Acceptance December 30, 2011

After all the intensity of the other house, there is yet more real estate drama to report. After wondering for weeks why we didn’t get a good feeling for the “wonder house”, we decided to just accept that there was something about it, and move on. Search after search after search on the MLS website showed so many houses – overwhelming, really. Mr. had a wider parameter for his searches than I did, but I stuck to my guns and fought him when he got out of bounds. We took a few trips up, looking at various places, but not finding the place that really “wowed” us. Finally, after torturing Tiny with a six house visit, I decided that was enough. Mr. found a few more places to look at, and we agreed that he would just take video footage of them, and that if anything popped out at me, we would go for another visit all together.

Well. Find a place he did. Actually, he found 3, but only one had the same cozy feel that our little beach house has. So…after 7 years of him trying to get me to move up there, I told him to go ahead and put an offer in on the house! Without even having seen it physically! I am going to try and accept whatever comes; I have a feeling that if I don’t fight things, my life will be a lot easier.

Here we go – loads of room, a great view, garden space, zoned for chickens, and with a tenanted cottage as a mortgage helper!

Isn’t it lovely? It’s got a great dining room, which leads out onto that big ole patio, which has an amazing view of the ocean! Mr. is ridiculously excited to sit out with a beer and just stare. I’m ridiculously excited about the garden, and about having chickens! (CHICKENS!) There’s loads of extra bedrooms, so of course, we expect guests (I’m lookin’ at you!)…

So, we countered back and forth a couple of times, and settled on a number. So now we’re waiting for our place to sell…oh goody…open houses…Will keep you all posted!

Much love to all!

Breathing December 16, 2011

Things happen for a reason. We truly believe that if we’re meant to do something, it will come to us easily and without struggle. So, we made our offer on the house, and it was met with a ridiculously high counter offer. We hadn’t had a good feel for the seller’s realtor from the beginning, so we decided to let it go and not make a higher offer. He had informed us that there was another couple interested in making an offer, and we were not interested in a bidding war, so we said Thanks but no thanks. Our own realtor called us yesterday to say that the seller’s realtor wanted to know why we weren’t countering, and that there was indeed no other couple interested. Funny. So the hunt continues for the perfect house that sings to us and calls for us to make it our home. We shall see. We shall breathe.

Much love to all!

Suspense December 13, 2011

So, it’s done. We made an offer on the house in my old stomping grounds (or close enough to my old stomping grounds anyway..). Our pretty little beach house is up for sale, and we’re waiting on the signs to go up on the lawn. We’ll be having an open house for the realtors on Friday, and a public open house on Sunday. (Which kind of sucks because I’m a bit of a slob and now I have to keep the house clean…sigh…)

Funny thing is, the Mr. and I talked about it after our realtor left with the signed papers, and we are both a bit sad to leave here, even though the other house is amazing, and interesting, and on loads of property, etc. etc. After the way we came across this house, though, it seems like the universe wants us to be here, and we both kind of feel like we’re fighting against where we’re supposed to be. So…

We find out Thursday about our offer. Till then we’ll clean, and paint, and tidy, and reorganize. Once we hear, then we’ll make whatever next step feels right to us.

Much love to all!

Rollin’ on with the changes… December 10, 2011

So I’m wondering again why I called this blog Buying Karma. I don’t feel like I’m doing much of that, unfortunately. Oh, I have good days where I feel like I’m contributing to the world, but lately I’ve been having a lot more where I feel like a failure at so many things. It’s a terrible feeling, but really it makes me think a little harder, and pay more attention to my actions and my words. I guess I’m glad for that but wow is it ever nasty to go through!

If you remember, I was looking for signs from the Universe about Mr.’s work situation. I thought I had found one, but I think it was really *just* a seal. Oh well. Enter Plan E (or F or G or H, I can’t keep track!). Mr. has been trying to get me to move back to my home turf for 7 years! I was holding out for the perfect house in the perfect community, and it seems like it might finally have come. It’s a big funky house on a 2.5 acre plot that shares 16 acres with 5 other houses. There’s a workshop on the property, a greenhouse, a garden plot, plus a community garden. A studio (!) in the house, loads of windows and skylights. A 10 minute walk from the beach, a 10 minute walk to friends’, a half hour (or so – depends who’s driving) driving from my mom. In a community that embodies most of our values and accepts almost anyone no matter what. Never mind that the mortgage would be a clear $100,000 less than what we have now, meaning that Mr. would have much. less. stress. So … why am I so hesitant about this?

Our realtor came yesterday and we signed all the papers to put our cute little beach house on the market. It was a very sad moment; I love this little house. Anyway, last night there was much discussion about the old house, the new house, feelings (blech!) and such. After a couple of hours, I felt better, and it looks like we’ll put in an offer on the new place and see what happens. On the positive side (I think), I imagine there will be all manner of trials and tribulations, and I have a feeling that I will have so much more in the way of blog fodder, so that’s something! You all (All…who am I kidding? I know my mom is my only reader!) will probably get a good laugh out of me battling the garden, the wildlife, the cabin fever. Be warned, people, I’m going to need you!!

So, here’s a couple of shots of the house, stolen directly from the realtor’s website:

Lovely, ain’t it? Let’s see what happens over the next week or so. I’m still trusting the Universe to guide us to the right path.

Much love to all!!