Drum Roll Please…

So if all goes as planned, the house is ours.

Saturday morning was the inspection.

I could have barfed all over the inspector.

Luckily, I held it together.

The inspector literally looked at every nook and cranny of the house and found anything and everything that needed to be fixed.

A fairly long list of problems was made.

Which Matt and I have been going over and budgeting for.

Thus, Saturday I was ready to throw-up at any second during the inspection.

There was a lot of this from Matt Saturday, “Babe, just breathe. Take a deep breath.”

Guess I looked as bad as my stomach felt.

Of course, I have been reassured (even by Mother- which was a total surprise) that “NO HOUSE IS PERFECT!”

That makes me feel better.

Here’s to praying all ends up being fine and I don’t lose it.

My nerves are shot, I can’t wait till settlement is over and the house is ours.

I’m ready to dive in and start fixing!

This will (hopefully) be our new 1st home.

Clearly, needs some work and gardens.

Best part about this house, before and after photos!



Friday Text Messages..

I thought I'd make my weekly text message post a Friday tradition.

Last Friday I had posted all the cute and funny text messages that I had received from family and friends.

So this Friday...why not?

I'll start with this picture my sister sent over of my nephew, Trav.

This little stinker is turning into such a big boy.

Not only has he been going "pee pee in da potty" he is now introducing us to his little girlfriends in the neighborhood and making us all act out an animal.

Melts my heart that he's such a big boy these days.

My sister.

Probably Is the funniest person I know.

When we get together it's non-stop laughter.

Now this is a little personal (sorry Laur) but she Never poops at work.

I mean NEVER!

That cannot be healthy.

Uhh I have a stomach ache just thinking about holding that shit (literally) in.

So when she texted me this...

Laur, "Just pooped in work bathroom....details later."

Me, "I'm so proud of you! Go girl"

Laur, "Feels good."

Me, "I can only imagine. Been holding in that shit for six years. You were long overdue girl."

I was the proudest sister in all of Baltimore.

Were entirely too close.

It will only get worse once we live four houses down from each other.

My brother in-law texted me this pic of Trav.

First time meeting the Chick-fil-a cow.

I'm assuming there will be many more of these greetings.

Chick-fil-a is great.

Wedding, Marriage and Maybe a House...

When it came to getting married, I was totally on board.

Matt, was hesitant at first. (He had big dreams to be a rock star. Don’t we all, don’t we all.)  

Marriage was important to me. A commitment to each other that, to me, really means something.

Not being married, to Matt, but washing his clothes, cooking his dinner and basically wiping his ass made me feel like I wasn’t “good” enough. Kind of like saying, he was waiting for something better too come along.  

That’s why I needed Matt to put a ring on it.

So when Matt finally joined team marriage, I was beyond happy.

People literally told me after the wedding, they had never seen a bride and groom smile so much.

(I love this picutre of my Father In-Law, Matt and my Father)

Hello people, I was beyond happy! I waited 6 years to marry this man. (It was def. worth the wait.)

Our wedding was simple. fun. Us.

 And after almost 7 years together (4 months of marriage), Matt still makes me laugh so hard my face hurts and still thinks all the weird things I do are “cute” and “silly.” (Not just plain weird, which we all know they are).

And to think; if the home inspection this weekend goes well, we might be homeowners.

Life is going pretty well for us Bogdans.

All our hard work paid off.

Some Good News....

This past weekend was interesting to say the least.

Matt acting a fool and almost losing the dog did put me in one fail mood but all wasn’t bad in the world of M&M (Matt and Mandy).

Something quite amazing happened.

We put an offer in on the Essex house

(the one that’s five down from my sister’s house) and…

Offer accepted!!

Holy mother of…

Can you believe it?

We got ourselves a home!

(Well if everything goes as planned, we got ourselves a home!)

The house needs some work. So don’t be thinking I’m going to post pictures of some amazingly gorgeous home. (That comes later once we get our hands on it! J I have some awesome decorating ideas and colors! And keep in mind; I enjoy color-fun, happy, bright!)

I’m excited for the future of M&M.

The “to-do list” is long, but doable. I don’t feel as stressed as I thought typical “Mandy” would. Although, the HUGE pimple on my chin could be saying other words…?

Home inspection is Saturday morning. Barf. I hope it goes well.

I’m happy to be able to stay so close to family (Especially my TRAV!) and friends that we love so much.

Can’t wait to have us some block parties. Holla!

Sidenote:

Well, amazing sidenote:

Emily and Josh looked at the house connected to our friends, Jess and Dan, Sunday. They think they’re going to put an offer on the house.

Yup, we would all live on the same street. Wow.

Now, if only we all get to be stay-at-home moms together.

That would make my life!

Plan on posting some pics Saturday.

This weekend I learned a few things....

A home is what you make it. So putting an offer in on a house that might need a little more work, equals a less stressful and more confident Mandy. (Fingers crossed that it's ours).

Having fun and laughing my a$$ off everyday is 100% worth staying in the neighborhood we're at. (We have some of the funniest friends here). 

The Bogdan/Kearns family really does know how to throw a party.

Drunk Matt, still hates sober Mandy. 

 

  I was secretly happy that drunk Matt got this huge tub of ice cold water poured on him-Ha!

Chase does know where home is. (Learned this the hard way, when drunk Matt insisted on walking Chase without a collar or leash. Thank the lord above Chase knew his way home. Inclusion, sober Mandy really, really hates drunk Matt).  

No matter what M&M always works things out. 

Sliver Moon diner on a Sunday morning with all our close friends should be a tradition.

Family Texts From the Week...

I thought on this glorious Friday I’d share some of the random text messages I got from my crazy lovely family this week.

These text messages got me through the work week

From my sister: Trav being a typical 2-year-old boy...Haha

 This week Trav called me (at 10:45pm on Wednesday) to tell me "Man Man, Trav go Pee Pee on da potty!" Yay!! So proud of him!

My mom texted me this picture yesterday while I was at work. Caption, "That's a snake" Only Cee Cee (my mom). Haha!

Matt texted me the oddest thing yesterday (he was working from home this week)

"2 poops so far today! The same for Chase."

Chase, is our dog. I think Matt might have had too much alone time with the dog. Ha!

I'm so excited for the weekend. (Well I'm always "so excited" for the weekend).

Matt's graduation party tomorrow, can't wait!

Can't Even Imagine...

Today, after work, the house hunt continues.

We are looking at two homes.

One house is in my sister’s neighborhood in good ol’ Essex, hon.

OMG, have I told you?

My bf, Emily, and her boyfriend are considering buying a house also in my sister’s neighborhood.

The house Emily and Josh are looking at is connected to our good friends Jess and Dan’s home (that would mean we would all live in the same neighborhood).

 Could you imagine?

Sweet mother of god, that would be a fun a$$ neighborhood! I would love that.

But let’s not get too excited here, we still have to look at the home.

Matt and I did already look at this home (which we are looking at today) about 9 months ago when it first went on the market. The price was still high. Now the price has gone down about $25,000.

The house would need work, but that’s why you live in a neighborhood where you know everyone, right? Ha!

My sister said if we moved on her street she would literally “cry!” This coming from my sister means a lot. We call her and Jess the “CHB’s” (Cold Hearted Bitches). They don’t like mushy stuff like; crying, hugging or showing any sort of emotion.

I’m not going to lie; it would be pretty amazing to live on the same street as all our closest friends. 

OMG, I would totally be all, “Essex for life” if we moved there.  

Guess I’d have  a lot of “Only in Essex” blog post , sweeeet!

If we don't move too far, I'd have lots of moments like these with my little Trav.

I wouldn't mind that at all.