Home Owner Prep

Living on Broadmeadow is a learning experience. I guess living in any home will be a learning experience in some way, but I'm referring to our experience as future home owners.

Busted pipes, flooding carpet, animals in the attack, low water pressure, and the occasional cockroach are some of the surprises we've encountered in seven short months of living here. Not to mention the jigsaw puzzle of where to put what, what to paint, how to hang pictures/decorations, where to hang them, what to buy, what to sell, etc. Then there are the projects that you know need to be done, but you don't know when you'll have the time, courage, money, or strength to do them. Exhibit A: our yard which at first glance looks reasonable when compared to our neighbors, but upon closer inspection reveals miniature briars, thorns, thistles and noxious weeds! Lauren and I came to the conclusion that we should give everything living within the perimeter of our sidewalk a few swigs of roundup and start over. Kinda like in the parable of the olive trees in Jacob 5 when the Lord feels like burning the orchard to the ground and starting over. And you know, I would have soaked the lawn this week if it hadn't been for our neighbor, Alex, who suggested trying other methods for lawn salvaging.

Remarkably, things are coming together very well and I can't take a smidgin of credit for it. Lauren has been at the helm sorting out both the good and bad surprises of our cozy home in San Antonio. And despite a few headaches over this and that, it's beginning to feel like home. The living room is highlighted with colorful plants, beautiful pictures, and comfy couches. It's the perfect balance of still feeling simple but not feeling empty. Lauren is also chipping away at painting some furniture in the kitchen and bringing that area of our home to life.

Hopefully I can work hard enough, and make enough, that one day we'll spend many nights planning the blueprint of our future home. Hopefully some of these early experiences and memories pop up here and there and give us insights the folks on Briar or Broadmeadow didn't have. And hopefully we'll look back on them with smiles on our faces and gratitude in our hearts for opportunities to figure out what we do and don't like. All in all, despite the minor hassles, home owner prep's one of the best courses of life Lauren and I have ever taken!