Happy New Year.....New Blog

Well this is it, the first blog of the new year..........let's be honest its actually my first blog and my first post to date.  Some people say that the first post is the most difficult and most important, but of course no pressure. As I contemplate what to write as my "opening" post I cant help but think about the end of 2010 and the beginning of 2011.  All the things I did and all the things I wish I did.  One of which was buying a house with my husband.  It was one of the best and worse experiences of my life.  Nothing is more rewarding than purchasing your own property and going home every night to a place that is yours.  As an interior designer the experience was very exciting, imagining how I can transform these houses into homes.  However, as a future homeowner reality was like stepping outside on a beautiful sunny day only to turn the corner smack into the face of a monsoon.  All the paper work and hoops we had to jump through to get a mortgage was exhausting and caused a handful of sobbing breakdowns.  Not to mention the cost of implementing the changes.....move that wall here/add a window there...isn't as simple or easy on your wallet as waving my magic wand (as my brother-in-law a general contractor would say).  In the end the house we chose didn't need as much fairy dust as Pee Wee's Playhouse, but just enough where I could make it our own.  Of course there are always changes that can be made but we are taking it one day, one month at a time.  I have long term goals, in my career and in our home renovation but I have to keep telling myself....Rome was not built in a day.