Introductions!

Hello, our names are David and Cami-Michelle Spicer. We usually go by Dave and Cami. We have three great kids. Walter is 16, Edward is 15, and William is 12. Our lives are simple. David and I both work. David is in the Hardware department at Home Depot. I'm currently working in the Receiving department at the Malmstrom Commissary. In our spare time we geocache, hike, swim, and discover new areas around our home town of Great Falls. David was 12 years in the Air Force and during most of that I was a stay at home Mother but I also went to school for 3 years for Interior Design. That's a just a little bit about us.

David and I have been married for 11 years. We've been through a whole lot. Seriously we have been but that's not what this blog is about. Right before David got out of the military we finally decided to take the leap and buy a house. We were both very scared but felt that once we moved from base housing it would be best to buy rather than to rent. Cost being the biggest factor.

Buying a house was a lot harder than we thought. Money was the biggest issue. Finding something in our price range, something that we both liked, in an area we wanted to live in, and finally agreeing on one. It took us over 6 months to find one. We probably drove our realtor insane! Chuck Jones was awesome though. He was there every time we wanted to look at a house and was patient with us. The house we live in now was originally found in a housing brochure. I saw it, it was in our price range so I mentioned it to David, the first time he said no just from looking at the picture. I spent another month looking and brought it up to David again. He said we'd drive by it. After the drive by he said no again. I spent another two months looking. We found one that we both liked and put in a bid, but lost it. After a couple more months of looking we noticed the house was still on the market so David decided to look inside. I was not impressed. He was dark, cramped, the way the furniture was set up, and the basement smelled funny and the one room was so packed full of crap and was so dark that I didn't even know it had a closet. David on the other hand felt right at home! UGH! I was frustrated. It actually started an argument between the two of us. I have to say the woman we bought the house from did not set up the house to be seen. It wasn't clean and like I mentioned earlier it smelled funny.

After the argument David put in a bid on the house, was denied and so we put in another one and she went for it. We waited another month for our closing date. When we signed the papers I finally saw the house the way it should have been seen, the curtains were open (thankfully she took them with her) and I could "see" the house! I mean I was excited because David and I were finally the owners of our own home but I got really excited once I was able to see the house without all of her stuff.

This blog was started so we could share what we've been through and we've done to improve the house to what we want. We hope you enjoy the blog and sharing in our adventure!!! Thanks for reading!