why not...

...get a piece of the stimulus package? How are we going to do this? We have a contract on a house. We weren't sure whether or not we would buy or live on base here, but the wait to get on base was just as long as getting into a house-so we thought with the $8,000 tax credit for first time home buyers this was a good time to take the plunge. With our budget in Delaware it was either a house in a development (NOT ideal) or an older house in an established neighborhood.

After a week of hard core house hunting we concluded that we were not willing to completely renovate a kitchen and deal with oil heating. That only left a development. We found a brand new home ready for quick delivery and it already has a lot of the landscaping done. It is a smaller lot, but the development is nice and we were able to get some nice upgrades for the house. We even got to pick out the tile and grout colors. Plus we know this house isn't going to be ours for forever so it's okay that we don't love everything. The closing date is on August 31. This means we still have another month in a hotel (we have already been in them for more than 2 weeks). Here's a few shots of the house for our family who has been asking about it. Hopefully everything works out well so we will finally have a place to call home (which we be great since we have been "in transition" since the end of January).

The lighting makes the house look light yellow, but it is actually white with dark, dark green shutters and door.