Wacky Wednesday

Wacky due to the fact that I was a taxi driver for my two eldest. I had to take Stephen to the orthodontist for the records/x-ray appointment first thing in the morning, 8:30 am. After an hour there it was home for some school work then back to the orthodontist with Abigail for her 11:00 am appointment. After her hour we go back home - very hungry!! We have some lunch and then go about finishing school.

At about 2 pm my realtor calls to see if I can go out to look at a few houses at about 5 pm. I said yes and he comes to pick me up as we were hoping Bill would be able to meet with us. (He didn't). The first house we did not even enter - did not like the lot location. (And you know it is all about location, location, location!) Next house was more promising but I felt that some of the rooms were too tight. For example, we could not all be in the kitchen eating together as our table for 6 would not fit! The final and third house we saw was very promising but after further inspection, by myself, I realized that there are things that would be very expensive to change. For instance, you could not go out the mud room door (to the outside) without pushing the dryer out of the way. (HUH!)

By the time I arrived back home it was after 6 pm and I still needed to make dinner. Very hungry people kept asking when it would be dinner time. At 7 pm we ate. The children then needed to take some much needed showers!

More House Hunting

Saturday morning brought us out and about again looking at some houses. We began early and finished early considering the last house we could not get in. Let me back up - We started at a house that was for sale by owner. So they had to be there. I am not a fan of the people being home as they want to "sell" their home. It was a lovely home but did not have all the right space for our size family. The lot was little bit small too. Mostly side yard. The second house was great but it was on a busy cut-through street and I can see some danger down the road with my daughter. Since she loves being outside, I know she will be involved in some unfortunate accident. DON'T want that to happen so it comes off the list. But let me just say it had ALL and MORE of what we were looking for. The current owners are homeschoolers themselves so the already have space dedicated to a classroom. See what I mean!!! :). The 3rd house was a no-go from the get-go. We arrived a tad bit early and the man was very nasty stating that we would have to "wait a bit". We walked the outside of the property and we were not at all impressed with the curb appeal. Lots of overgrown weeds and an area of the yard was just pooling with water. I mean it was saturated and although we did recently have rain it should have dried up by now. So that made 2 negatives. Here is the 3rd and final - while we were walking around our realtor went over to talk to the owner stating that he has been having trouble using his electronic lock thing to get into a house and the guy said well that's your problem. So needless to say we never made it in and we have NO desire to head back. I'm thinking the guy really doesn't want to sell. Besides, can you imagine the nightmare it would be to finalize a contract with that yahoo. NO Thanks!!! I was a bit bummed that we were all over the place and had no luck as Rick (realtor) said he picked the best in the crop. Uh Oh! But Bill and I have decided to get some homes together this weekend and have him set up appointments for one night this week. I think sticking in the same town will give us a better feel for what is available to us. In all fairness to Rick, we were extremely busy this week and unable to devote the necessary time to looking at the houses we wanted to see. After today I am definitely being involved. LOL!

Back to the grind!

Saturday was spent in the van on the road.   As much as you like the idea of vacation it is amazing how much you forget about the drive home.  We did not arrive back in the apartment until 1:00 am.   We would have arrived about 30 minutes earlier but we missed an exit and ended up driving through DC.  Not fun when it is late and you just want to crawl into bed.    The rest of the ride was very uneventful which is always a plus.   

But now it is back to real life and all that needs to get done.  With the sale pending on the house my list has grown exponentially.  I am eager, excited, and exasperated just thinking about it.   I am very happy with our realtors.  They are on the same page and I look forward to closing this deal so we can move out and on.   

Where did the days go?!

I realized it has been a few days since my last post and thought it was high time I updated. So here goes: Sunday was spent with us enjoying the weather and also "doing" things around the house. (The "doing" means just always trying to stay on top of clutter, mess, and dirt - just to name a few.) Monday was meeting with some realtors again to make the decision for the switcheroo. I also had to call the old one and release her - went better than expected. So by the afternoon I had called the new ones to let them know. For dinner we headed over to the Loeffler's. With it being a nice day we were able to take advantage of the outdoors and walked over to the horse barn that is two doors away and owned by Otterbein College. Boy those horses were huge. Very friendly too! (Both horses and workers!) Tuesday morning brought breakfast with some friends. Thanks again ladies for meeting with me. When I arrived home - close to lunch - I had to start making a lot of phone calls to do some more odds and ends inside the home that was suggested from new realtors. Very productive and happy that it is working out well. The only downside is that we do have to stay here a wee bit longer. (When I mean downside it refers to our being away from Bill.) We enjoy our time here immensely.