Today is one of those days I wish I was at home in my PJ's, wrapped up in my snuggie, on the couch, and watching a flick! It is cloudy, windy and rainy. Yuck!
As the title says, I am trying to keep my promise to blog more frequently. A VERY big thing has happened since I last posted. We got our house under contract!!!! Yippee!!! I am so excited. The fun game of trying to pick a new house has begun. We have until June 14th to close and move out. this gives us plenty of time to find "the right one." In the few weeks that we have been looking we have struck out more times than I can count. We put an offer in on one property that we really liked in Hidden River only to find out the next day that someone had beaten us to the punch the day before.
Oh well...I know that's just God's way of saying "not yet guys...just be patient...take your time." The only bad thing about taking my time is that I don't know how to take my time. My life for the last 11 years has been about rushing to get from point A to point B. I do EVERYTHING fast. It's almost like I have this constant timer inside me. I know God has a plan for us, and that's why I am learning to listen for him. He speaks in a whisper to me, so I have to pay very close attention to what is happening around me.
One of our problems is that we have limited ourselves to looking at houses in one particular area of Bowling Green. There are several homes that we have to look at so we are staying positive. The other problem is that people seem to be flocking to buy homes because the tax credit runs out at the end of April. Houses seem to be going under contract left and right. It's crazy around here. We will be fine. The worst case scenario is that we have to buy a lot and move into an apartment while we build a house that we like.
The whole house hunting experience has been hilarious so far. We went to several open houses one Sunday afternoon with the kids. They were bouncing off the walls and I was trying to keep them reigned in to the best of my ability. They were so excited to be looking with us that I can't blame them, but my nerves were wearing thin. We went into one particular home where the realtor had SEVERAL candles burning. This would have been fine had they not been all very different and very potent smells. You had to breathe through your mouth to keep from passing out. Well...Gavin, being the fun little man that he is, yells out, "What's that smell? It stinks in here!" I could have died!!! The realtor was in the next room and both Joey and myself are practically sitting on him to keep him quiet. He just kept saying it until we finally had to tell him that he could go stand outside on the porch. Poor little guy just doesn't have that whole brain/mouth filter worked out yet. Olivia was a champ. She only whispered to us once about the smell an held her breath the rest of the time. Note to Realtors: Only one candle should be lit at a time!! People tend to lose brain functioning when they can't breathe!!
Of course at the time I was super embarrassed. As soon as we all got back into the car (after several deep breaths) we cracked up about the whole thing. Kids are great for comic relief.
Our realtor rocks!! We have the best time looking at property with him. Of course, it helps that I used to be his assistant. He reminds me of one of my uncles. He and Charlie are constantly making cracks about something. that is what is making this whole experience bearable. I feel very in between right now. I want to pack, but I don't want to do it too early or before we know what house we are getting. I know the people who are buying our house are supposed to be solid, so I'm not worried about that. I just like to know where I'm going before I pack for it (kind of like a trip).
So that's where we are right now. We've spent most of our weekends driving up and down and all around Three Springs Rd. It keeps us busy. I'll try to keep you posted on things .
On a side note...my latest why not moment involved me dragging my friend Karen out at midnight last Friday to purchase a copy of New Moon on DVD. What makes it even more funny is that I had pre-ordered a copy from Wal-mart but I wasn't going to receive it in the mail until this week. Desperate times call for desperate measures. Don't worry...I had the stun gun and a feisty Italian with me :) Plus, we were home by 12:30 a.m. thanks to the short lines at Best Buy. Why you ask would I go out at midnight to pick up a movie that I had already ordered? Why not?? :) It was something different to do. See how much fun you can have when you do something out of the ordinary?
