Our new house (we hope)

If all goes according to plan, this beautiful house will be ours in a month or so. Before David left Germany, we spent hours a day looking at homes on the internet. We were sure we wanted to live in Peachtree City (the town with all the golfcarts and excellent schools) and thanks to real estate websites that allow you to select certain search criteria, such as a basement, we were fairly easily able to whittle down to a list of 15 homes. Once school let out, we began to see houses on the list getting picked off by eager buyers. I tried not to get too stressed. Other houses would be put on the market, right?

David zeroed in immediately on the above house on a street called Battery Way. Once he traveled back to the U.S., he was able to drive around and check out the houses on our list. That first weekend, he went alone and could not go inside, but was able to knock several houses off our list due to their location (now that he was becoming familiar with the area) or an exterior that needed too much work. The following weekend, he went inside 8 homes with a real estate agent and two homes jumped to the head of the pack, including Battery Way. I think it would be fair to say he fell head over heels in love with this house. He called me to tell me about the homes, sent extra pictures over the internet and gushed about Battery Way.

One thing I was very nervous about was having to enroll the kids in school (they begin August 9th) before we bought a house. It would be a very bad thing to have to switch schools after just a few weeks, but David was reluctant to make an offer on a house without me seeing it first. On the phone David said, "I would be comfortable making an offer on Battery Way without you seeing it, I'm so confident you will love it. I can't say that about any of the other houses." I told him to go for it.

The kitchen has a granite extension that 6 high stools can fit around...

.....and a nice finished room in the basement.

Did I mention it has a salt water pool and jacuzzi? I didn't want a pool, but I am definitely warming up to the idea as David informs me of how hot it is in Georgia right now.

So, it's been a big week so far. And it's the kids last week of school, so there's more excitement/tears to come.