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HelpRe: Violetta's Game of Life - Round 2
in reply to a message by Violetta
DH: Andrew Nikolai James (25, Brown Hair, Blue Eyes)
University Proffessor - 90,000
DW: Larissa May Campbell (23, Blonde Hair, Brown Eyes)
Elementary School Teacher - $45,000, Stay-At-Home-Mom (For when mommyhood actually comes)
Square footage limit - 1,500
Andrew and I recently bought our first house together! It was very fun, not the least bit stressful- we weren't really in any hurry to find a place, even when we decided to marry, we hadn't really given moving in together much thought. Then, on our honeymoon, It suddenly hit me. I just said to Andrew, "Oh my goodness! We're married and don't have so much as an apartment!" We had been living in our own separate places at the time, though we were seeing each other everyday. We were both rather quiet for a few seconds, unsure of what we were going to do. Then we just laughed. I couldn't believe we had forgotten!
Still on our honeymoon in Hawaii, Just for fun, Andrew said, "Let's go find a house!" and so, we went searching for houses. We did indeed fall head over heels in love with a pretty spacious apartment, and were thrilled to both agree on a place we loved. So thrilled, in fact, that we were just seconds away from buying it. In the end, though, we came to our senses.
"What about our family?"
"What if we get tired of it?"
"What if we run out of space when we have children?"
Andrew asked the last question. I was really quite shocked. Of course, I knew I wanted to have children- but I had no idea Andrew had such intentions. Of course, he was perfectly willing, friendly, responsible, and playful, but he just didn't ever show any signs of wanting a child. After that of course, we planned about a huge house with ten children. (Half joking, half rather serious- I don't think we'll have ten children, but definetly a few)
Back home in Washington U.S., we went house searching for real. It was a bit more tiring this time, having our priorities straight. Each house was either too this, too that, bla de bla de bla, bla, bla.
Finally, we found it. The perfect house. Just outside Seattle, in Lynnwood, we found a lovely house(http://www.houseplans.com/plan_details.asp?id=2953&st=10) that we knew we would be happy in for a long while, and would suit our family needs. We liked the community, the neighbors were friendly, we were only half an hour away from our families, and the price was reasonable. We bought it, and were in heaven.
Andrew, being the quirky person he is, insisted on naming the house 'Joy'. I thought he was joking, but apparently not. When I laughed, he simply replied "What? This peice of property is going to bring joy to us and anyone else who steps into it! Isn't Joy appropriate?" And so now our cozy home is Joy.
We are still working on purchasing furniture, seeing as we had our own apartments, with very minimal space, so we couldn't fill it up straight away. We do love our room though, which is in earthy tones and is very homey. We also finished the kitchen, dining room, living room, and one of the bathrooms. Of course, we're saving the two bedrooms besides ours for future additions, hopefully coming soon. We are extremely happy and thankful to be living in such a wonderful enviroment, that's for sure!
University Proffessor - 90,000
DW: Larissa May Campbell (23, Blonde Hair, Brown Eyes)
Elementary School Teacher - $45,000, Stay-At-Home-Mom (For when mommyhood actually comes)
Square footage limit - 1,500
Andrew and I recently bought our first house together! It was very fun, not the least bit stressful- we weren't really in any hurry to find a place, even when we decided to marry, we hadn't really given moving in together much thought. Then, on our honeymoon, It suddenly hit me. I just said to Andrew, "Oh my goodness! We're married and don't have so much as an apartment!" We had been living in our own separate places at the time, though we were seeing each other everyday. We were both rather quiet for a few seconds, unsure of what we were going to do. Then we just laughed. I couldn't believe we had forgotten!
Still on our honeymoon in Hawaii, Just for fun, Andrew said, "Let's go find a house!" and so, we went searching for houses. We did indeed fall head over heels in love with a pretty spacious apartment, and were thrilled to both agree on a place we loved. So thrilled, in fact, that we were just seconds away from buying it. In the end, though, we came to our senses.
"What about our family?"
"What if we get tired of it?"
"What if we run out of space when we have children?"
Andrew asked the last question. I was really quite shocked. Of course, I knew I wanted to have children- but I had no idea Andrew had such intentions. Of course, he was perfectly willing, friendly, responsible, and playful, but he just didn't ever show any signs of wanting a child. After that of course, we planned about a huge house with ten children. (Half joking, half rather serious- I don't think we'll have ten children, but definetly a few)
Back home in Washington U.S., we went house searching for real. It was a bit more tiring this time, having our priorities straight. Each house was either too this, too that, bla de bla de bla, bla, bla.
Finally, we found it. The perfect house. Just outside Seattle, in Lynnwood, we found a lovely house(http://www.houseplans.com/plan_details.asp?id=2953&st=10) that we knew we would be happy in for a long while, and would suit our family needs. We liked the community, the neighbors were friendly, we were only half an hour away from our families, and the price was reasonable. We bought it, and were in heaven.
Andrew, being the quirky person he is, insisted on naming the house 'Joy'. I thought he was joking, but apparently not. When I laughed, he simply replied "What? This peice of property is going to bring joy to us and anyone else who steps into it! Isn't Joy appropriate?" And so now our cozy home is Joy.
We are still working on purchasing furniture, seeing as we had our own apartments, with very minimal space, so we couldn't fill it up straight away. We do love our room though, which is in earthy tones and is very homey. We also finished the kitchen, dining room, living room, and one of the bathrooms. Of course, we're saving the two bedrooms besides ours for future additions, hopefully coming soon. We are extremely happy and thankful to be living in such a wonderful enviroment, that's for sure!
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