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Whirlwind

The last few days have been a blur. I'm still sick, but I've been trying to suck it up and get stuff done. Yesterday was MF's shower, which went great! We had a great turnout (not Karen, who BTW e-mailed me today and asked me to financially sponsor her for something?????). I think MF was really happy. Instead of a cake, I got all the girls Rocky Road brownies from a local bakery. Since half of us are pregnant, I figured something chocolatey and decadent would go over well, which it did. I got cookies for the kids.

I'm so proud of myself-- I got rid of nearly 20 pairs of shoes and flip-flops in less than 20 minutes. I didn't sit and obsess about letting them go, I just grabbed them and threw them in a bag. Go me! And today, I cleaned out my closet and got rid of TONS of stuff. It was hard to let go of pants I hope to someday fit into again, but if I ever get the small again, I'll treat myself to new stuff! I also donated 38 books to the library. Can we say BIG tax write-offs next year? :-)

James has been hard at work touching up paint and doing stuff outside and I've been organizing closets, re-staining cabinets, and doing general cleaning. Our real estate agent is moving at lightning speed. There's already a sign out), but it's clear we need a little more time before this house is ready to be shown. Right now we have paint out and supplies laying around, piles of stuff to be taken to storage, and still a few more things to start. I asked our agent to please add a note to our listing that the house is not to be shown until next weekend, and she said that was fine. So, we'll be going crazy this week getting ready for next weekend.

I'm dying to go look at potential houses to buy, but we need to tackle our current house first and get it ready to be shown before we really start looking. However, I thought you all might like to see another one we like so far (BTW, the last pictures I posted were of the same house, front and back):

The end of the house is actually the garage. The house is on a corner lot, so you pull into the garage from the other side of the street. This house has a little more square footage than the other I posted, and it's also more expensive. It's at the top of our price range, but finding something maybe in the middle of the range would allow us more money in our pocket each month. Decision, decisions!

Posted by Hannah at February 2, 2008 06:33 PM