waiting

waiting.  waiting. waiting some more.  we placed an offer on friday for a home and received a counter from the seller on sunday.  we counteroffered on sunday and now are waiting to hear back from the seller again.  lots of counters and offers in this equation.  i hope that one eventually leads to new digs.  wish us luck!

glorious sunshine

What a beautiful glimpse of spring we are having here today. Glorious sunshine against a clear sky.  The temperature has reached a balmy 60 something.  My hands did not require mittens, gloves or heat packs when I returned from walking the dog.   My mind and body could use a good spring cleaning!!  Cheers to spring...please hurry!

land of ikea

I fancy the ikea edland line of bedroom furniture.  Something about the little metal pulls and arched legs.  So quaint this line is.



an era of wood panels

We went for a second showing of the house yesterday. It was imperative to see the house in the stark light that only daylight can provide.  Luckily for us, the daylight hours revealed no new surprises. The windows, roof and overall foundation of the house seem secure according to the naked eye.  What lurks beneath only time and a home inspection will tell.  

I brought the canon powershot along to snap a couple of pictures of the faux wood paneling that currently covers the walls of 5 rooms.  That's right...5 rooms are adorned in faux wood panels.  Four of the rooms have been painted and one still has the original log cabin look.  The kitchen and the bathroom have been covered in a half wall of wood panel.  The ceilings in several of the rooms have been tiled too.  Linoleum flooring has covered up the hardwoods in several rooms.  There will be many hours of ripping out paneling and flooring in my future. 




laundry room



teeny tiny powder room off the laundry room




muted salmon paint slapped on the paneling



pebbled linoleum flooring in laundry and bathroom



tiled ceiling





corner of linoleum






 


wood paneling ensconces the main bath



 more wood paneling




views of the neighborhood from the third floor





And so concludes our tour of today's home.  The house is in really good shape just dated.  It is an estate sale and seems to have been maintained well.  Updates seem to have been made to the home in the

 80's or 90's with lots of brass lighting, paneled walls, floral wall paper and linoleum flooring.  All easy peasy fixes or so it seems.  Wish me luck as we are waiting to hear back from the realtor on the area comps. 

housework hell and other chores

Tonight I am trapped in housework hell while I run the dishes, do the laundry, make dinner, vacuum, clean the bathroom, take out the trash, sort the recycling, pay the bills and on and on and on and on. Tonight I vow to tidy up the house and tidy up my mind because I have been neglecting both.

I have been tied up at the office with long days of meetings, clients, inspections and other random visits from people that shouldn't be visiting.  Early to work and late to home make this suburban wife unhappy. 

Weekends and evenings have been reserved for this suburban couple to scour the real estate listings looking for homes.  We spend hours poring over demographics, taxes, crime stats and swim clubs.  Hours researching appliances, flooring, crown moulding, tile, etc.  All of this research barely leaves time for anything else.

Finding time for yoga has been a stretch.  I spend 16 hours on the weekend in yoga training.  During the week I am finding it extraordinarily difficult to carve out the time to practice.  Between the office, the house hunt and the chores I have barely had time to sleep.  This housewife needs a good savasana.

 With all of this activity and hustle and bustle around me, I am maintaining a mostly gluten free diet.  The supermarket is just one more chore I have had to carve time out for.  My stomach thanks me.  My bank account wants to divorce me.   That's enough blogging for now...back to housework grind for this housewife.