Closer

Life has been crazy with all this house stuff! We're getting closer to being home owners though. We almost have our insurance squared away, and we are still on track for closing May 31.

Most of the rooms have their paint color chosen, and I cannot wait to get our puppy soon after! I'm super pumped to not have to drive through 15 miles of highway construction every time I come into work. I think I'm more excited about that than being a home owner!

Our inspection had some downs though. Standing water in the basement. Thank God we got so much rain so we'd know! It didn't scare us away though. We have some easy fixes we'll try first to see if that helps. Otherwise, we'll need to re-grade around the house. Yuck. Messy. Expensive.

Before Mike and I become consumed with home expenses and repairs, we are taking off this weekend for a little getaway. We decided last night. So, kinda spur of the moment. We're taking advantage of my full weekend off, and heading to Baraboo for a winery tour. Spending the night in a hotel with a hot tub, and checking out the House on the Rock Sunday before we head home. Very short and rather uneventful, but it should be nice! I've always wanted to do a wine tour/tasting, so I'm pretty darn excited. Plus, who doesn't love a nice hot tub?

Before we settled on Baraboo, we originally were going to go to Door County, but since I work until midnight on Friday it wasn't ideal since the drive is a bit longer, and it's an expensive place to stay and do fun things. Then we were going to do the Leinie's Tour in Chippewa Falls, but that was all that was in the area, so that's on the back burner too. Mike mentioned how he always wanted to go to Wollersheim Winery in Baraboo. Since the House on the Rock isn't far from that, we decided Baraboo it is!

For those of you who don't know, the House on the Rock is simply a house on a rock. There's an inn, golf course and spa. But, we're just going to the "attraction" which is a tour of the house. Mike's elementary school used to take field trips there, but he missed it. I hope it's fun! You can check out the details here if you're interested: http://www.thehouseontherock.com/.