May 13, 2003
In The Hiz-ouse

No, your eyes don't deceive you. We're officially nuts.

Truthfully, we searched high and low for apartment complexes in the area, and we didn't find anything we really liked. There was one that was okay, but it just didn't fit in with what we wanted. With Janine living in a condo-style apartment with its own garage and me in a high-rise in downtown Chicago, we'd basically spoiled ourselves out of the apartment market in the area.

It actually took Janine about 90 minutes to begin to accept the idea of buying a townhome, and I'll admit that I was the one who planted the seed. A few weeks ago I started looking at mortgage rates just for the hell of it. Next thing I know I'm using a free calculator to guestimate how much we could afford.

The idea of buying had been in my head since then, but the flower bloomed once we drove by a townhome community with a "Open House" sign at the corner. After walking through, and the 90-minute digestion mentioned earlier, it dawned on us that we might be able to pull it off.

Some of you might also remember that we are still in the middle of planning a small party in early August. Now we want to add a little more fuel to the flame and take a crack at real estate. I think this is the official description of "nuts"...

...but then again, when we're so close to nuts already, it isn't a very far walk.

Posted by Austin at May 13, 2003 04:18 PM
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"Close to nuts"? Hun, My middle name is Planters and I have filberts coming out of my nose.

Posted by: Janine on May 14, 2003 06:13 AM
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