Well, thankfully I didn't have an idea in my head of a "dream house." I mean, there were some things we wanted but didn't get (like a garage and a house with 2 floors) but I know that we will make a home of anyplace we buy, simply because we are in it and we will make it ours. There is plenty of time in life to buy a house with two floors, but right now we had a chance to buy smart and I'm glad that's what we chose to do. We could have spent more money and made things tight to have a big dream house, but instead I think I'll try to keep our bills down so we can have a dream family.

But yes, househunting is a huge pain in the butt!