I bought a house!

(well, it's a duplex because I'm house hacking) (it's in Knoxville)

This is a huge milestone for me. For most of my life I've actively avoided anything resembling a typical path (marriage, homeownership, etc.). But I'm excited and I want to celebrate and show it off and be merry!

Adam holding up the keys, grinning

Check out the pics!

Swipe through. Tap any of them to see it big.

If you want to give something

I literally don't need anything. But I really, really want an espresso machine and proper grinder.

Coffee is one of my greatest joys but the machines I wanted were always slightly (and not so slightly) out of reach.

So, I thought I'd do a group fund for folks who want to give monetarily and leave a space for love notes for people who want to do that! Both will bring me so much joy!

In this process, I have learned that it's incredibly hard to find a registry service that does groupfunding! And the few that do charge enormous fees. So I just made this website while the internet guy was here.

I feel blessed to know so many great people. I'm so excited to share all of this with you.

The group-effort gift (a grinder and one of the espresso machines)

The grinder first, then whichever machine the pile reaches. Tap any of these for a picture and the why.

    How it's going

    Fetching the live total.

    $0 of $3,478 for the whole ridiculous thing

    Ways to chip in

    How much

    Or, with no fee, from a bank or balance:

    Love notes

    The other kind of gift. Nothing here is public, it goes straight to me.