April 14, 2008

  • Momma, Can I help?

    There will be photos, I promise.  I have an appointment with the realtor on Tuesday at 4:00 and I'll take the camera.  In the meantime, let me tell you that the boys and I noticed an "Open House" sign on the way home from church, so we swung in to look at the house.  This house is so perfect for us it's scary.  The floorplan is exceptional.

    To top everything off, there are built in cabinets in the room that the boys would share, and they conceal a second walk-in closet.  It's the coolest thing I've ever seen. 

    Tucker is so in love with this house, he was saying, "Momma, Can I help?  I'll put in everything I've saved from my allowance."

    I really want this house for that boy.  (Well, for both of them).  As I'm typing this, I'm about to cry.  I know I'm close.  I don't know if I'm close enough.  The only way I can afford the payments (and even then it will be a stretch) is if the seller comes down by $15,000 and agrees to pay the closing costs.  It's not unheard of.  Other homes in this area are selling for what I can pay.  It's just that this house is about perfect and that scares me.  I hate wanting something this badly.  The potential for disappointment is ... well, let's just pray that we get favor.   

    There are some issues with the house, I'm thinking they are fixable, but I'll be asking for an inspection to give me the long and short of those issues.  Still, it just LOOKS like it should be the Verrette's Villa 

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    My brother has come up with a good one: "David's postulate of politics - the effectiveness of any given law is inversely proportional to the sound-bite usability of its name"

    He's telling me that he plans to blog about it.  We'll see.  :D

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    Spent the afternoon out at Miss Eva's house cutting the fabric for the next quilting project.  Recently one of our quilting group met an attorney who works in the family court and deals with foster children in some capacity.  She mentioned that some of her kids are arriving in court with the coolest bags and matching quilts.  Oh, yeah, we're psyched.  It's good to know that we are doing a good thing. 

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    Here is Miss Eva spreading out fabric for me to cut.  In the foreground is a finished and folded quilt with footballs on it.  Both of the footballs and the lizards that I cut this afternoon were donated by Cool Mary.  When she asked me, I couldn't remember if the footballs had been donated or not, but there they are, so next week, I'll take my camera and try to get some photos of us with finished projects so you can see what it is we do. 

    Have I mentioned that I love Miss Eva.  While we were working today, we talked about Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury".  Before she agreed to become a mentor, she put two things on her list of "hopes" - make her mentee someone who likes to sew/craft, and someone who reads.  And she got me.  Poor woman.  Sometimes you should be careful what you pray for. 

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    I think you'll be entirely safe praying for a favorable outcome on the house negotiation. 

Comments (9)

  • What a cool house with so much character!  That last pictures of the arbor and the gate took my breath away!  I'll be praying! 

    Miss Eva sounds wonnerful.

  • you;ll get the house!  it's meant to be, it sounds like....

  • wait!!!  no guest house?  o_O  what are you thinking???

    it's lovely.  absolutely so.
    i'll send out nothing but good thoughts and more.

  • COOL house.  I hope you get it!

  • A good inspector is good stuff.  I pray that the best comes of this situation.  I hope you get the house.  I love homes like that with built-in cabinets and things.  My husband and I bought our (first) house five months ago and are enjoying playing in the yard and discovering new warm-weather delights.  I have this awful wanderlust inherent from my childhood, though, so I keep looking at other listings too.  My excuse is to pay attention to the local housing market, but really, I love looking at the old houses downtown with the porches and the built in shelves.  They feel more like "home" than the mass-produced, treeless things they make today.  Peace!

  • I like to read but since I'm a lefty I'm a challenge when it comes to sewing or that is what the home ed. teacher told me.

  • mmmm .... hidden spaces and secret passageways - sounds like my kind of house!

  • This "waiting" phase is so familiar to me. There have been many perfect houses I didn't get over the years, ones that were sold out from under me or deals that didn't work out. But eventually the perfect one does come along and everything works out and the whole thing goes so smoothly it's spooky. If this perfect house doesn't work, it's because something even better is waiting in the wings. But we'll keep praying that this one is THE one and that it all goes right. Hugs to you and the boys.

  • You are in my thoughts and prayers! I know you will get the house! How exciting!!

    Miss Eva looks and sounds like a fun quilting friend and mentor! How wonderful for both of you!!! You are both blessed to have each other!!!

    How was your weekend?!? Mine was long and busy...we went back to the "old" house and painted rooms from Friday to yesterday. I'm pooped and sore today. Ugh. Must be 'cause I'm so old. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!

    Hugs and Happy Monday,

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