the house buying process is exciting and frustrating. what do you do when you find THE perfect house in THE perfect neighborhood for a better than perfect price BUT there’s a 15 foot retaining wall in the backyard separating you from a major street? you can only see the street from your bedroom window – [...]
Entries from August 2009
August 27, 2009
summer nights.
i’ve found myself being nostalgic lately. maybe it’s this whole house buying process that’s doing it to me. stuff like “this house could be the house where we start many wonderful traditions” or ”this house could be the house that our kids take their first steps”. so yeah… not sure what’s wrong with me.
so last night matt [...]
August 24, 2009
good times.
my parents were in town this weekend. i can’t remember the last time i had my parents all to myself at my place. we go home to portland a lot, but it seemed different having them here in “my world”. honestly, i don’t know if just the two of them have ever come together to [...]
August 16, 2009
retail therapy.
i’m not much of a shopper. but after the last few weeks that i’ve had, it was my only solution. i actually was planning how i could some how sail far away in a boat with my husband for a month because that was the kind of therapy i wanted. then reality kicked in and [...]
August 13, 2009
learning to enjoy the ride.
patience is not one of my finer qualities. i’m a planner. i’m organized. i’m determined. i thrive on deadlines. so when i come to a road block and have to wait on someone or something, i get frustrated very easily. if things don’t go according to plan, i get frazzled. i am not spontaneous. to [...]
August 11, 2009
for reals?
how in the world is it already august 11th?? i mean seriously. where did the summer go? and are we really only 4 months away til christmas?? man… i need to start shopping!! why do we go through periods of life when the days d…r…a…g and then others fly by??
looking forward to the crazy months [...]
