Moving on over to the SW side!

Back to Sugar Land we went literally a day after we got married.  Our situation where we were was not good for us and needed a place quickly.  Of course, with both of us out of work, the only cash flow is out of the bank and not in to the bank.  So this put us in a very tough spot.  Where to go... ugh it seemed like a nightmare in the making.

I called my friend Lance, who was also my realtor.  He was holding on to my washer, dryer and fridge.  He had been trying to sell it while I was gone but had no luck.  He mentioned putting them in a garage sale.  I called him to let him know it was okay to do that since we were getting in a tough spot and did not want to have too much to travel with. Lance had them stored in his parents house- which was empty.  He had the place on the market for quite some time with no offers.  He made us a deal we could not refuse.  He needed someone to move in to the house to make it look lived in and also help clean it up.  The house is paid for so there would be no rent, but we would have to take over the utilities and also spend the time helping to paint, landscape and clean.  We took the offer and have been living here for going on three weeks now.

The house is one that needs a lot of TLC.  It is an older house located in Sugar Land.  It has three bedrooms, two full baths, a small kitchen and breakfast nook as well as a living room.  There is also an add on in the back of the house that is perfect for a game room.  While we had Kirks pool table, we decided not to put it up since we were not sure how long we would be here.  The house included a fridge, love seat and two chairs.

The house is about 2000 sq ft.  We don't have a lot to fill it, but at least it looks lived in!  Kirk moved the washer and dryer in to the laundry room.  The dryer plug needs to be changed since it does not fit our dryer - which means we are stuck for now drying our clothes outside on a makeshift line across the back fence.  It is kind of comical and we joke all the time that we are "living in a van down by the river".

Our first week was spent cleaning, taring down wallpaper, trimming trees, fighting cockroaches and filling in holes.  It was quite a chore, but the place actually cleaned up really nice.  Our second week was spent on our honeymoon in Roatan, Honduras so the place sat empty.  This is our third week and we already have a plan.  We cleaned again the first day since we had set off bug bombs before we left.  Now it is time for laundry, wall texturing and painting. Kirk is planning on doing some much needed landscaping.  We are trying to give it as much curb appeal as possible.  Yet we don't want to do too much either because we don't really know what Lance wants done and also, whoever buys this place will need to do some major remodeling.  This place is a contractors dream!

Of course the job hunt continues on a daily basis.  Kirk is more than ready to go back offshore and start diving.  I am still holding off to see where his career takes us.  I would hate to get a job here and then have to quit because we end up moving to another State or possibly another Country.  Once we do figure out where we will end up next, our first priority is getting our kiddos (dogs) back home with us.  Boy do we miss them!

Next post will be about our honeymoon!