Episode VIII: Which side of the tracks will we live on?

Episode VIII: Which side of the tracks will we live on?

Watching American Ninja Warrior with Zucchini Fries baking in the oven courtesy of our weekly trips to the Celebration Farmer's Market. Love it! 

We've all but given up on buying now. The only condos that are accepting FHA loans are the Water Street Condos. We're no where near a 20% down payment. So we have compromised and decided to paint our apartment at Camden Town Square to make it more "homey." 

I was pretty sure we were settled on that. We stopped looking at properties, checked out two more Celebration history books (which we are reading in tandem along with a book on minimalism as a lifestyle choice), and are excited to move. 

This week, the hubby FINALLY has secured a job in our new town working in the Italian Restaurants at EPCOT Italy. What a huge relief!! And it is almost $2 more an hour than he was making at his old job. Yeehaw! God is good! 

Now for a new temptation--this weekend we saw a $1300 apt above the garage of a custom home. It's a 2/2 and 1000 sq ft, easily one of the largest we've ever heard of...large enough to make living in Celebration another possibility. 

I wonder if that will pan out. And would it be worth it to give up the amenities of apartment life for private single unit living. 

Zucchini fries are ready! I'm off to EAT! More on our exciting new developments later. 

Episode VII: Getting smarter

Episode VII: Getting Smarter

It's been a while since my last post. Let me catch you up to speed. 

It's graduations season for my students, so I'm making sure all my little ducks graduate high school...while fighting off some sort of strep/mono hybrid that "just  has to run its course" according to my doctor. Ugh. 

Still have managed to keep up with Celebration and Cinco De Mayo. :) 

The short sale is out, no FHA loans for the distressed condo. Turns out the condo association the place was in is currently in a lawsuit with the construction company for building errors. Glad we know this now before we bought. We are ruling out those condos almost entirely as an option. 

That being said, we are realizing we may want to bump up our budget for a home be about another 100k. We want a  potential forever home now, not just the skinniest slice we can slink ourselves into. We like Spring Park and the East Village the most now. 

We have started checking with the town hall to pick up the "open house schedules" that are printed for guests on the weekends and hitting those up. Informative because each one gives us a deeper glimpse into what is out there. There were 3 $600,000+ homes for show. Gorgeous and out of our price range, but still fun and we got to feel out the realtors who had the listings. 

We may see a few places during the week. My husband is in full job search mode for our new future side of town. They are opening Sweet Escapes this month--he would be perfect for that place. Just perfect. 

Things we are dreaming of now:

--Husband's New Job 

--Getting through Graduation Season

--Winning the lotto to get one of the 4/4 3500 sq. foot homes we saw today

--Drooling over the new Brighton bracelet I was surprised with today!