We found a house

Last week Jim and I flew up to Massachusetts to look for a house. It was a whirlwind, but we were successful. We even got to visit with dear friends from the area. Eve stayed home with Grammie and Papa (whom we can never thank enough). We looked at maybe 12-15 houses in 3 different towns. I would have liked to look in VT, too (it's only 4 miles away), but we decided to stick to MA because Eve's doctors will all be in MA. We are hoping to get the MA equivalent of the Katie Beckett waiver and figure it would be best to stay in state for care.

Anyhow, we found a place that needs a little updating here and there, but will suit us well. It's in a really nice town with a prestigious college (not the one I will be working at) and a great school system. Everyone we talked to seemed to think that this town would be our best bet for school system (and special ed). We were pretty lucky because just as the seller accepted our offer, his realtor told us another couple had just left the house to go write up an offer. How this didn't turn into a bidding war I will never know. We spent some time with the seller's realtor (she actually was representing a few of the houses we looked at) and got along famously with her. She is a riot. Anyhow, it is my secret fantasy that she was rooting for us. Whatever. We got the house. Now the mad dash begins. Inspection to schedule, loans to arrange, and what else? Oh yeah. Sell our house in GA. Start praying, people. The house is cute and in good shape. It needs curb appeal. We'll need to put on some real siding and we'd like to build some sort of porch. We'll need to get a walkway (pour concrete or something) because it's currently gravel. We'll also need to figure out how to gain access to the house from the garage to keep Eve and her wheelchair out of the snow in the winter. (Know any architects that are looking for pro bono work?) It's got a full basement and the garage is deep. Plenty of room for Jim's tools (a plenty). We're very very happy. Here are the pictures that I snagged from realtor.com. We'll probably move sometime in July or August.