Champaign taste on a Beer budget

Oh we have been busy busy with figuring out our move logistics. Let me just say this will not be easy at all. Not with a baby and a cat in a car for several days and lots of hard work ahead. The three of us are soon leaving for michigan to go house hunting which is very exciting for someone who has shuffled from one lousy apartment to the next for the last 12 years! Oh I've been imagining such a beautiful home with white collums, big beautiful gardens, crown molding, extra bedrooms for all sorts of things, a spa like bathroom and of course that glorious gormet kitchen!
I can just see it now ~~~~(fading into dream like vision)~~~~~~
Ah hem, er uh well okay, I guess the reality of our future home will be more of a fixer upper.

but at least it will be ours and a real home. And after all, it's only for half a decade right! We already have about 30 homes lined up ready to look at with our agent. and aparently it will be snowing there the whole time. Lovely. We also are preparing ourselves with "Home buying for Dummies" So now we surely can't go wrong

I didnt realise how close we would be to Chicago! We decided it was cheaper for us to fly there instead and drive 2 hours to grand rapids. Anything to save a buck or two right? I'm not complaining, just anxious. My mantra is: Think of this as an adventure, just think of this as an adventure....

Anyway, wish us luck as we seek out our home sweet home.