Our first home

We got the house! It was a heady experience, sitting there with the lawyer/notar signing the contracts with the sellers (house and field makes two sellers).

First we bought the field. Joerg wanted to be sure that field was in our hands before purchasing the house. That went smoothly. I can't say it went smoothly for the house seller. He was missing a particular document that was necessary, and he swore he'd never received it. I thought he'd have a heart attack right there, he was so stressed. He got up, ran across the street to the bank, which had just closed. He panicked. He rescheduled our appt today for 6 pm, and he raced home to look for it.

How would we kill the 2 hours? Well, of course! Let's go check out our new field! I walked the perimeter, pushing on fence posts, calculating how I'd refence the area safely. Then Joerg called me. Mr. S had found the paper! Back to the lawyer we went.

In the end, Mr. S shook my hand and said, "Congratulations Frau Wassermann, you'll like living in our home."

They invited us over for tea and cookies, and get this, even though we won't be living there til March (things take longer here), they said I'm welcome to come over and start building a fence and fixing up the barn after Christmas. WOO! I was soooo happy to hear that! Just sitting around thinking about fences and mud-free solutions is no good, I want to do it! They will even help me - they have tools and a cement mixer and know a person to buy fence posts from much less expensive than in the fencing shops.

I'm totally totally happy. Joerg was so nervous, I kept holding his hand.

We have a house! And a field: ) And 3 trout ponds, good grief, I have to learn about trout.

As a bonus, they told us that they won't need any of their garden tools, their lawn mower, ladder, wheelbarrow, anything to do with the ponds and gardens, they're leaving them to us. Well that's good, cuz we don't have any of those things, being apartment people.

Mrs. S said, "I think you should put a window in the barn so the horse can stick his head through and look at the house. We'll help you build it."

I just sat there blinking, grinning, that sounds wonderful! They drove to the north sea tonight to go look at homes, they're sick of living in this hilly region. They just needed the paperwork to begin their final home search. They're so happy. So are we.

I can't believe it, it's ours!