The House on the Monopoly Streets

I may be a little biased, but I think Matt's and my "how we met" story is pretty cute. In Stillwater, OK, my little, Anna said that a few friends were going to her boyfriend's house to play games and just hang out for a chill night in. She was the homecoming chair that year and had made a lot of friends with the Delts, so some of the boys came over. I had never met Matt before and we all sat down to play, and I may or may not have cheated a time or two (Monopoly is a long game and lets face it, I was going to win ;) ). I had Matt's attention pretty early on, and he had mine. It was all history from there.

Well it turns out that our first home is in a neighborhood with streets all named after monopoly properties. We live on Oriental. It's pretty cute and felt meant to be. It also makes for a good story ;)

We also got engaged in this home. After he asked me to marry him, my first response was "yes!" and my second comment was.. "Now I am never going to be able to sell this house!"
Little did I know that in a short year I would.

Our house went on the market yesterday afternoon. We have had 2 house showings in less than 24 hours. This is encouraging! However, I have issues with change. I don't mind things being "in addition to" what we already have going on. But I typically dislike having to exchange one thing for another.

Last night we had several friends over to watch the game and just hang out one more time before we move. It was such a good time that after every one left, I was a little sad. These are good people. This house has done a lot of entertaining in the last year. I'm truly excited about all of opportunities for us in Oklahoma. Family, Life long friends, a new house, closer to OSU, less long long trips to Oklahoma what seemed like every other week, all great things. But It's hard to think of what we are leaving behind. Why can't I just have it all???

But the good thing about the 21st century is that if there's a will, there's absolutely a way. Internet, social networking, no fees for long distance calls, cars, planes and the list goes on allows for an opportunity that if people want to stay close, they will.

So before we go, here's a few photos of the house that has held memories of my first year of marriage, times and experiences that I'll hold onto forever.

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