You know when you reach that point in your life when it's time to start doing the things that you used to think were things only adults did?

Like when it's time to stop getting happy meals or when you wanted to start wearing makeup,

or maybe when you open your first bank account, or took your first vacation without your parents, things like that.

Well, I reached a place in life where it was time to stop renting.

I was well into my 30s not certain as to whether or not a committed relationship

and children were in the cards for me yet but it was high time to set down some roots for myself, finally.

I wanted to purchase the place, the place that I could finally call my own.

Well, hours if you want to count my kitty. I wanted that place that was all

mine. So I started looking around, you know, this was the first time I'd ever done this, but I knew what I wanted, and I knew what I didn't want.

Of course, the first and most important thing to take into consideration would be price range.

It's just me so I was wanting to look for something that was reasonably within my means. I also wanted to research the various

neighborhoods, things that I wanted to live in close proximity to, places that I

wanted and needed to frequent, but also the things that I didn't want to live close to,

like busy thoroughfares, highways and railroad crossings.

I'm a writer and even though I do work outside the home, there are those times

when you have to bring your work home with you, and I really needed my space to be a peaceful

one. I mean of course you don't have to be a writer to want or need that. It's just really one of my top priorities as I'm

considering my options. I'm also looking at the crime rate in the various

neighborhoods of course. We want to feel safe in our own homes, right? So yeah, if I had to

pick the top three things that I'm looking for in a home, it's price, location, and safety.

But there was another thing that was important to me.

I wanted a place that wasn't your standard cookie cutter house. I've always been somewhat of a peculiar person.

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