Today marks the very first anniversary of home ownership. It still only feels like yesterday when we were looking for a place and then all the negotiations, paperwork, and waiting till we finally acquired our current home.

From the first moment we stepped inside to look at it, we knew this was THE place we wanted. While this house wasn’t a “fixer-up”, we did have to do quite a bit work, even now. Home ownership certainly brings a lot of expenses. So far, we’ve: built a fence in our front yard, put in a automatic garage door, replaced one of the bathroom’s ceiling fan, repainted all the rooms including the living room, replaced the garbage disposal, bought a new stove (as the old owner took his fancy Thermador), fixed a water leak, and fixed the damper so we can use the fireplace. Sounds like we haven’t done much, but it adds up quite quickly.

For this year, with a child, we’ll be child-proofing our home as well as making other repairs and changes around here. Well, here’s to the American Dream.

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