Nine months ago today Chris and I met downtown at noon, signed a million papers while seated at a a large board table surrounded by people in suits I did not know (other than our realtor) and walked away with keys to our new home.
And all of the fun and exciting feelings of “we just bought a house!” were equally matched with all of the “oh shit” and “omg” feelings.
“What did we just do?” We asked each other no less than a hundred times that day. WHAT DID WE JUST DO?
What if we can’t pay our mortgage one month? And the bank takes our home and we lose everything? And we end up on the street? We never missed a rent check, but I was suddenly sure we’d miss a mortgage check. Every scary thought about being a home owner entered my mind between the two mile drive from downtown to our new place.
We had been looking for nearly a year, so it’s not as if we rushed into anything. However the Chicago market is a little crazy, so no matter what, it always feels as if things are rushed. You have to move fast or you’ll miss your shot. Homes aren’t even technically put on the market before they’re sold. And even then, they’ll go for more than asking price. Bidding wars happen. Letters are written by buyers to sellers trying to convince them why they’re the best buyers and should be the chosen ones. I know, because I wrote one. It was cheesy as hell, but it got the job done.
And suddenly we were Chicago homeowners.
The plan had always been to (hopefully) buy a home someday. But I’m not sure if I ever really believed it would happen in Chicago. It just seemed so daunting and scary to buy in the city. We don’t own a garage, or green space, but instead we own a floor and a half of a building, with three other owners. This type of setup just wasn’t the norm for me growing up, but it is now. It’s simply what you do if you want to live in a city.
*Sidenote: if I didn’t write this post today, I was going to write a post called “Neighbors” in which four different neighbors hear each other about to leave their front door, so they all hang back not wanting to run into one another. But since they’re all waiting on each other, no one leaves… Ever. It was going to be very “The Exterminating Angel” inspired. Still think it could be fun to write, so it may still happen.*
Anyway, it’s been a fun nine months. I tell Chris everyday how lucky I feel that we get to live in a mansion. And then he politely reminds me it’s not really mansion, (but we have 2.5 baths, in-unit laundry AND an ice maker) if that’s not a mansion I don’t know what is.
It’s funny how our perspective on space has changed since living in Chicago. I’m so impressed with our laundry-closet, but when we have friends stay (often from Nebraska) I can tell they’re usually appalled by our tiny little closet that houses both a washer and dryer. They’ll usually add something well-meaning like, “well you don’t need a lot of room for laundry, anyway!” They’re trying to be kind, but I’m usually just dumbfounded because they don’t realize it’s actually AMAZING to have a laundry-closet. Little do they know, for the past seven years I’ve been doing communal laundry in a dungeon basement, playing the “laundry games” with assholes who forget to move their clothes for five hours.
Like I said, it’s all about perspective.
Coming tomorrow: going to share some inside looks at our home from when we moved in, to how it looks now, and a few of my favorite decorating hacks.
PLUS: we have a contractor coming to redo our fireplace, kitchen, and install some new lighting. VERY excited about all of this.
Bye guys, happy Monday!
*All outdoor furniture found here (and it’s on sale!)
*Bedding found here and SURPRISE they’re also having a sale.
I do the same leaving game with my neighbors!
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DIABETES 1/2
WEAK ERECTION
HERPES
HIV/AIDS
PILE
STROKE
PREMATURE EJACULATION
ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
HPV
ALS
CANCER/RECTUM OR PROSTRATE
HEART FAILURE
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MY EX IS FINALLY BACK TO ME
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I was so depressed when my ex left me for another woman. it made me felt like i was not relevant and my heart and love life was seriously destroyed. i could not concentrate in anything i was doing. i went online and searched for help but could not find any genuine spell caster until i went to Ocala Florida to visit my aunt to ease the depression and loneliness. when i got to Florida, i explained to my aunt who then felt pity for me and told me the secret she have not told anyone about the success in her marriage with her man. she then took me to the temple of powerful Dr. Ugo Wonders whom i met and explained my problems to. he promised to help me because of my aunt. i trusted his words and provided him with the materials needed to help me get my ex back and to my greatest surprise, after 48 hours of casting the spell, my Ex cam back on his knees begging for me to forgive him. i was shocked and surprised at the magic. we are happily married now and everything is working fine with us.I promised Dr. Ugo that i will never keep this a secret because he brought back my life and my world and that i will hare my testimony to the general public.
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Ugh, I'd love to own a home anywhere! Hey, it's all about perspective!
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I love your new home! You've decorated it wonderfully. It really is all about perspective, because I know what it's like to appreciate the hell out of having your own in-unit laundry. It makes a world of difference.
Your home is beautiful! And it is pretty but for a big city! Do u and your neighbours share the deck? Do you have to coordinate to see who gets it on any given night etc? Very interesting to learn about that's
We got lucky and the rooftop is all ours 🙂
Imma need you to go ahead and write that post because omg that is me every day. I'm also going to close on a place here soon… Probably? Lord who knows.
That rooftop space alone is just amazing!
I can assure you – if you have a (tiny) room for your laundry, your apartment is bigger than my little house. We're expecting our first child and we're genuinely asking the question "where are we going to put it?"
This is the perfect thing and I believe that you guys had spend your best time there. Thanks for sharing the update.
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V jealous of your home owning experience! I am dying to own something and be allowed to paint walls (!!!!!) but alas that grad school debt is not kind. So, I will live vicariously through you.
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Thank you thank you Dr iayaryi for the good work you just did in my life ,
I'm From Texas USA. I was married to my husband for two years and we were living together happily and we both love each other for this two year not until one bad evening when i came back from work late due to scares of transportation and he started queering and he said he does not trust me any more and he can continue with this marriage any more and he drove me away from his house unknowingly to him that i was carrying his two month old baby inside me i tried informing he but he won,t listen to me any more i thought i will never get him back again and i loved him so much and i promise not to rest until am able to get him back to my life so i began to look for a solution and help to get him back this was because i do not want to give birth to a fatherless child so one afternoon as i was browsing on my computer i came across a testimony shared by miss Rachael from UK how she got his ex husband back with the help of Dr iayaryi of ([email protected]) so i decided to give him a try and to my best surprise the spell this man cast on my husband work just within two days i contacted him . and today am happily living with my husband and a bouncing baby boy , with all this help rendered to me through this Dr iayaryi OF ([email protected] )i will always thank him forever and testify his goodness in my life for other,s to hear an see , once again thank you DR for bringing back my family And also Reach him on WhatsApp Number: +2349057915709 Thanks Dr. IyaryI
QUICK CURE OF HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1 & 2 WITH { [email protected] }
I will advice you to contact Dr Oshogum([email protected] ) who solve all problems and give cure very fast without stress and delay. i was getting drawn in herpes virus, and medical prescription (Aciclovir, valaciclovir, Valtrex… etc) was not helping me. Till a lab doctor (my friend) direct me to contact Dr oshogum for quick cure because he also read from people whom Dr oshogum have cure of HSV 1 & 2; Virus, HIV/AID, HLS virus, Hepatitis B, STAGE 3 cancer and other STD's. I contact him as direct with his email, i explain my problem to him. He replied with what he want me to do as soon as possible because he don't want delay. After i did what he ask, he send me a Remedy which i used as he prescribed. He is a miracle worker.. It is never too late with Dr oshogum contact him today with { [email protected] }. I went for test after two week and my result came out negative. Today again i did text and my result is always negative. Note he also have cures to diseases like
COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIURE
ANAL FISSURE VIRUS
DIABETES 1/2
WEAK ERECTION
HERPES
HIV/AIDS
PILE
STROKE
PREMATURE EJACULATION
ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
HPV
ALS
CANCER/RECTUM OR PROSTRATE
HEART FAILURE
Am Lisa by name, i was diagnosed with Herpes for 3years ago i lived in pain with the knowledge that i wasn't going to ever be well again i contacted so many herbal doctors on this issue and wasted a large sum of money but my condition never got better i was determined to get my life back so one day i saw mr Brown post on how Dr Aba saved him from the VIRUS with herbal medicine i contacted Dr Aba on his email address [email protected] we spoke on the issue i told him all that i went through and he told me not to worry that everything will be fine again so he prepared the medicine and send it to me through courier service and told me how to use it,after 14days of usage I went to see the doctor for test ,then the result was negative,am the happiest woman on earth now. this testimony is real.thanks to Dr Aba God bless you. you can also reach him on his whatsApp number +2348107155060
After being in relationship with markiss for seven years,he broke up with me, I did everything possible to bring him back but all was in vain, I wanted him back so much because of the love I have for him, I begged him with everything, I made promises but he refused. I explained my problem to someone online and she suggested that I should rather contact a spell caster that could help me cast a spell to bring him back but I am the type that never believed in spell, I had no choice than to try it, I mailed the spell caster, and he told me there was no problem that everything will be okay before three days, that my ex will return to me before three days, he cast the spell and surprisingly in the second day, it was around 4pm. My ex called me, I was so surprised, I answered the call and all he said was that he was so sorry for everything that happened, that he wanted me to return to him, that he loves me so much. I was so happy and went to him, that was how we started living together happily again. Since then, I have made promise that anybody I know that have a relationship problem, I would be of help to such person by referring him or her to the only real and powerful spell caster who helped me with my own problem and who is different from all the fake ones out there. Anybody could need the help of the spell caster, his email: [email protected] you can email him if you need his assistance in your relationship or anything. I CAN NEVER STOP TALKING ABOUT HIM, HIS EMAIL ADDRESS IS: [email protected] CONTACT HIM NOW FOR SOLUTION TO ALL YOUR PROBLEM
*Greetings to the general public, i want to inform the public how i was cured of HIV Simplex Virus by Dr. Bello. I visited different hospital but they gave me list of drugs like Famvir, Zovirax, and Valtrex which is very expensive to treat the symptoms,i was browsing through the Internet searching for remedy on HIV and i saw comment of people talking about how Dr Bello cured them. When i contacted him he gave me hope and send a Herbal medicine to me that i took and it seriously worked for me, i am a free person now without problem, my HIV result came out negative. I pray for you Dr. Bello God will give you everlasting life, you shall not die before your time for being a sincere and great man. Am so happy, you can also contact him if you have any problem Email ([email protected]) or whatsApp him or call +2348147271779
I never believed in spell casting, but After 6 years of dating, I still imagine how Dr Aza brought my ex lover back to me in just 24 hour. No one could have ever made me believe that there is a real spell caster that really work. am sandra by name,I want to quickly tell the world that there is a real on line spell caster that is powerful and genuine, His name is Dr Aza, He helped me recently to reunite my relationship when my ex lover who left me, When i contacted Dr Aza he cast a love spell for me and my ex lover who said he doesn't have anything to do with me again, he called me and started begging me. he is back now with so much love and caring. today i am glad to let you all know that this spell caster have the powers of bring lovers back. because i am now happy with my lover,and the most surprise,is that our love is very strong,every day is happiness and joy. and there is nothing like been with the man you love.i am so happy my love is back to me with the help of Dr.Aza if you have similar problem i will advice you to contact him ,he is there to help you and put a smile on your face. his email: [email protected] or you can whatsApp his line:+2348107155060
*Greetings to the general public, i want to inform the public how i was cured of HIV Simplex Virus by Dr. Bello. I visited different hospital but they gave me list of drugs like Famvir, Zovirax, and Valtrex which is very expensive to treat the symptoms,i was browsing through the Internet searching for remedy on HIV and i saw comment of people talking about how Dr Bello cured them. When i contacted him he gave me hope and send a Herbal medicine to me that i took and it seriously worked for me, i am a free person now without problem, my HIV result came out negative. I pray for you Dr. Bello God will give you everlasting life, you shall not die before your time for being a sincere and great man. Am so happy, you can also contact him if you have any problem Email ([email protected]) or whatsApp him or call +2348147271779
After being in relationship with him for seven years,he broke up with me, I did everything possible to bring him back but all was in vain, I wanted him back so much because of the love I have for him, I begged him with everything, I made promises but he refused. I explained my problem to someone online and she suggested that I should rather contact a spell caster that could help me cast a spell to bring him back but I am the type that never believed in spell, I had no choice than to try it, I mailed the spell caster, and he told me there was no problem that everything will be okay before three days, that my ex will return to me before three days, he cast the spell and surprisingly in the second day, it was around 4pm. My ex called me, I was so surprised, I answered the call and all he said was that he was so sorry for everything that happened, that he wanted me to return to him, that he loves me so much. I was so happy and went to him, that was how we started living together happily again. Since then, I have made promise that anybody I know that have a relationship problem, I would be of help to such person by referring him or her to the only real and powerful spell caster who helped me with my own problem and who is different from all the fake ones out there. Anybody could need the help of the spell caster, his email: [email protected] you can email him if you need his assistance in your relationship or anything. CAN NEVER STOP TALKING ABOUT YOU SIR HIS EMAIL ADDRESS IS:[email protected] CONTACT HIM NOW FOR SOLUTION TO ALL YOUR PROBLEM
HOW I GOT CURED FROM HIV/AID
hello everyone , I was diagnosed of HIV disease in 2011 and I have tried all I can to get cured but all to no avail,my life was gradually coming to an end, until i saw a post on a health forum on internet about a herbal doctor call Dr. balli who prepares herbal medicine to cure HIV disease and different kind of diseases including, herpes,Cancer,Stroke, Tuberculosis ,hepatitis,Diab
etes, and many deadly diseases,at first i doubted if it was real but i decide to give it a try, whit this herbal doctor email,he prepared a HIV herbal portion and sent it to me through UPS delivery service in my country,when i received this herbal medicine, he gave me step by step instructions on how to apply it, when i applied it as instructed,i was cured of this deadly disease within 14 days,I could not walk or talk understandably before but after i took the herbal medicine as Dr.balli instructed me i regained strength in my bones and i can talk properly like before,I am now free from the deadly disease my HIV positive result turns negative , all thanks to Dr. balli of his good-work.if you are at there also passing through any kind of disease Contact
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My Name is Sarah Palin, And this is my Testimony of how i was cured by
Dr.Hope the great traditional herbal medicine man. I have being seeing
series of testimonies and the wonderful work Dr Hope has been doing in
people lives. This made me contacted him because i have been suffering from
herpes virus for a long time now, And When i contacted Dr.Hope, he assured
me that he is going to cure me, and he told me all i needed to do, without
wasting time i did all he ask of me, So i started taking his medications.
And to my greatest surprise within just one month and one weeks i was
totally cured and now i am free from any kind of virus I am happy and Glad
to say that Dr.Hope is really a great and trust worthy man. You can reach
him with this Email Address:
[email protected] or contact him through,Text Message or call his
Tel.No: +2348131652960. He said he is also Specialize in curing Any kinds
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SIPHILIS, EPILEPSY, SARCOIDOSIS, Human papillomavirus(HPV). Or any other
disease you are suffering from.
I AM HERE TO TESTIFY ON HOW MY HERPES VIRUS WAS CURED BY DR LUCKY.
I'm Andraw Ryan, from Texas USA. I had been in a relationship with a guy and we had unprotected sex for the first time and within a day i got a big bump on the crease of my thigh and vagina. after a few days it began to hurt more and more. I told him to take a picture of it for me, and it looked like open sores, like bugs were biting off my skin or something. So i went to the ER and they said genital herpes. I was so depressed. my boyfriend and i cried. he cried for me, but he had no idea he had it too. next day, same thing happens to him. at this point, we think i gave it to him because I was the first one to show the symptoms. The next phase I went through was depression. At this point, all I did was sleep and cry. I felt like my life was over. I knew I could never get married, I felt dirty, and worthless. I was depressed for about two months. I fought thoughts of suicide and it was a hassle to even carry out my daily tasks. So I started to wonder if there would be a remedy to this disease, which led me to going to visiting many hospitals, and nothing good came out from it, until I read a person’s testimony online that said that they were cured with the help of Dr Lucky Spell, of this disease that the world deems incurable and tears rolled down my face. That persons testimony sparked a hope in me that led me to contact Dr Lucky. So he assured us that we are going to be alright, after meeting up with the necessary requirements, he sent us a parcel and gave us instruction guide on how to use it, which we did, after 7 days of using the medication, the herpes was totally cured. So I and my boyfriend went and got tested for every STD in the book and every single test came back NEGATIVE, we also went back to the hospital, and it was confirmed NEGATIVE. I am posting my testimony to help someone out there suffering from this disease. Do not hesitate to contact Dr Lucky via e-mail: [email protected] or call him on +2347060704783.
HE ALSO HAS CURE TO THE FOLLOWING DISEASE:
HPV
GENITAL HERPES
TRICHOMONIASIS
CHLAMYDIA
HIV
GONORRHEA
HBV
SYPHILIS
CANCER.