HOUSE HUNTERS

Over the past few months my husband and I have spent endless hours hunting for the perfect home for our little family. With my infant son right on the verge of walking, our small apartment is becoming an increasingly cramped space for him

Keeping your vision of where you want to live and the actual budgeting factor in line with one another are seemingly quite a challenge.  Searching on Long island has presented challenges of its own, mostly in the form of financing (paying the price for the perfect location that is). When you consider closing costs, broker fees , bank fees, moving cost and so on, the price tag becomes larger and larger, while the size of your dream house seams to shrink.

VOCABULARY WORDS

Endless- without an end

Hunting- to search for or chase in order to obtain

Perfect- without errors or mistakes

Infant- a young child

Increasingly-growing larger or greater

Vision- a picture or idea

Budgeting-  calculating or estimating income and expenses

Challenge-difficulty in the activity

Shrink- getting smaller in size

Vocabulary Activity

PART 1: re-arrange the letters below to create the vocabulary words.

PART 2: use the words to complete the sentences below.

(nhiugnt)

(krnihs)

(lleeagnhc)

(dbugnigte)

 (oniivs)

 (ligneascnriy)

 (ntanfi)

(tcefrep)

 (seslnge)

1. This weekend we will continue our house__________ adventures.
2. Exhaustion set in after a journey that seemed _______________.
3. We want to keep looking for the ___________house.
4. It is complicated travelling with an _________child.
5. As a first time home owner_____________ your finances correctly is key to success.
6. We are becoming ____________closer the longer we look.
7. As the house prices_____________, the sizes __________ too.
8. I have a ____________of what I am looking for in a house.

9. It is quite a ______________to find the right home.

Grammar Point

The majority of the nouns in this paragraph are common nouns. Nouns are mostly described as a person, a place or a thing. See if you can find any Proper nouns in the passage then use them in a sentence of your own.

Grammar Activity

Write a short story about a journey you have been on.

Dylan's Days

My son Dylan is just over 10 months old now. He is a very rambunctious as he seems to have a lot of energy to burn off. He is crawling around our home as though he is on a mission to get to somewhere or something in a rush. Over the last week he was sick and ran an extremely high fever. My Doctor’s instructions were to monitor his fever, keep him cool and ensure he stays hydrated. As a new mom, this was a very overwhelming and I am sure he will run many fevers, fall down, bump his head and get many cuts and scrapes through out his life.

Vocabulary words

Rambunctious- difficult to control or very busy

Crawling- move on hands and feet on the floor

Mission-task or job with which a group is charged
Extremely- to a large degree

Instructions-the act of teaching or educating

Monitor- to observe or watch

Hydrated-to supply with water to maintain moisture
Overwhelming- a feeling of being overpowered by the opposition

Vocabulary Activity-

Using the vocabulary words above, write one full sentence for each word listed above. Helpful hint: You can try to combine the words by using more than one vocabulary word in each sentence.

Grammar Point

Adjectives are important descriptive or defining words and they assist in forming well structured paragraphs. Pick out the adjective used in this paragraph and replace them with adjectives of your own.

Grammar Activity
Write a paragraph describing a time in your life when you felt overwhelmed by something or someone.

This is such a new experience to me and somewhat overwhelming. As all things, with time I am sure I will be a successful blogger!