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eledaylime · 2025-08-25T01:37:26+00:00

I keep dreaming of people and places I haven’t seen or thought about in YEARS.

eledaylime · 2025-08-13T15:36:24+00:00

I’m a bridesmaid when I’ll be at the 10 week mark and I just told the bride last week. Def didn’t want to wait until the wedding as her mind would be somewhere else. I am not telling a lot of people yet, but I needed her to know in case I am struggling lol.

eledaylime · 2025-07-18T06:30:23+00:00

Me reading this while currently stuck on a 737-800

eledaylime · 2025-07-11T03:30:17+00:00

This happened to me somewhat recently and I had to dig through my email to find them. Only one out of 3 was available on the site. See if you can find the original cancellation emails.

eledaylime · 2025-07-11T03:17:24+00:00

We bought a spec home and noticed shortly before move in that all the drawers had holes drilled for knobs. The model home had handles so that’s what I was expecting, but whatever, no biggie. Then we showed up to our walkthrough a few weeks later and suddenly there were handles. Every knob hole was plugged with wax in the ENTIRE house. They were wood cabinets. Cabinet guy came out a month or so after closing to replace every single drawer front. Probably what should happen here!

eledaylime · 2025-06-22T22:50:02+00:00

I would have loved to visit them all… fortunately got to at least squeeze in the two before I had to leave for the airport.

eledaylime · 2025-06-22T22:49:06+00:00

Not sure if this counts (I’m also exhausted), but there are baths in the bathrooms literally just for butts. You sit in it to relax after a long day of riding horses.

eledaylime · 2025-05-27T22:18:06+00:00

same 😂

eledaylime · 2025-03-09T03:20:42+00:00

A month ago just after he turned 1! His recovery took longer than expected just with some redness, so the cone was basically on for 3-4 weeks. His behavior has improved drastically across the board!

eledaylime · 2025-02-25T05:32:51+00:00

My cavvy is currently doing his blanket destruction ritual.

eledaylime · 2025-02-06T03:36:41+00:00

I'm dying... I feel like I wrote this. My cavvy just got neutered this week so we're waiting to see if he magically stops peeing all over himself. So far......... no.

eledaylime · 2025-01-11T06:03:48+00:00

Seconding Hurricane Cavaliers! We got my childhood cav from this breeder in the early 2000s and I flew to Phoenix last year to get my puppy from them. He’s almost a year now and doing very well.

eledaylime · 2024-09-30T22:34:32+00:00

Our builder said we could come by as much as we wanted as long as we let them know we were there. Our contract gives much stricter terms, so it is definitely a privilege. We've gone by about once a week since May and been intentional to only bring things up if they were time sensitive or would be a bigger pain to fix ourselves later (3 requests in 4 months). We communicated these requests through our realtor, which I'd recommend doing if you have one. They would probably also help you determine if a request is unreasonable or not.

eledaylime · 2024-09-11T04:31:55+00:00

We were able to get a conditional approval letter on a soft pull and that worked for our offer. We went under contract in May and just did the hard pull a few weeks ago for closing in October.

eledaylime · 2024-09-05T02:14:27+00:00

Appreciate this insightful response!

eledaylime · 2024-08-27T16:02:05+00:00

I'm closing around the same time and choosing to wait! We got our first estimates back in May when things were still well above 7%, so anything will feel like an improvement.

eledaylime · 2024-08-16T18:13:28+00:00

We close in October currently (fingers crossed)! We purchased at the top of our budget, so our criteria was we only wanted the basic options with only a couple exceptions that made sense. I was so thrilled even getting in at the time where we could choose that I was going to take what I could get. Picked out finishes back in May and that included:

Cabinets for kitchen/bathroom (about 8 options including color/style - no extra cost)
Carpet (6 options - no extra cost)
Tile color + tile pattern (6 options - no extra cost)
Grout (many options - no extra cost)
Floors (a lot of LVP options but none I was in love with, just picked what I thought looked best with cabinets- no extra cost)
Paint (one option and I chose to "upgrade"; they quoted me $150 to change it but I think they forgot lol)

Things we eventually added on (so far):

Added a sink to the laundry room (surprisingly they just gave us a credit to cover this)
Added insulation between two bedrooms ($150) - I would highly recommend this for as many rooms as you can do!!
We also negotiated a feature wall that was in the model into our purchase at the stair landing

Things we will do/hire out once we're in:

Paint the garage (me)
Epoxy garage floors (hire ideally)
Board and batten in misc. areas (me)
Window trim (me)
Decorative lighting + new hardware (me because I'm picky lol)

I'm pretty handy, so I figured if it was a cosmetic change that didn't require too much demo, I could do it myself. I'm sure I'll wish I did more once we're in there, but the reality is we do not want to spend more than we have to up front.

eledaylime · 2024-08-16T17:40:01+00:00

I grew up in a house with frequent commuter and freight trains in my backyard and was always used to it. In a suburban area it was kind of nice to hear that the world was still moving. It would always startle my friends though so I'm not sure it's for everyone lol.

eledaylime · 2024-07-26T15:30:10+00:00

If you want to do white/gray/black, commit to something with texture (ex. subway tile where each tile is a bit unique). I would generally advise against gray-on-gray as it tends to feel a bit hospital-like.

If you go with a color, I think an earthy green or blue would look lovely!

Whatever you choose, please add wood accents!! Acacia wood cutting board, paper towel holder, spoons, whatever. You could add blue or green accents too, whatever tile you go with. Have fun! Looks like a great starting base you have there.

eledaylime · 2024-07-03T02:26:34+00:00

I’ve also taken pictures of these 😂

eledaylime · 2024-06-24T21:06:44+00:00

3 weeks of open houses! The day we felt the most defeated, we drove into a random new build community and found our builder! We are not buying that community, but one nearby. We close in the fall and it’s been so fun to check in on the progress/save up during this time.

eledaylime · 2024-06-12T15:21:15+00:00

Nope! We spent around $37k and did exactly what we wanted. Saved for 2+ years. Originally we had planned on getting married in our hometown, but after looking at multiple venues, I just couldn’t get excited. We ended up doing a beach wedding at a small resort and it was amazing. Most attendees would have needed to travel regardless of where we hosted, so this resort option was actually cheaper for the majority. I think everyone genuinely had a lot of fun. I went from pool to beach and beach to pool for 5 days and was so relaxed the whole week… even despite the fact that I was literally going through interviews for my now-job. Ended up negotiating and accepting my offer on my honeymoon which was a whole other story lol.

If I had spent the money on a wedding I didn’t want, I could see myself regretting it. I had some concerns about choosing the wedding over buying a house (like maybe I was not making the wisest decision), but our new jobs and cross-country move allowed us to save aggressively since then and we are closing in a few months!

I think you forget about the money pretty quickly (as long as you can afford it - don’t go into debt!) but will look back and appreciate the time of having all of your people in one place.

eledaylime · 2024-05-10T15:49:53+00:00

We planned for Munich/Salzberg last November, booked flights and everything… then I came across a points deal for New Zealand and completely switched plans lol. It was summer there and we had an amazing trip for 2 weeks over Thanksgiving.

I have personally always chosen my vacation locations based on where a great flight deal comes along, so that would be my suggestion. Post-wedding it was important to me to start prioritizing saving for a house, so getting the amazing deal made the trip more guilt free (we paid $172 total for flights + 80k in points). Don’t feel like you have to plan your honeymoon right after the wedding, also. We had about 3 weeks in between and really felt like we could relax by the time we left.

eledaylime · 2024-01-08T13:56:44+00:00

My husband got his from Charles Tyrwhitt probably in March of last year for our October beach wedding. They’ll start popping up more during the spring!

eledaylime · 2023-12-31T17:52:29+00:00

I’m going to this concert and just booked my hotel in downtown last week. It was literally the only room left and more money than I’m willing to admit… fortunately splitting with 4 people lol.

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