We finally moved and we already have a house!!!
These past few weeks have been insane!! We managed to get both shipments of our household goods off without a problem and thankfully passed our housing inspection without a problem. Unfortunately we all 3 got sick during this time and are still recovering Scrubbing the kitchen while you have a 102 fever is NO fun. After the house cleaning I was practically incapacitated because every muscle in my body was protesting but it was worth it because the housing inspector was in our house for all of 10 minutes.
After 3 days in a temporary facility and 3 airplane rides we finally arrived here in Texas. The base looks really nice and Tyler is just LOVING all of the wide open spaces that he can run around in. We had heard that housing here was nearly impossible to get into but much to our surprise when my husband went by the housing office today they handed him a set of keys for a house for us to look at!! AND because I am pregnant we get a 3 bedroom house instead of a 2 bedroom! I had to get a written statement from the doctor here verifying that I am pregnant, but that is all it took and have a house! We find out tomorrow when we can move in but to our understanding they are giving us the keys tomorrow when we drop off the letter from the doctor.
The house has a HUGE backyard (relatively huge, we came from a high-rise apartment building with NO yard ) and as soon as we got out of the car Tyler started exploring and saying "WOW, House!" at everything
There are a few concerns. There is some asbestos in the heater closets but supposedly if we don't disturb them it won't matter. Also the house was built back in the 60s so the original paint was lead based It has been painted over countless times since then but they never did an abatement on it so the dangers are still there if it cracks or chips. Besides that it is great with lots of windows and a tree in the front and back yard. It even has a nice patch of dirt out front that has definite garden potential
I'm over the moon :D :D
I'll post pictures just as soon as I can :) Hubby is at a briefing this morning but hopefully we can run the letter from the doc over there this afternoon and pick up our keys :)
