Frustrations and some Football

Many of you know that just recently and kind of on a whim we decided to stick a "For Sale by Owner" sign in our front yard, and low and behold, less than 2 weeks later our house was sold! This decision kind of dates back to when we started our house search back in the spring of 2008. At the time we had our hearts set on a little mini farm of sorts, but after months of looking (at some real dumps) and finding nothing we settled on our second choice location in a historic government house by the river instead. I love it because it literally takes me 3 minutes to get to work, but in the back of our minds the thought of what could have been was always looming.

So....here we go again! We close on our house in 2 weeks and are moving Thanksgiving weekend into an apartment while we look for our "forever home" this time with not just 2, but 3 dogs! Needless to say, I am not looking forward to the experience...We have literally looked at everything in our price range that is on the market to date, and it truly never ceases to amaze me the absolutely disgusting pieces of junk that are for sale out there (and what people are asking for them!) From the "do-it-yourself" deck removals (ripping off half the siding and somehow thinking that no one will notice) to the "interesting" decor choices (think your great-grandmother joining households with a backwoods hunter).

Today we went for a third look at a house that we were seriously considering, but the final test was for JB to meet the neighbors. I have to be thankful that at least he didn't go knocking on doors wearing his Russian fur hat, camo shorts, and hunting boots! but the news wasn't good, who ever heard of a neighborhood in the country where the neighbord didn't like farm animals?....back to square one! We aren't even in the apartment yet and I'm already trying to think of a way to get out! Atleast we are home for today with our fire in the fireplace, our dogs in our laps, and football on the TV :)