What a beautiful birthday present I've recieved.

The house Jason and I went to look at on my birthday ended up being the house we bought. We've seen what feels like a billion properties and there was always some sort of compromise. A great house, a bad yard. A great yard, a horrible neighborhood, A great neighborhood a horrible house. Then you'd find those few that had all three...but also had a heaving foundation, massive termite infestation, or a heating system circa 1905 with no way to run Central ducts.

But, we've lucked out! We put in an offer almost immediately after seeing it, they agreed, and we've already passed our inspection. It's pretty much a done deal, we have one more pest inspection and all we have to do is wait until closing.

It's really incredible to me, hard to believe that things can work out so well sometimes. I have 5 bedrooms to fill up, a darkroom to assemble in the basement, and a huge yard to landscape and garden. The house is even on an old fashioned cobble stone road. We've got a tornado watching window, not that 90% of you even knows what that is

On top of the house, as some of you may know, I love beagles. Today I found out that my fiance is going to adopt a 1 year old female beagle from a friend. We'll get to bring her home almost immediately after moving in.

And, on top of all of that, I found out I'll be an aunt once again! My sister Veronica is due March 1st.

No wonder they call Nebraska 'The good life'.