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Homeowners Once Again

After searching and waiting, we are once again homeowners.

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The new "back homey"

Last Friday (September 27th) we closed on our new house in Delano. We are excited about the house and its location but there is some work to be done (painting, cleaning, etc.) before moving in.

We got started right away on Saturday morning starting to clean, paint, and set up the new desk. After a full weekend, Elise decided to head out of town to chaperone 160 sixth graders in the north woods. It was a three-day field trip for the entire Rockford sixth grade filled with some great activities like orienteering, rock climbing, and canoeing. Meanwhile, Papa stayed home and took care of two boys who were battling colds/fevers.

Overall, we’re excited to get settled in Delano and be a part of this new community.

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House Update (Accepted Offer)

This past Monday (July 15th) our house officially went on the market. The following day, it was on property tour in the morning and we had two showings that night. On Tuesday evening at about 11 p.m. we received an offer from one of the earlier showings. After talking it over with Elise, we slept on it and countered in the morning. After some interesting logistics (Elise was in Washington, IA and I was in Boston), we managed to pass the offer and counteroffer around for signatures. By noon on Wednesday (48 hours after the listing came active), the buyer had accepted our counteroffer and we were officially set as “Accepted Offer”!

We are now waiting for the inspections and paperwork to go through, but are scheduled to close on Aug 21st. Now it’s time to find a house in Minnesota!

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March Photo’s

As promised, I’ve been digging through our backlog of pictures and now have the top pics to show.  These pictures include our first few days in our new house along with the discovery of some of our plants.  I’ve also included a picture of an old newspaper ad from Best Buy – be sure to check out the styling on these phones!  Lastly there are some sweet photos of Jacob looking cool, drumming, and hanging out with the Werths.

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House

On Friday, March 2nd Elise and I closed on our new house.  After searching long and hard, we finally were able to pick up a nice house that has some great features.  Looking for a house that needed some work was proving to be difficult, as every house we did go see was either a dive or had an accepted offer already.  I was able to spot this one the day it was listed and 24 hours later we had an offer on the table.  We were the first of two offers, and the seller (an estate) decided to select ours.  After inspections, finances, viewings, and signing our life away, we are now homeowners once again.

As is common with estate sales, the house needed some modernizing.  We spent the first weekend painting ceilings and the second weekend painting the walls.  The new (used) appliances are in and the old carpets are out.  Enjoy these photos of the current project.  Once all the dust has settled, I’ll be sure to post some before-and-after shots.

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Changes

Times they are a changin’…

The past few weeks have been quite the exciting time for the Werth family.  Jacob celebrated his first birthday and had numerous celebrations: one at daycare, one with Fred, Cathy, & Teresa Werth, and one with the Larry and Mary Degen.  He has moved entirely to big boy food (real milk and table food).

In the midst of all this celebrating, another exciting development has occurred: we have bought a house!  After looking for a few months, we finally got the jump on a nice house with great potential (which has been quite the challenge)!  As an estate sale, it has a bit of work to be done to bring it up to modern times, but we are looking forward to having a project and a little extra space.  Jon’s favorite feature: a two car attached garage!  The house is on the southeast side of Iowa City and fits the bill perfectly.  We are now considered “sale pending” and are closing on March 2nd, with a move date tentatively scheduled for March 18th.

I’m sure we’ll have plenty of pictures in the coming weeks and months (including some photos still from Jacob’s birthday), but for now here is a picture of the outside.