Wednesday, February 8, 2012

HGTV House Hunters

We enjoyed a low key Super Bowl Sunday. Joe and I stayed in just the two of us and indulged in some great food. We had another Sunday full of cooking and baking. Notice how I saw we? That's because Joe whipped up another batch of granola bars while I cooked up some apple crips pie (recipe up tomorrow), spicy chex mix, Frank's buffalo chicken dip, pizza bites (with homemade dough, thank-you-very-much). We also had some lil' smokies for our small Super Bowl part, but I won't include those in the cooking list because really you just heat them through. Easy!

We were both rooting for the Giants to win Sunday, but mainly because we didn't care for the Patriots to win (sorry Amy!) Although I will say I definitely wanted Eli to get another championship. I'm tired of him always being the underdog and the little brother. Boys got two rings now!

And back to the reason of this post. We're not going to be on the HGTV House Hunters show, but we are hunting for a house. Although I do really like watching that show. Sunday afternoon is usually a great time to watch HGTV. After living in apartments in Iowa, California and North Carolina, we are starting to look for a house and a more permanent place of residence.

We spent last Saturday touring the suburbs with a realtor and learned so much about the market and the whole home buying process. The Charlotte area has so many different neighborhoods. From older bungalows to newly constructed developements. We have a good idea of what we're looking for. Now the challenge is to find the one!

Interesting face: due to the clay-like soil in North Carolina, basements are not common. This came as a surprise for Joe and I. Something we never thought would be different than what we were used to. We both remembered back to our childhoods. The basement was made for storage, but also served as a TV room and hang out area (the place where you could rough-house and not get in trouble).

And because I refuse to post without a picture, here is a picture from when we first started dating.

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