We were very excited at the idea of being able to start our new life somewhere different. Both of us spent most of our lives in California and we thought that there would be no better time to pick up and move to another state than now. We had no house, no kids, nothing that could really hold us back. Besides, it's only for 4 years.
I dove right in to looking for an apartment in the area and played with the idea of renting a house. When I saw how inexpensive housing was here I decided to look into how much real estate was here. To our happy surprise, we could afford a house!
We came out to Phoenix on the weekend and looked at a couple of houses. The whole thing happened so quick! On Tuesday we were talking about the possibility of buying a house, on Friday we were looking at houses, on Sunday we were making an offer on one! Wow, mind-boggling!
Through much stress and headaches, two months later we had a house!
We've got a lot of work to do on this place to make it our own... but I'll be using this blog to post updates and new pictures. I'm getting a lot of inspiration from a couple who write the blog younghouselove.com.... I love it.
Anyway, we're in Phoenix and loving it so far. We miss our families but this is a once in a lifetime opportunity and we plan on taking full advantage of our many new and exciting adventures out here!
