The Weekender

Monday, November 07, 2005

HARD HAT WALK-THROUGH

Yes!!! October 22nd was our first time to walk into the building or land that Awsome and I will be living in as husband and wife! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! We've been pretty lucky I'd say. In the beginning of the year, you know we got engaged and had planned to live w/ my mom for awhile. Well after a couple of weeks of just testing it out ( w/ Awsome pretty much just stayin on weekends), we decided that it wasn't going to work. Or at least I knew it wasn't goin to work. It's my MOM'S home, HER kitchen, HER furniture. And as a newly married couple, you want to be able to feel at home. Be able to leave a mess once in awhile and clean up later. We came to realize that the only place we'd be able to feel at home would be in the confines of my bedroom which is roughly 600sqft. estimately.... And that's no way to live.

So in the beginning of the year, we started looking around and surfing the internet. Good grief, has property definitely gone up since Awsome and his brother bought their condo over a year ago. We started signing up on newletter announcements on newly built condos or townhomes within Alameda and Contra Costa County. Why not go w/ an older home? At least we can say we own the house and wouldn't have to deal w/ HOA's. The upkeep is why..... That means... older home...more upkeep... more problems...more money out of our pockets... And of course this is just temporary. We hopefully plan on buying a home when we start our own family. 2 years guys..2 years... or maybe 3...... hahahahhaha

We landed a loft in downtown Oakland. Only a block away where Awsome currently resides. We've been driving by every now and then to take a look at what progress they've made, only to try to peer thru the wire fences..... So close but yet so far.. Yes..Downtown Oakland folks! Yes.. I know Oakland has a bad rap and it's going to take awhile for it to really clean up, but w/ the implementation of Jerry Brown's 10k Project... It's cleanin up pretty well... It's starting to turn into what SOMA has become... full of young entrepreuners, couples, business folks and artists moving into the community. Driving around the other night we noticed a whole bunch of new dive bars/clubs poppin up, boutiques and nice restaurants. Pretty cool!

So at first I wasn't so hot on the idea.. of course being...ALOT OF CHANGES.... I'm getting married & moving out of my home that i've known for the past 18 years!!!! Thank god we're only 20 minutes away from home...w/o traffic on the Bay Bridge. But the idea or should I say the move is growing on me and i'm loving Oakland. Don't get me wrong..nothing beats SF, but we're excited to move into our home. Of course if it's finished before we get married, Awsome will be moving in first. I'm not moving in till after we're married! hee hee hee... I know... Gotta keep somethin traditional right???

So we finally get to walk into our loft...our actual loft and whoh nelly...high ceilings. Of course our bedroom is on the 2nd floor and whoh..I'm goin to have to get over my feer of heights.. I'm not totally scared, but I get a little woozy for a bit. We get morning sun which is pretty nice. Hopefully where we live, they don't build a huge building that'll block it. We drove by the other day and they're finally putting paint on the outside. There was no sheet rock or anything when we walked thru, but I think it'll be good for the both of us. EXCITING!!!! I'll keep you posted on the developments.. Hopefully I'll be able to post pix.

posted by The Weekender @ 6:49 PM

2 Comments:

At 10:06 AM, piaadoll said…

how exciting my dear weekender!! it's been awhile since i swung by your blog!!

:)

miss ya! *mwuah*
At 2:37 PM, bernadette said…

you and i are in the same boat - i am excited about getting married, and moving but it'll be quite an [exciting] adjustment. =)