That’s right, folks. You’re looking at the proud owner of a 30 year mortgage. Mrs. West and I have purchased a home in Saukville, WI, a lovely little community about 30 miles north of Milwaukee.
It’s nothing special, really. A two-bedroom ranch with a finished basement. I really like the lot it’s on. We’ve got about 20-25 trees and the yard is very private.
Another step towards respectability. It’s getting to where I don’t even recognize myself.
Congratulations.
You now an adult with all the nasty homeowner resposibilities. Yardwork, property taxes, homeowner’s insurance, leaky roofs, cracks in the basement walls, gophers, evil nazi groundhogs.
But, you also get to be the guy who yells from his front porch. “You pesky kids! Stay out of my flowerbeds!”
Congratulations, Mr Homeowner! 
Don’t you just want roll around naked in your yard while growling “mine, aaaalllll mine” & then go pee on the lawn? (I did, and I did.)
Yes. You will suddenly start eyeing your neighbors’ lawns & worrying about property values. You will get territorial. You will be irritated when the hot water heater goes out & you can’t call the landperson & have it fixed. You will start accumulating tools. You’ll love being able to check the “own home” box on applications for things.
Congratulations!
The lawn may end up being a lot of work, most of the people on my little street are retired, so they have a LOT of time to work on their lawns. I saw one old guy trimming his hedges for 9 hours! Who has 9 hours to trim hedges?
I already have too many tools. My wife will kill me if I accumulate more! It is awfully exciting to be able to work on my own house now. Time to start calling in those old favors, too. “Remember the time I tiled your bathroom and installed a new tub and shower? It’s payback time!” My friends are going to stop answering their phones.
Yeah, Arden, I can’t wait to yell at the kids in the lawn!
Well, I would imagine after 40+ years of marriage, he’d look for a way to spend nine hours on the hedges…
Congratulations