The Search is On

We're looking for a house. Fed up with apartment life, cramped spaces, only 1 bathroom. Two weekends ago, we looked at 3 in our area. At first showing, one really stood out. It was investor owned, had new carpet, linoleum, fresh paint. Halfway decent yard: some level some slope. Two bathrooms. We were ready to put an offer on it today, took a look at it again. Found water damage & mold in the basement behind the bathroom. Numerous patches in the ceiling & walls of basement. The dishwasher was old, even though the stove & fridge looked nice. It also went under contract yesterday. Looked at another, similar lay out, better maintained, also under contract, but available for back-up contracts. Found some leaks there too. :( But they'd recently replaced the water heater, it was an older couple & they probably hadn't gotten around to repairing drywall damage to the utility room. The back yard sucked. It was about as wide as the house, and sloped steeply up in the back, inviting more water to run off into the basement windows. Looked at one more that popped up last night. Big house, lower price, same area we've been looking in, we were hopeful. It was a forclosure, stating that it needed repairs & updates. What they forgot to mention was that it needed interior walls & new flooring, and outlets, and power, and lights, and....walls! So, we're still looking. Maybe someday we'll find a house.

A whole 'nother kinda pain

So, living the poor college student family for several years, having 2 babies, etc has played havoc on my teeth. Now we have good insurance, we're working on getting back into shape. I started the long list of work yesterday with having an impacted wisdom tooth out. Ouch (understatement of the year). Now I'm at home feeling sorry for myself, hoping the pain medications will at least knock me out for a while. In the event that they don't, maybe I'll take a bit to work on some unfinished projects. This one is sooooo close. The actual picture is done, I just have to outline all the petals & other details. The fiddly work where I usually get bogged down. I'm trying really hard not to put it down & forget about it though, since I mean it to be a gift for my mother in law. Her birthday is today, maybe if I'm good I'll get it done in time to gift it this weekend when we take the Girl down for her birthday.

Adventures

Too many things going on, irons in the fire, wishes, wants, needs to be met. This has been a sort of stressful week. I'm hoping that by blogging again I can get more projects done & write about them here. Current projects: Cross stitch rose, birthday party for kids (eek), birthday shopping for kids (double eek), house cleaning, house hunting, car researching, a sweater I started quite some time ago that only has 2/3 of one sleeve done, and who knows what I've forgotten.