Monday, February 16, 2009

having trouble with Blogger this morning

So this is a test to see if it will let me post... well, I may as well put some content in it, right?

The weirdest thing is happening.... we didn't get That House; I cried on and off for a month over it. We made plans to go on. There was a big (I mean BIG) hassle and dispute with the apartment manager over our new lease here. We resolved it--although it still feels like we are under siege, so I guess it is not really RESOLVED, just...quiet--signed the thing for twelve months, and made plans to go on. I gave up on the flowerpot garden and gave the pots away to a friend who is offering me a patch of her garden. We made plans for spending the tax refund.

Dear friends have made plans to move out of state in about a year and a half. It seemed like a great idea, so we made plans to go with them.

Then Winter came in after a couple weeks of Spring, and the freeze-thaw cycle made the broken area of the brick-facing wall of That House fall down. Now the neighbor is galvanized into action, and she is trying to buy the house so that she can either rent or sell it to us.

The timing of all this is incredibly weird, yanno? It's like the more we aim for stability in our lives, the more the universe sends rollercoasters. And they're the push-me pull-you type rollercoasters, too, c'mere, go away, c'mere, go away... stay in Wichita, leave Wichita, stay in Wichita, leave Wichita....

*sigh* I really hate rollercoasters, and yet I seem unable to avoid this one. I find myself calling it "our house" again and dreaming about how I'm going to refinish the floors, what to do first for moving--it's ridiculous. Even if the neighbor (bless her heart!) can get financing, there is no telling that the owner will accept her offer. It's five thousand less than ours was, really truly a lowball price... but then, had we been able to get financing, we would have offered him the same as she is. We only offered him more as an incentive to carry the mortgage.

BUT just in case... I'm holding off on spending the tax refund... we might need that money for appliances...

2 comments:

  1. You just never know. We looked for a house for three YEARS - never found anything that was remotely close to what we wanted - so we rented - and rented and rented. Then one day Don looked at a house - said the yard was too small and so I didn't go look. One Saturday I said - gee I wish I had looked at that house with you - so off we went - the yard didn't seem too small by then - and it had a swingset for the grandsons - and we called our agent -looked at the house Sunday - put in an offer Monday a.m. - it was accepted Monday p.m. (9,000 less than their original asking price) we closed on Jan 2, 2009 and moved it Jan 12. What a whirwind - three weeks from looking to signing. So, like I said - you never know - but when it's right it's right. Enjoy the ride as much as you can. We love our house - it is like it was built for us!!!!

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  2. Thank you for your encouragement! I love it that you found your house and were able to get it so quickly after all that long searching and waiting.

    Cath

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