A House

Four bedrooms.
Two bathrooms.
One laundry room.
A living room.
A family room.
A basement.
A walk-in closet.
A one-car garage.
A workbench.
A big front yard.
A big back yard.
A horse pasture.

It's in Provo. We'd seen it several times, but always discounted it because it was in Provo and the pictures made it look less than desirable. However, our only other real option was in Santaquin. I believe I've written about that one. Anyway, we decided to go and look at it, just in case.

Surprise, surprise! It was amazing! It was on .63 acres, and it was being used as a chicken farm. As we walked through, our general impression shifted from skeptical distaste to skeptical anticipation. Then we abandoned the skepticism and saw only glorious potential.

It has a few issues, admittedly. The kitchen is miniscule. The master bathroom has 3 different doors- one to the bedroom, one to the hallway, and one to the laundry room. The laundry room can only be reached through the master bathroom or the master bedroom. The fence in the front yard needs a little work. The living room is bright yellow.

However, in addition to the virtues listed above, it also has the benefits of a large second bedroom, a basement that is too small to be much of anything but a very large storage area, and a quiet neighborhood. Also, because the place is being used as a chicken farm, the fencing for the pasture is solid. It's not even chicken wire. All in all, it is pretty much exactly what we wanted and far more than we expected at this time of life. The best part is that it feels right. Ryan and I both feel so right about buying this house.

We prayed about it, then made an offer on it last Saturday, just after touring the house, and heard yesterday that our offer was accepted. Wonder of wonders and miracle of miracles!!!

Now we get to go through the rigamarole of getting inspections and such done on it, but we want to close before we go to the Grand Canyon on the 31st.

Anyway, YAY!