I've been a bad blogger. This photo shows why -- I'm buying a house. And as anyone who has bought a house knows, it's a time-consuming process.
You have to set up your mortgage and insurance, get a home inspection, weed out years of accumulated junk, arrange for utility transfers and address changes.
I'm all for new adventures, but I must say this is among my scariest adventures to date.
I lay awake at night wondering if I'm dumb to be buying an older house as my first home. If maybe the work I'll need to do will overwhelm me.
But I've resolved that -- although I may need to spend a lot of my free time doing house-related things for the first few months -- I am not going to be part of the statistics that say homeowners are less social than renters and travel less.
Before I even began looking for a house, I made a budget. And built into that budget is savings for travel. For me, it's not worth owning a house if I can't get away from it sometimes.
What about you? Have you cut down on your travels since buying a house? Do you build money for travel into your budget?
I have a budget, but it doesn't get as detailed as setting aside money for vacation. However, before we bought the house I was sure to know that we would be saving enough to take vacations. I have at least two week-long vacations on the horizon and a few weekend trips.