It's a gorgeous Saturday here in Denver... 55 degrees and sunny, I've got my favorite TV show on (How I Met Your Mother, thank goodness for TV on DVD, there is absolutely nothing on cable today!), and I'm a busy little bee. I'm taking the day to tackle some fun Pinterest stuff I've been accumulating over the last few months. I've got a load of dishes in the washer and trying to tackle the mess in our office. Unfortunately the office has become a catch-all for all our junk... and I've been avoiding cleaning it for about a month and a half now. Hopefully, with the hubby closing at work tonight, and not getting home till 10:00 I'll be able to make a big dent in it.
But so far today I've been to Petco and swung into Whole Foods for some essential oil (which is EXPENSIVE, by the way), then ran to the post office and then over past a house that's for sale that we've been eyeing. It's a lot further out than I'm hoping to live, but the neighborhood was newer and nicer than some of the others we've been looking at. There's an open house at this place tomorrow, so I might swing by again to see the inside. According to Zillow there are some pre-foreclosures in the same neighborhood that are a bit closer to our price range, so that may be a possibility as well. Buying a house is already proving to be extremely stressful and frustrating. I just want to get our pre-qualification and get under contract with our realtor so we can actually go look at houses and find something. And speaking of looking, why is it that real estate posts online always have AWFUL photos?? C'mon, people, if you're trying to sell a house you should portray it in its best way possible. OI!
I'm also stressed because I'm not really seeing anything I'm super excited about. There was one house a few months ago that we were obsessed with, then another a month or so ago that sold as we were waiting to get our financing figured out, and then one other two weeks ago that went under contract. And now I have this list of "favorite homes" on Zillow, and I'm just pretty "meh" about them all. I know we aren't in a huge hurry (our goal is to buy by mid-year) but I'm just antsy I guess. We have outgrown our little 840 sq ft condo and we're totally over communal living (I got yelled at this morning by one of my neighbors even though she was driving on the wrong side of the parking lot and was going about 30 mph). I guess I just want to move on, and it is really hard to be patient.
I'm very sad to report that my "stay healthy post-cleanse" plan didn't really work. Life just got crazy and I just let go of it too easily. I've gotten back into the habit of eating salads for lunch and have kept with my smoothie breakfasts, but I guess it was good while it lasted. Ce la vie.
But anyway, so far today I've de-tarnished my silver jewelry and refilled a Bath & Body Works Wallflower bulb with my own, non-toxic essential oil (hence the Whole Foods run), and have read an article about creating my own cleaners. I was going to wash my washing machine, but I don't have any bleach, so I may need to do that tomorrow.
And now I've realized that is 4:00 in the afternoon already!! I'd better get to that office or else it won't get done!
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