I had just about enough of Charlotte, and their overcrowded schools, classrooms in trailers, and douchebag Superintendents. I had been teaching across the border and my district was #1 in the State. Bob and I decided that it would be best to get out of the city. Not only were the schools better, there’s less traffic, crime, taxes are lower…..and there’s a Starbucks in the neighborhood I want to live in. Sweet.
We looked at 17 houses in Stepford, and 5 outside of the neighborhood. We knew that Stepford was the best choice. It’s own library? School? Shops? Restaurants? Y? You must be kidding! I can walk to everything? 3 parks for the kids? 2 pools and a waterpark? Every street is tree lined. Every bush, plant, and rock has a place and by the way you had to get permission to put it there from the Stepford “committee”.
After looking at those 17 houses, we still hadn’t found the right one. Our house had sold in 6 days, and we needed to get something done and fast. Finally our realtor talked us into seeing the house I didn’t really care for. The turn off? The color. Seafoam green. Ah. Not really what I was looking for, but okay let’s have a look see. I walk inside and immediately know we are moving in. They have a pug.
We put an offer in on it that afternoon, and the deal was made the next day.
August 1, 2006 it was officially ours!
