basketball time is here. my dad is on his way into town at this very moment. its his yearly ritual. he comes here every year to stay for a few days. i hear this year the games are going to be held at the glendale arena. i think that's cool. it's way out in the middle of no where, but hey, its still cool.

well, we've made the biggest decision in our lives. i think i mentioned a couple of blogs ago that i was experiencing a lot of anxiety and wondering if we were making the right decision. i honestly think we did make the right decision. we made an offer on a house yesterday and today we found out that they accepted our offer. today we paid the earnest deposit and now our cashier's check is probably sitting at the title office. we made an offer on a two bedroom, 1.75 bath, two level town home. its beautiful with all the right upgrades. it has parque wood flooring through out. another cool feature is the granite counters and new cabinets in the kitchen. it's a beauty! the only downside is that i really don't like the patio area. its not so private like i want it to be. i want to barbeque in seclusion. i think we might hire some contractors or something. the current walls in the patio area are like about 6 feet high. if i tiptoe i can probably see on the other side of someones patio. also the entrance to the patio is a sorry looking gate with no lock. we definitly need to fix that, but other than that everything looks aok. i'm still in shock. i have all these thoughts in my head about what color of paint i could use to what kind of furniture i could buy. we made offers on 2 other homes, but got rejected on the first and on the second one we are considered only a backup offer. my broker and realtor are so cool. i found them with a lot of researching on the internet. they are both navajo and basically they will hold your hand through the whole process of home buying. i don't think brian and i would have gone this far with out them. i appreciate them and hope that they can help more natives out there. if you would like to go to one of their 1st time home buyers classes here is the info:

First Time Home Buyer's Class at the Phoenix Indian Center
Taught by Tess Robinson - Native American Lender & Bo Morales-Summey - Native American Realtor who are working to assist all Native Americans in the Phoenix area to get out of the rental status and into their own home. Classes held the second Thursdays of each month at the Phoenix Indian Center - 2nd Floor, Classroom (To be determined). For more information and to RSVP, contact Tess at (480) 228-2276 or Bo at (480) 220-6899

you can also see pics of them here.

i can honestly say that brian and i were getting discouraged. we had a hard time looking for a home. i mean the market is crazy. homes are going like crazy. they'd be out in the market for only a day or two and somebody will always make a quick offer on them. these days you can't view a home and decide that you want to sleep on it, you just can't, the next day the house will be gone. so, don't get discouraged, be patient, and that home will come to you. i think of it this way, those first two homes that i wanted so bad just weren't for us. there was a reason why we didn't get them. we ended up with something just as nice. i guess the third time is always a charm!!!!