Pre-Approval

Who knew it would be so exciting to be pre-approved?

It isn't me exactly who has been pre-approved, it's Leon, but since we are feeling like one and same person lately we are sharing in the joy equally. I mean I will be giving in half the downpayment and paying half the mortgage payments and hopefully one day soon in the future (maybe after we are married? LOL) my name will go onto the mortgage as co-owner. It will definitely be our house.

So, there was something so amazingly exciting about finding out last night that we can buy a house! Now, we weren't pre-approved for much, but enough to buy a small house in Saskatchewan and that is saying something considering that we are both artists and both make the kind of income that usually discredits any ideas of owning real estate. It is a kind of beautiful miracle to me, proving that you can do what you love - hell, you can even be totally confused as to what it is you want to be! - and you can still experience the things that you once thought only 'normal' people could. Dispelling the myths, I say. We are both over the moon.

Now, the shopping will begin in ernest. Since I love to share my life with y'all online, I will hyperlink some of the mls postings of the houses that we have either already looked at, are considering or are about to look at this weekend...

The Cottage House - KJ's favorite

The Tiny House - looking at it on Friday and even thought it is super small, it has promise!

The Pink House - Leon's favorite

The Corner House - needs work, but huge house/lot for the asking price

The Regina House - our fave in Regina...this house is not in the best area of town and I hate the chain link fence, but the house is a beauty for the price

Just a sampling of what we are looking at...and, gee, it is fun. Fun, fun, fun.

Now, I must go. I am on a mid-week day off in Lloydminster and L and I are gonna go to the wave pool.

I mean, we don't want to grow up too much.