The Waiting Game

Alex and I put an offer on a house a couple of weeks ago...and we're still waiting. It is bank owned so there is no telling when the bank will respond to our offer. I didn't think it would be this hard to wait! The thought of spending that much money all at once is terrifying, and not knowing whether or not it's going to happen is annoying.

The hardest part is dreaming about all the changes we want to make to the house and not being able to buy stuff for the house! Alex and I were in Nashville for a couple of days and went to an antique mall with two of our friends. I found so much stuff I wanted to get to decorate with and after begging Alex for one thing after the other, he gave me the steps...

1) actually get the house!
2) repaint the walls in pretty much every room and paint the cabinets in the kitchen.
3) replace carpet upstairs and put hardwood downstairs or just put hardwood floor throughout, tile in bathrooms
4) move in (we hope that we will have this convenience)
5) refrigerator and possibly other appliances that may disappear between now and closing (awesome part about foreclosures...not)
6) new furniture
7) DOG!!!
8) decorating...

All while praying that nothing is wrong with the house inspection/termite inspection and the roof doesn't fall apart in 6 months! [**Just FYI: a baby was like step 25 :-(** ] The one awesome thing is that our apartment lease is through the end of September, so if we get the house, we have plenty of time to do some quick changes and move in without being rushed, and if we don't get the house, we have plenty of time to look for another one--all while saving money, money, money!

Here's what we're waiting for!



Cute, perfect size for us, fenced in-decent sized backyard, 3 bedrooms/2 bathrooms, and a two car garage in East Brainerd!

Fingers crossed!