House hunting is way too easy...

Matt and I just started looking for a house! Our lease on our apartment isn't up until July, but we figured it might take a while to find a place we like. We were aiming to close on a house in May or June.

So, in the middle of January we met with a realtor. We made a plan to start looking in February, after I finished my ridiculous costuming. Last Thursday, we went out to look at houses for the first time. The idea was just to get ideas of what sort of thing we're looking for. We saw eight properties, some were pretty good and some were... not. But we began to get a feel for what's out there in the market, and it was a lot of fun!

Monday, we went out again to see a few more houses. And surprisingly, we found one we really liked. We were very hesitant about it, though. We weren't quite ready to put in an offer since we'd only been looking for a few days. And the house had some things we weren't sure of. For example, the living room was long, narrow, and akward.

We weren't sure how we would arrange our furniture in the akward room. But we like the large kitchen, an additional loft "bonus room," and the low PRICE. We asked my folks to meet us on Thursday to take a look at the place and get their opinion.

But Timmie (our realtor) wanted to show us a couple more houses before we went back to the one we liked. So on Thursday afternoon, we went to a neighborhood REALLY close to my
parents' to see a few places. And there, we fell in love.

We ended up asking my parents to meet us at this new house instead. They agreed that this house was basically awesome. It had a good sized kitchen...

... that opened up to a large open living room.

The master suite was nice and large:

And the yards were well-landscaped:

The house has a finished basement, four bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, and a 2-car garage.

This house cost a little more than the other, but it was easy to see why. The other house is a nice starter home that we would be happy in for maybe five years. This house is one we could stay in for years and years.

So on Thursday night, exactly one week after we first started looking, we decided to put an offer on a house.

We put it all together today, and we'll hear back tomorrow if they accepted it.

I can't believe how easy it was to find a house we love. We knew there was a possibility that we'd find one sooner than expected, but we didn't think it would ever be this fast! Unfortunately, now we're at the hard part. A lot could still happen that could make this whole thing fall through. So we're trying not to get too excited, but we're hopeful!

And now we wait...

Let's Go Avalanche!

Last night, my dad and I went to the Colorado Avalanche game against the Ottawa Senators. We won!!! Yay!!! And it was lots of fun.

It's kinda awesome to have the spare time to do things like this again. Theatre steals all my free time.

But anyway, the game was awesome. We went to Old Chicago for dinner, and then made our way over to the stadium.

The almighty Pepsi Center in Denver.

The place was pretty empty. We got there really early, so it was dead at first. But it didn't even fill up much once the game started. The Avs haven't been doing too well recently, so the fans have become lame.

The view from our seats. We were pretty high up, but we could see everything!!!

They had a Littleton pee-wee team playing at the intermissions. They were cute.

And then there were the big guys. They were a little better than the pee-wees... But just a little.

And these were the "nice" gentlemen who showed up during the second period. They sat in front of me and leaned forward the whole time. So this was my view. Oh, well. That's kinda just what you deal with at live sporting events. They fit in really nicely with the extremely obnoxious guy behind us who really like the sound of his own voice.

We won in overtime. So that's good. I doubt it will really matter much in the playoff race, but I can still hope! It could happen!

Oh, and I took all these pictures on my new phone! Yay!

It's purple! Which is awesome!

I obviously didn't take these pictures on my phone. That would be weird.

Matt got the same phone in black. So we have his and her phones! But not because we're lame and want to have matching phones. We just both like the same one.

And really, the main reason I chose mine is because it's PURPLE!

No more sewing!!!

Wow! It's been a ridiculously long time since I've posted anything on my blog. And that's because all of my free time has been spent doing one thing: sewing! It's actually been quite a crazy experience! And the happiest part is that it's over! The show I was costuming for opened on Friday, and while everything wasn't quite as perfect as I would have liked, it all worked out ok. I'll try and get some production photos from the company, and I'll post them when I get them. But now, I don't even want to think about costumes any more! This last week was nothing but sewing and costuming, and I'm ready to have a life again.

Because all of my free time was spent sewing, I was unable to post anything interesting over the last few weeks. Now it's catch-up time. So pretend like it's a few weeks ago, and the Super Bowl is still a relevant topic. Because I have pictures from our Super Bowl party!

We invited a few of our friends and ALL my family over for the Super Bowl. Our friends brought an awesome popcorn maker, that ended up being way more entertaining than the actual game... Well, at least for the kids.

The kid was a little scared.

But pleased with the result.

There's a baby!

Everyone is watching the game, even the baby!

The 3D moment has arrived! Jess is AMAZED!

It was pretty exciting.

It was a fun party. And it was my last moment of hapiness before the following weeks of complete misery. But that's another story...