The first thing most people say when they learn that Adam and I live in Waterville is "Why?!" (imagine a slight tinge of disgust in the tone;) to which I usually jokingly reply, "The house was cheap!" Truth be told, that actually IS the reason we ended up moving to Waterville. We began house hunting in 2007, soon after Adam received the news that his place of employment had been sold, and along with it, our job-perk apartment. We didn't want to have to scrape for pennies in order to make ends meet, so we purposely set our budget low, making it pretty much impossible to find something in Wenatchee that didn't require a bulldozer. Reluctantly, we decided to take a look at a house for sale in Waterville.
I immediately fell in love with the old, beater of a house, not only because the price was right, but also because I could see serious cute-house potential beneath many layers of renter abuse. Adam and I discovered quickly that Waterville was not the 3rd world, foreign country many people made it out to be, but that it was actually a rather nice little town.
Contrary to the advice and opinions of many of our friends and family, we made the seemingly irrational decision to buy the old fixer-upper and move to the tiny, "po-dunk" town. Now here we are, a couple of Waterville newbies; the ones nobody really knows but that most everyone has noticed.
Through this column, you can join us on our journey, as we discover the ups and downs of life in a small town.
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