We found it!

Exciting news!!! We found a home to rent in Emmaus, Pennsylvania. The past couple of weeks, Darin and I have been gathering apartments and homes to view, in the Lehigh valley area. We planned on being in PA for 1 full week with a crazy agenda of homes to see. We had so many homes that I made a binder with notes to keep them all straight...yes I am a little OCD sometimes! We ended up seeing more than half of the homes and driving by all of them, weeding out the yucky ones. We had our top 5 choices picked out, and I was very disappointed to learn that our #2 choice (and my personal favorite) had been rented before we could see it! However, during an attempt to find another home in that same area we stumbled upon a "FOR RENT" sign by a home that I classified as out of our budget league! But our moms told us to call and we did and guess what it was right in our budget!!! The owner Bruce was leaving for a 4 day fishing trip and had us come right away to view the home. The minute I stepped foot into this home I WAS SOLD!! This was the first day of looking!

Many of you know I LOVE old homes. Bruce didn't know how old it was, so I am going to be on a mission to find out! It has 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms, a basement and attic, a huge sun room in the back, tons of storage closets, washer and dryer. Presently it has oil heating (boo), but Bruce is in the process of getting a gas line approved (YEAH!). That will cut utility costs.

I love the porch, and look forward to putting some chairs out there along with hanging flower pots! It is exciting to live in a home rather than an apartment with neighbors through a wall! Now our kid can cry and I won't feel bad about letting him.

The home is located in the town of Emmaus which is a few miles south of Allentown, and 50 miles north of Philidelphia. Emmaus has a population of about 11,500 which is very manageable for a small town girl like myself!

The yard is huge, and luckily Bruce takes complete care of it! That was a big seller for me too!There is plenty of room for Nash to run and play! There is also a couple of parks in walking distance....I think we will be very happy here!

We feel very fortunate to find this home, had we found it a day later, Bruce would have been gone and we would have missed out...we feel very blessed! We meet with Bruce on Monday, and I will take pictures of the inside.

There is a sad part to this happy ending! Our sweet little Lindy (dog) can not come with us....we will have to leave her at my parents house, where she will eat anything, and everything, as well as run rampant and free...well I don't think she will miss us that much!

We will miss her!