Just an idea

Hello and welcome to the first edition of our quest into Happy House Hunting.  Let me give you a little background into why I am creating this blog and what to expect in the future. I was driving around trying to figure out a way to document my experiences and the experiences of my girlfriend Kendal while we search, what literally feels like the cosmos, for the perfect home (or merely a liveable one for the moment) to start our life together. I thought about keeping a journal, but lets be honest, that is just not 21st Century and if you know me I love my technology.  "So I said what about a blog?" And since I was the only one in the car at the time, I answered myself, "that sounds delightful." So here we are! Now the truth is that we have been looking for a house for about three weeks since I got my new position, I was lucky enough to be one of the few distinct people to be on UI or for those not in the know, Unemployment Insurance, and somehow in the midst of the worst economic depression of our times, improbably found a job. Thus, starting a snowballs effect of life changing events one of which will be chronicled here to the best of my abilities and who knows you might get an insight or two into other things.

Moving on.

It is probably easiest to tell you about me and then about Kendal. What to say about me?  Well, I am 33 years old, work in real estate, and come from South Florida.  I believe I have a fairly laid back demeanor, some may agree, some may not.  I don't know if that is a product of me growing up in South Florida or if I just possess some innate coolness that doesn't allow me to get bent out of shape, except for Gator Football games where to come near me is to have white hot levels of passion and violence sear you to a crispy bacon like substance. I probably have an ego bigger than my body can cash (non-obscure Top Gun reference) and throughout this blog you might find me referring to myself as awesome, that seems to be my default response to most things.  Like, "How are you?" "Awesome all day long"  Simplistic, straightforward, 97.4% true on most days, the other ones, we just won't speak about. Kendal is 25 years old a product of the wonderful city we now reside, Atlanta, and works for lawyers, enter your own snide joke about lawyers here. I would say her personality is more fiery than mine,that is being kind,(love you honey when you finally read this), where I would let something roll off of me, she will obsess about it forever! It does end up with us clashing on quite a few occasions, but hey, it works. She also has no idea that I am doing this, so in case my blog goes down, she probably found out and I am lying in a shallow ditch somewhere face down for airing out personal stuff, PLEASE SEND HELP! That is probably all you need to know about us for now.

So I think that is a good start, just so you are aware, we actually bid on a house, it was a short sale and our dream of owning this home went up in smoke almost as we submitted our bid.  The real estate agent on the other side, which I have come to refer to as "devil spawn" suddenly listed the house after claiming she wouldn't. Our first bid came to a crashing and disappointing halt, but to the benefit of the millions who will read this blog and by millions I mean my mother and a few select others, you will get to enjoy the fun filled times and inside information into Kendal and my adventures into Happy House Hunting.

So wishing us good luck and happy hunting!