Happy Mother's Day

When you move into a new home there are always unknown adventures awaiting. Most are wonderful and exciting, and such a happy bonus to homeownership. Others...well, others make you thankful for family and friends who come to the rescue to help you through!

Sometimes when you pull the kitchen cabinet doors off and lay them out on the floor to paint, your dog decides to walk across them and decorate your floor with pretty little painted paw prints. That was my first home, and thankfully that carpet was coming out anyway!

Sometimes it's the basement flooding because the sump pump that worked perfectly well during the inspection suddently went out right after you moved in. This was our current home, but it's also why you ask your sellers to give you a home warranty!

And sometimes, like yesterday, you invite your parents out to celebrate Mother's Day but then 2 trees you knew were going to have to come down unexpectedly falling. Thankfully your parents still come for dinner, but they show up early with chainsaws and workboots! We ended up spending the whole day outside cutting up trees and having a huge fire, then having a delicious crock-pot meal.

Homeownership is always an adventure. There's always something new and unexpected, but so often it's an opportunity to come together with family to solve it, to learn something about maintenance, or at least to get a funny story out of it! And in the end, just like parenthood, sometimes it's difficult, but it's ALWAYS worthwhile! Whether you are a mom, are expecting to be a mom, are wishing to be a mom or never have any desire to be a mom, enjoy this day that's all about the adventure. Happy Mother's Day