Saturday, January 5, 2013

we started the new year with HORRIBLE colds... and WONDERFUL news!

about the colds, the least said the better; although i am currently in talks with the guinness people, since i'm pretty sure i've exceeded all existing world records for tissue use in the course of the last week! :) 

but enough of that, because the thing i really want to tell you is the WONDERFUL NEWS:
we are officially shopping for a house!!!!!!!

(sadly, this is actually very true in my case, lol!)

ok, sorry to shout, but this will be our first experience owning our own home, and we've waited quite a few years for it to happen, so we are really REALLY excited!!!!!!!!!!!! (ok, sorry again!) of course, arguably, if one were going to pick a time of year to add a lot of extra activity, stress and paperwork into an already busy schedule, i think most people would immediately say, "ok, but NOT right around christmas!!!" yeah. we must've missed that memo. :) :) :) but luckily now we're into the rich heartland of january and thus only bad weather and jeff's incredibly crazy work schedule can come (briefly, one hopes) between us and our dreamhouse! keep your fingers crossed for us, ok? and please excuse me for a tiny bit longer if i seem a little more distracted than usual; my head is full of floor plans, square footage, lot size, property tax appraisals, mortgage rates, and daniel craig!!!* ♥♥♥

*strictly speaking he's got nothing to do with the home-buying process, but there's only so much time a gal can spend thinking about  floor plans, square footage, lot size, property tax appraisals and mortgage rates, kwim?! ;)

18 comments:

  1. woohooo!!! your first house!!! :) thrilled for you girl :)
    have a great weekend and get well soon

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  2. Congrats! That IS exciting!! Hope you find the perfect place! And hope you get over that cold real quick!
    Sandie

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  3. Yippee!!! That is the acest news ever.

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  4. How incredibly exciting!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  5. This is totally exciting news! Way more exciting than your world-record tissue use ;) (How I KNOW how you feel about that, lol)
    I hope we'll be joining you this year - this time into a larger house that needs no fixer-uppering, because it turns out we don't do that so much. Road & best intentions, and paving, and that sort of thing ;) Good thing about house-hunting in the winter? No one else really does, so SCORE and hopefully you find a really awesome deal because of it!!

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  6. That is some pretty awesome news to start out 2013...this will be an adventure year for you for sure then! so fabulous!

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  7. oh, and I hope you guys are feeling better soon...this year seems to be one of the worst for Christmas break colds and flus...I don't know anyone who hasn't been hit in some way or another this year!

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  8. Oh What great news!!! I really hope that you find your dream home ... I will be keeping my fingers crossed and if I find Daniel around I will point him in your direction!
    xxx

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  9. Congrats! Congrats!! So excited for you!! :)

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  10. Woo-HOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please keep us posted (on the house - I'm ignoring the cold.)

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  11. Sorry to hear about your cold....hope you're back to your old self soon! And my fingers are crossed for the house.....how exciting!!!!!!

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  12. I've been thinking of you and about your buying a home specifically for several days now due to the fabulous interest rates in particular...then I read your post! Sooooo happy for you guys. I can't wait to see what your new craft room will look like...and the rest of the house too :)

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  13. Oh wow... fantastic girl!!!! Congratulations!!!!!!!!! Hope all goes perfect!

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  14. VERY exciting! sorry about the cold but hey just think - next January you could be having a cold in your new house!

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  15. That is exciting news. Wishing you all the best!

    Hugs~

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  16. Lauren, OMGoodness.....how exciting for you - and I'm excited right along with you too!!!
    Lynn

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  17. Congrats. This is great news. And so exciting. Throw thoughts of daniel into the mix, and how are you EVER going to get anything else done.
    (I am now off to day dream about a certain agent now...)

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