2010

happy new year!

wow. 

i can't believe a decade of the new millenium is over.

how did it go by so quickly, and where have i been?!

oh, that's right...changing diapers. 

and doing laundry.

and moving 7 times.

do you make new years resolutions?

i try to pretend like i don't, but i really do.

i figure if i don't actually write them down, 

then they are not "real", 

and then, if i don't keep them, 
it doesn't really "count".

so i guess i make "faux" resolutions.

(i probably need a lot of therapy, huh?)

in any case, i've tried to keep my

"faux" resolution simple this year.

buy a house and make it a 

place i love to be.

we have been in a rental house for the last 

16 months, 18 days.

not like i'm keeping track or anything. 

*ahem. *cough, *cough.

you know those families you keep

hearing about on the news that lost 

everything when the economy tanked?

my family is one of those.

the economy has been especially unkind to those in the

residential construction business, which we were.

so, when things got bad, 

we shut down our once profitable company 

and moved across the country for a job.

 we've been in a rental house ever since.

we considered buying a house when we first moved, but my husband insisted that it would be wise to wait, because the real estate market was  going to continue to decline. i am so glad we waited, because he was right. 

so, in 2010, we are going 
to find house #6.

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want  to join me as we hunt for that

diamond in the rough?

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i'll post pictures of houses as we look...

we will probably start in late january.

it's going to be a long and frustrating road, i am sure.

long wish list + small budget 

is like a guaranteed 
recipe for frustration,

 but i'm excited nevertheless!

i hope you'll join us.