My “to buy” list is gradually getting longer.¬† I’m not buying a lot of big things that there isn’t going to be any room for.¬† I’m looking more into household items that one would really need.¬† Organization is a big thing for me, so I’m looking into a lot of different shelving units and boxes that will help us to utilize 8-foot ceilings with ease.¬† That seems kind of small, I know, but when you’re building up – instead of out – you’re really saving on floor space.

In my mind I have everything worked out.¬† I know how the kitchen is going to look when I’m done with it, same goes for the bedroom, office, living room and bathroom.¬† I know my color scheme, and even poked around colourlovers.com for a few different pallet ideas.¬† I came across this one, which is kind of close to what I’m looking to do.¬† But instead of the white shades, I may take the more pale-tan route.¬† I’m going with very neutral colors.¬† Being as this place is going to be a little bit on the small side, I don’t want dark colors on the wall that are going to make me feel as though I’m living in a cage.¬† Very light and airy with plenty of comfortable furniture is going to be more than enough to make me a happy person – especially when you can find a couch high enough off the ground to be used for extra storage underneath.

I’m loading up on the under-the-bed storage solutions.¬† Limited closet space isn’t going to stop me, that’s for sure.¬† A few of them will be used in the living room to go under the couch so I have storage for books and what not.¬† The office, that closet will more than likely be used for more office-storage solutions than anything.¬† We do have a lot of things in the office and even though a few things aren’t coming with us – there’s a lot of containers that could really be stacked up and organized in the closet.

I figure down the road these containers are going to help us out as well.¬† Having everything already “packed up” so to speak, will benefit us when we’re looking to move into something larger once the budget allows.¬† I’m sure you’re thinking “What’s the point of buying the first place if you’re already planning to move?”¬† We’re buying this place knowing that it’s going to be a temporary solution.¬† We never planned on being there for more than 2 years, which is why we’re not going crazy with a lot of modifications and just rebuilding the place in general.¬† We’re going to make due with what we have and then work on getting our “dream home” later on down the road.¬† This second move down the road will be our permanent residence, not just the one getting us out of Delaware for the least amount of money possible.

It’s been a pretty hectic weekend, on top of the extra four house-guests, I’ve been ass-deep in trying to get a proper back-up of the servers so I can work on moving them to another company. The one I’m with isn’t cooperating, the second – I’m waiting on a few emails. I’ve also managed to go through all of the emails I’ve received based on the downtime, it’s not easy to say that the company you’ve put a lot of money, and trust in, is a complete piece of shit to those who are wondering about what’s going on behind the scenes.

We didn’t get the house, we put in our bid too late. Instead of a mortgage we’re just going to get a personal loan and then work on apartment living in Ohio. I also thought of it in regards to the fact that I’ve never been there before so putting so much effort into a mortgage while owning a house I’m unhappy in, really wouldn’t be worth it. We were looking into areas close to Sean’s brother, turns out that all of the apartments in his area, as well as many others, are turning into section 8, and knowing full well that I don’t want to be the only person in the building paying for something out of pocket, while the rest are living off the government, I figured we’d look into a few other options.

After talking to his brother, we found out that there is a place available in his complex. It wasn’t listed online because it’s a very family-oriented so word-of-mouth is the only option to getting into this place. An upside for us is the fact that his brother is in really good with the manager of the complex so that will more than likely help us out as far as getting in is concerned. Our big thing right now is how we’re going to actually GET there.

We were thinking uHaul and I just recently found out we can add a full dolly to the back of the uHaul so we can take his car with us, this is the $500 option if we’re going to get the 17′ truck. It supports 2-3 bedrooms worth of stuff, so I figure that since it’s the bedroom and the office – we should be ok.

The other option were PODS. We get a 16′ POD put at the front of the house, load it in and then have THEM ship it to Ohio for us. This way the only thing we have to do is drive our car out there and then wait for the POD to show up. This is the $1500 option.

I know that for most people this would be those, “Duh? Use the uHaul!” option, but Sean isn’t too comfortable driving a large truck to begin with, so adding the car behind it would just make things worse and it IS an 8 hour drive. We factored in that moving costs are going to be in the $1000 range, but $1500?

I’m sure we’ll figure something out. We’re going out there sometime within the next few weeks to look around. If we find that the one in his brothers complex is good enough for our needs, we’ll take it – come back here, and then figure out the actual truck/moving option sometime within the 8 hour drive.

I guess I’m moving to Ohio. We found a house in Boardman (or something like that) it’s in the $120k range, 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2000 sq ft and it’s on a little over an acre of land. The house was completely remodeled and it includes everything we were looking for. Hardwood floors, spacious rooms, large patio (even has a built in gas grill) there’s also more than enough land to expand so in the future we can put in a pool and the kitchen does need a little bit of updating but that’s based on the fact that it doesn’t really match the rest of the house. I’m sure it did back in the 50’s but oh well.

Knowing that I’d like to remodel the kitchen, to my personal standards, I did some poking around the Internet and found the absolute perfect setup, I’m not big on the vent in the middle but I’m sure that could be done differently depending on who’s actually going to build it for me. I measured things out and in order to do a kitchen this large, I would have to lose some space in another room but considering I see no point in a “family room” that needs to be 20×20, I figure knocking it back to about 20×10 would be more than fair. All you really need is a TV and a bit comfy couch, you know?

There aren’t any views of the bathroom, I’m getting in touch with the Realtor to request more pictures. Sean and I are going to pool our money together so we can get his car looked at and we’ll then take a trip over to Ohio and do a walk through, he’d also like to visit his brother and luckily, the house is about 10 minutes away from where his brother lives so I assume there’s going to be some frequent house guests. Especially with the addition of a pool, and a larger kitchen for me to do quite a bit of cooking in.

The lot to the back of the house is massive, we’d also have to get a shed or something so that we can pick up a lawnmower because at this point in time, I really don’t trust hiring anyone to do the work for us. I’d rather go out there with the lawnmower thanks to the morons we’ve got working in this complex. They barely touch the lawn, what’s the point in having to pay these people if they don’t do any work?

There are still a lot of things to work out, on top of the actual purchase we’re going to have to work on just how we’re going to move out there as well. Up until this past Saturday a smaller uHaul could suffice for all of our things, now that we’ve got the new bed – we’re going to need to invest in something much larger. At least we know that we’ll have the help when we get out there.

I’m just not sure if I’m ready to pick up and move again, especially with Cancer ripping it’s way through my family at the moment, not sure if being 4-hours further away from Glen Cove would be a good idea but I’m sure there’s a reason behind me finding the house, lets just hope the loan comes through on it.

Our monthly budget is going to be about $1700-$2200 in bills. Sean and I are going to have to average, and/or maintain, approximately $3500-$4000 a month in order to live. It’s $990 on the mortgage, then there’s gas, electric, water, sewer and other things to factor in. Then there’s the car insurance, and an emergency fund that’ll have to be shoved into savings from time to time. I just hope we can handle it, I really do.