of newlywed life.