Green Bay, Here We Is!

Hello Green Bay! Because I am absolutely inconsistent with literally everything I do, I of course have not documented a thing since the THIRD house we tried to buy. Yup, third. Meaning, I am sitting in the dining room of the fourth house. OUR HOUSE!! So naturally, a new blog was in order. After dabbing up little puddles of my cinnamon coffee that insists on dribbling out of my coffee mug, and thinking how Kevin was just laughing at me over my recent obsession with cinnamon coffee, I felt the name was appropriate.

After three miserable failed attempts, we finally paired with a realtor that showed up to the showings and a broker who did his job - instead of asking us to do it for him. If you are in Northeast Wisconsin and need a realtor or broker, believe me, save your time and pick our guys (Bill Van Offeren and Mike Babcock).

I was in shock at how little we had to do, and realized very quickly that our previous picks did not carry their titles very proudly, if at all. After all, a realtor who tells you to 'just go to the house, here's the code to get in' isn't a professional, now are they? Not that I would terribly mind, but walking into a house that another realtor is showing, followed by being scolded by that realtor for breaking in (even tho your realtor gave you the code and told you it was ok...) - well that's damn right embarrassing. Lets just say, we dropped her immediately.

I would go on about the first broker, and the second, and the first credit union, and the first bank, and the second bank/credit union who just recently merged and weren't quite sure if their heads belonged in or around their asses.....let's just say we had A LOT of issues. None of which, I am very proud to say, stemmed from us.

Now we are comfy and cozy in this house that we just absolutely love, close to work and close together, and I could not be happier.

Of course a new place means new beginnings, does it not? So naturally, I started to tear apart everything in this place - much to poor Kevin's dismay. So far I've managed to take apart and put back together two bathrooms. Well, almost. There's still finishing touches and of course decorating that has to be done, but I;m making progress. Slowly but surely this house will be our home.