Pending

Flying down the highway this morning singing along to ‘A Fine Frenzy’ I get a call from Keena – the house I was headed to see, the house I loved and was planning to make an offer on, was not showing today because it was pending. The house was possibly going to be a short sale and they aren’t interested in dealing with more than one offer, which seems ridiculous because it would drive the price up.

After reading The Secret I’m inclined to think that my freak out last night could have contributed to losing out on the house. I should have been thinking positively about getting what I wanted and instead I was wallowing in depression.

We walked through the other house I liked, but coupled with the disappointment with the first house and my general bad mood, it wasn’t looking as good and it had the first time I walked through. So it looks like I need to do some searching online and find some more houses. Balls.

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At work now and I’m really not pleased that my coworker is doing a double today, which means I’ll get to listen to his commentary on everything. This is like the laughing girl, he talks as much as she laughs. I think he gets uncomfortable when I don’t respond how he wants so he continues the story when he should have stopped.

Everything is annoying me today. Olivia told me to write down all the things that annoy or upset me, so I have a feeling I’ll fill up a couple pages today. Starting with the straw that came in my smoothie from Panera – why is it so wide?

Green Design

I also want an Envirocycle Composter and a rain barrel

http://www.viesso.com

http://www.getknu.com/

This is cool too: AQUS water system

Fingers Crossed

Work is quiet today since my boss is out of town – road tripping across the country, which is good because my focus is anywhere but here. I talked to the bank this morning to get pre-approved for a mortgage. The lender was impressed with my savings and lack of debt. She asked how much I wanted the letter for and said pending a credit check she’d send it over right away.

Keena emailed me today that Friday is good to walk through the two houses I like. (Narrowed it down from 4, but there’s one I really have my eye on.) She also said to bring my check book in case I want to make an offer. (omg omg omg!)

I thought I’d have to see more than 14 houses to find the perfect one. Everything is happening so fast, a tiny part of me is starting to freak out a little. Doubting whether I’m ready to buy a house or not, but I’ve been saving for two years, so I know I’m ready. I’m nervous that someone else will snatch up my perfect house since it’s such a good deal. Or that there’s something terribly wrong with it. I’m doing my best to keep those doubts quiet and focus on decorating.

I want to buy every couch and table and roll of wallpaper I see, but I need to take measurements before I shell out any cash. Also, my dad has agreed to build me a farm table like this one – hope he’s got a few free weekends coming up since I might need it sooner than later. And if my sister doesn’t find a job soon she’s going to be helping me paint, move and organize.

So that’s where everything stands right now. Waiting for Friday to get here is going to drive me crazy! ::fingers crossed::

Decorating for my future humble abode

Houses!

I cannot focus on anything right now because I walked through four houses this morning that I love! Houses I could see myself living in. Hardwood floors, newer kitchens, a backyard for my future dog. One even had a tiny bedroom off the master upstairs converted into a closet and another had a small walk-in closet. I’ve always wanted a walk-in and I sure have enough stuff to fill one up. Another had a wood burning stove-like heater in the master. They all had decks or sun porches and I like the neighborhoods – close enough to ride my bike downtown. I didn’t think I’d find something this quick! I’m trying really to keep from yelling or bursting out laughing. So excited so excited so excited.

Kate and I are going garage sale-ing and flea marketing this weekend to look for furniture and bikes. Yay!!!

Time management for dummies

I’m meeting up with Keena to walk through more houses tomorrow. She’s so on top of everything I feel like I could actually be buying a house by the end of summer. Did I mention that on Wednesday we were scheduled to meet at 10am and at 10:01 she called to make sure I knew which house we were meeting at. She has yet to find out about my chronic lateness. (And I know by bringing it up at all I’m going against The Secret and bring more lateness into my life, but fuck it.)

I’m always late for everything. If we’re meeting for lunch you might get lucky and only have to wait for 10 or 15 minutes. But if we’re meeting for breakfast, I hope you brought a book. I try, I really do, but my bed is very comfy, and the shower is so warm and has good acoustics, and lately I cannot get my eyeliner on straight at all.

I’m pretty sure it’s hereditary because if the whole family is going somewhere late doesn’t even cover it!

In high school I learned ‘to be early is to be on time’ and I always was. At some point in college when no one cared when or if I showed up all my time management skills went out the window.

B learned the first time we hung out that if I say 4pm he’s got until about 5 before I show up. It takes time to look extra cute for my man and he only lives 40 minutes away! (Won’t it be awesome when we live in the same city?!!)

And work…let’s not talk about work. I’ll just say I haven’t been a model employee, but I ALWAYS get my work done and I do a damn good job. Luckily my boss also has an issue with being on time and cuts me some slack.

If you didn’t notice already, getting to work on time every day for a month is part of my 101 list. We’ll see how that works out…

Stuff I want for my house

It had to be you

I’m completely unfocused tonight because MCS had an online concert and I watch and I saw B a couple times and I miss him extra a lot now. I sent about a million messages and he texted me to ask if I sent ’spoonz’ and I said ‘of course I did!’ My only requests were for ‘Perfect Teeth’ and B’s ass and I got them both!! Really!…There was a spotlight on his ass when he went to hand Justin a guitar. Just what I wanted

This morning I met Keena (my realtor) to walk through some houses. There were a few I liked, but one was next to apartments, one was the nicest house on the block, and one had only 1 really tiny bathroom (so small the tp had to be attached to the back of the door.) The rest of the houses has heinously bad layouts and nonfunctional kitchens. So I’m gonna keep looking. I sent her about 20 more houses I want to see.

The other thing I was thinking about tonight was how strange it is to have B home. He’ll be back in a week until July 8th-ish. Whenever we’re hanging out I just look over and think to myself…he’s right here, right next to me, not on the phone, not on aim, not on video chat…right here! I’ve known B for about 3 years and the entire time he’s been on tour. The only good thing about him being gone so much is I appreciate every second we have together and I try to be as present as possible the entire time.

I’m gonna stop before everyone throws up on their keyboard

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My mom and I had planned to walk through houses tomorrow morning, but now it looks like I’m on my own. She has a bit of an issue driving herself more than 20 miles away from home unless it’s a well-traveled route to her mom’s or sisters’ houses. She assumed I would be driving. Yeah, I want to drive 25 minutes to Ferndale, 25 minutes home, and then 40 minutes to work in a span of about 30 minutes. Not to mention Ferndale is about 15 minutes from work. “How will I find my way home?” she asked. Uhhh….take the one road that goes pretty much from our house straight into Ferndale

This reminds me of when I needed a ride to the airport. Yes, I could have driven myself, but who wants to pay for parking for 5 days? Again she didn’t think she could figure out how to get home. Two highways! It’s so easy.

My mom is a very self-sufficient woman, I cannot understand how printing a map and finding her way to a location 20 miles from home can seem so difficult.

I’m the only person in this family with any sense of direction. Actually now that I think about it, I must have ended up with everyone else’s sense of direction. It’s all starting to make sense.

On a totally random note…how to all these celebrities wear such low cut tops without giving a peep show? If I wore a shirt like that and moved at all it would be like ‘hey! look at my nipples!’ Is there a lot of adhesive involved? Magnetic boobs? I need their secrets.

Shopaholic? Nooo…

Now that I’m going to start house hunting I’m in the mood to furniture shop. I can’t decide if I should start buying furniture before or not. Knowing my shopping habits, my parents basement will be full of furniture by the time I find a house. Everything will either be very modern and simplistic or artsy-fartsy-kitschy, thought I can’t forget the part of me that’s a little goth. If I was an interior designer I’m sure I could come up with a genius way to combine all three. I should probably find some design websites and start collecting ideas.

Ahhhh Decor8, just the blogroll I was looking for…

Domino MagDwell Design Watcher I.D. Mag Designer Library Desire to Inspire (this site is perfect…just what i need!) Design Sponge Design Carousel Design Milk

Making It LovelyStyle Court Style Files Design Spotter NY Public Library Digital Gallery Vintage Wallpaper (I was just drooling over the wall paper still clinging to the walls of the Trumbullplex) Omni Arte Design Ceiling Medallions Print & Pattern

P.S. Just got an email from my realtor and it looks like I’m going to be walking through some houses this week!