House Hunting

I want a new (to us) house so badly it hurts!

We have been looking for a new house for over a year and I am ready to finally have a new place. We are looking for a little more space, a nice yard, trees, etc etc, A place we can spend the next 20+ years and raise our kid(s).

We have offered on a few places previously but nothing has stuck. We have even listed our house in the hopes that it will sell and we can jump at the 'perfect' house if/when it comes on the market.

Listing our house has already taught us a few lessons:

1. We really want a house. I mean, we are willing to sell our house now with no prospect of another house because we want a different house so much. We want a house so badly we have talked about and are willing to move in with my parents for a time if we have to.

2. Prepping a house to 'show well' once listed is tough, and a lot of work. My parent's garage full of our extra furniture and boxes is testament to all of the extra 'stuff' we have accumulated.

3. We have lived for more than two weeks so far without all that 'stuff'. Other than a few things I miss/wish I had, I have no idea what we used/needed the other 'stuff' for.

4. Living life in a listed house isn't fun. Especially with a toddler. Trying to keep it 'clean enough' is an ongoing battle.

5. We are not normally very tidy people. We love that our house is clean to come home to each day, but we are constantly fighting against our inner slobs (see #2).

6. We are living life in limbo. It is spring. It is nice outside. Normally I would be planning and planting my gardens. This is hard to do when we don't know if and when we would leave our house. I don't want to put all the time and money in and then not get to enjoy them. But I want to plant flowers!

7. People creeping on our house is... creepy! We had someone show up at our front door the other day and start asking about the house. He mentioned he had a 'look around' and liked it and wanted to see more. I directed him to our/his agent. What did he mean, look around? Have you been in our backyard?

8. We are second guessing ourselves. Our house is amazing to us (we have put a lot of work into it and made a lot of changes), but not everyone sees it that way.  We thought we would have offers right away on our house. We were wrong.

9. Real estate in our neighbourhood is nuts! I am afraid we won't find a place we like that is in our area and our price range.


Wish us luck!

Spring has sprung

Spring is finally springing.

My head is full of outdoor activities that I want to do when it is HOT, but we will have to make an effort to get outside and enjoy it now and not just wait for 'better weather'.

We've spent some time outside walking and in our yard already.  This weekend I hope to go for a hike and soak in the sun's rays and enjoy the sights, sounds, and smells of the outdoors.

Get out there and enjoy spring!