Yes, I fell off the face of the Earth or.. I've been living in Fabulous Las Vegas

Wow, what a way to see your past.. checking out this old blog after abandoning it for YEARS. Well, I've been BUSY with life. The last thing I posted I thing I was about my new baby boy.. He just turned 3! and My daughter is now in Kindergarten. Time goes by so quickly. I've been living in Vegas now for a little over 2 years , lost in suburban life complete with mini van, and kindergarten drop offs. We've left the Los Angeles life and our cute little 60's ranch for more space and as of September are now the new owners of a 1994 Vegas Mc Mansion. Don't get me wrong.. I loved our old home but now that kids are bigger, and the cost of living in LA is redunkulous, We've moved on to bigger and more affordable spaces.

We've been here since September and were so lucky to find such an awesome home. Here's the stats: Built in 1994 by America West 2221 Square Feet 4 bed, 3.0 bath Guest room down stairs! Our search started in January 2013. We looked all over Vegas for a home that had our specifics 9-10 rated public school 4 bedrooms a playspace/loft for the kids open floorplan lots of light Big picture window for my Christmas tree. possibly on a cul de sac After looking in every new development, we couldn't find the "right" space for us. The house wasn't big enough, we couldn't afford it, SIDs, LIDs and HOA set us over the top, it was too far, the configuration of the house wasn't right.. etc. But we searched high and low for months. In fact, going to open houses became our weekend family outing. We came to the conclusion that buying in the new developments was just not going to work for what we wanted or needed so we looked every day on the MLS for resale homes. It wasn't until August that we made our first offer on a home. It was a one story completely flipped home but we were beat out by a cash buyer. The week after we were denied the first home, we went on vacation, and when we came back were on the new home search HARDCORE. The home we bought had only one owner. She lived here for almost 20 years with her unmarried son and her husband . But after losing her husband last year, the home was just too big for her. One thing that I first noticed about her home was all the Native American decor she had ALL over the home (complete with custom stained glass windows) floor to ceiling drapes, window cornice boxes EVERYWHERE and enough wallpaper boarder for you to choke on. Typically early 90's. What I loved about the home was that it had amazing vaulted ceilings , lots of windows, and the many different levels of the home. After looking at two more homes that day, I called my husband to meet me after work at the first house and went back with my husband to show him. Looking past her decor and stuff I could see and feel that this was the right home for all of us. We had our little family meeting as we walked through the house discussing where we'd be able to place our stuff if we got this home and after we decided to make an offer, my daughter went up to the owner, gave her a big hug and said , " Goodbye Grandma, thank you!" It turns out that there were multiple offers made on her home. In fact, there were 8. Some were cash but what she wanted was a family who would love living in her old home and give it new life. We later found out that our daughter sealed the deal for us with her good bye. The former owner was never a Grandma and hearing my daughter call her that touched her heart. When we went into escrow and did the walk through of the home, my kids called her Grandma Lee. She gained two Asian grand children (a boy and a girl)with the sale of her old home.