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So, now we are officially owners of a house in Cypress, TX. We did our final walk-through yesterday morning and then went to the closing. Everything went very smoothly and we thoroughly enjoyed meeting the past owners. They were a lot like us only 20 years later with teenagers. They do a lot of outdoor activities like camping and backpacking and they had lots of fun memories to share from their 15 years living in the house.

After closing, we decided to grab some lunch and start getting things together for our wallpaper scraping project. I will say that we did manage to lose some time going back and forth from the hotel because we kept forgetting things we needed with us, but I guess that just comes with the territory of being away from ‘home’ which throws off your normal organizational plan. We found a Lowe’s and bought a couple things to get us started on wallpaper removal and we also took the time to walk around and get a feel for some things like light fixtures and touches we may want to add here and there in the house. We also started getting a plan together for Cabela’s dog pen that we will be building behind the garage that we have lovingly named the houdini doggie prison. I think we have a nice plan together that will be functional, relatively classy looking for a dogpen, and will keep in our little escape artist. We didn’t really get a chance to drive around the area when we were here before so the driving we have done this time around has shown that the area we picked is really nice and has lots of cute little shopping centers and lots of really lovely neighborhoods. I think we are really going to like the area.

We also had time to swing by the riding barn I found that I may try out - it is quite close to where we live and is a cute little farm. Our final task for the day was to do a detailed walk through of the house where we planned out what color we would like to paint each room and we also figured out what furniture will go where so that we have a plan for the movers next week. We are thoroughly enjoying our time in Texas and the weather is beautiful!

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