3 weeks

SUPPOSEDLY we will be closing escrow in 3 weeks. And I say supposedly with much stress and crazy faces being pulled.

Pulling faces.

Dude, I completely forgot about that term from theatre. I miss doing plays.

So... because the house we are buying is a starter house and we plan to learn our way around a ladder and paint roller, and I have a fondness for taking pictures of everything, then logically, talking all about what I took pictures of...this blog has been born.

I have a slight addiction to DIY blogs. YHL. Bower Power. Chez Larson. You have my heart. All of you, split evenly. Well, plus some pulpy bits spread to a few other favorites. Duh.

This process has been grueling and I'm not letting out this breath I've been holding until we have keys in our hands. Short sales! California! Mortgage crisis! As-is sale! It's been less than delightful. But somewhere in that less than delightful, xanax filled space, is excitement. Pure exhilaration. Hand holding and pulling faces at my husband and saying silently "holy crap! We are buying our first house!" (which we thought we were YEARS away from being anywhere close to.)

I'll link it up with the family blog once it's actually ours, or simply delete the whole thing if it all falls through (which I'm assuming it surely will).