{"id":8655,"date":"2014-03-11T19:56:52","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T23:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.relishments.com\/blog\/?p=8655"},"modified":"2014-03-11T19:56:52","modified_gmt":"2014-03-11T23:56:52","slug":"thoughts-on-moving-owning-almost-1-year-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.relishments.com\/blog\/thoughts-on-moving-owning-almost-1-year-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts on Moving & Owning, Almost 1 Year Later"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

This time last year we were negotiating the details on our first ever successful house offer.  We\u2019d gone to an open house, fallen in love, walked through again with out realtor four days later and then made an offer just days after that.  And so began a whirlwind of inspections, mortgage paperwork and packing that culminated in our house closing and moving in mid-April. <\/p>\n

A year later, we\u2019re still in the process of figuring out what we want to do with the space and how to best invest in it.  We\u2019re settled, but we have a lot of dreams as well and most of our furniture is still the \u201ctemporary\u201d items we had in the apartment.  This week, my sister and her husband closed on their first house.  I\u2019m thrilled for them and all their excitement has led me to think about what we\u2019ve done so far and where our house is headed.  It seemed only right to share what I\u2019ve learned with you (and her). <\/p>\n

Items I\u2019d recommend stocking up on and having at the ready, if you\u2019re moving:<\/strong> <\/p>\n

In the weeks between closing and finally getting settled in, we frequently found ourselves running to the store because we were either using things up as we moved or didn\u2019t realize we\u2019d need them to begin with.  Even though our house didn\u2019t need much work at all, it was really dirty when we moved in and we had no problem finding little projects that had to be taken care of. <\/p>\n