Inescapable Busyness

Yikes there has been so much going on the last few months! Here are the highlights in a nutshell...

* New job - have to tackle marketing effort for 7 counties
* Selling the condo - currently under contract, glad the constant possibilities for showings is over
* Building a house - we are almost there, it all hinges on the condo selling

I long for the point when we are in our temporary apartment and just waiting for our house to be built...this has been a long and hellacious road. My true goal is to enjoy smaller scale living and not have to obsess about the sale of the condo so that I can regain even a fraction of my sanity before moving into our new house.

I am already completely in love with our new house and it doesn't even exist yet - picking all of the colors and fixtures has been really fun and this is the largest scale decorating spree that I have ever embarked on. It is just as glorious as I imagined. To describe my tastes I would say "casual elegance, with french and italian influences" - Daniel would say "pottery barn" and he is very right. I tried for the longest time to win the lottery so that money would be no object, but that did not pan out, so we are doing a moderate job of staying on budget with the component selections. The only things left that we have to choose are the appliances. If I close my eyes I can see myself already using that double oven to make green bean casserole and pie simultaneously - HEAVEN!

These past few months have not been pretty: the endless cleaning, constant anxiety about getting an offer on the house, roller coaster ride of emotions pretty much 24/7...Daniel has had to put up with a lot. I would not wish this on anyone. When we finally get into our new house I want to live there until it starts crumbling around us - selling houses SUCKS AND WILL MAKE YOU CRAZY! A word of caution: do not buy a property that you "only see yourself living in for 3 years or less" I guarantee you will come to rue the day when you made that decision.

Desserts and comfort food have been in no short supply during all of this...I really need to get my sugar intake under control, but that is always a huge struggle for me (I am thinking of getting up even now to get a few gummy lifesavers....).

And...I got a few. I have little self-control in times like these.

Thank God its Friday! I really hope that I can not only get some packing done, but also relax this weekend.