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House envy
Sep. 21st, 2004 10:06 pmI'm feeling spasms of guilt right now because I didn't give enough money to someone at work who very kindly picked up a book for me during the weekend. I don't know why, but I got it in my head that it was $5.99, and paid her accordingly. I thought that's what she said, too, but maybe I misheard her. When I got it out to look at it tonight, I noticed that it was $6.99. Argh. How embarrassing. I wonder if she didn't notice it or if she just didn't want to say anything? The book, by the way, is an encyclopedia of knots. It's extremely cool, but I think you'd have to see it to understand why. Pretty pictures, mainly.
But! I got some unexpected good news at work--a 3% raise! Technically it's not really a raise--it's a market adjustment based on a survey they had done or some such, but who cares? I was excited anyway. ;)
I'm so in house mode right now. I'm constantly picturing crown molding (which will probably not be a feature in a home that we can afford anyway) and refinished hardwood (I can dream) and spacious floor plans, and cute little neighborhoods with fenced backyards (for our.. uh.. groundhog(?) to run and play?) M has looked at houses online the entire time we've been married, but I've never been able to bring myself to participate until now. I just can't stand the antsy feeling of knowing that it's just not going to happen anytime in the distant future. But now that we're thinking kind of seriously about it, it's such an exciting concept that I can't keep it out of my mind. We have several potential candidates, but it's pretty hard to even plan a time that we could look at them with our own schedules, much less getting a realtor involved. We'll see, though.. we might not even be ready to move seriously forward yet so it's still a little premature to be too happy about it.
I went downstairs on three separate occasions today to turn the air conditioner on. I actually failed each time, ending up involved in other, more exciting stuff. It's much cooler downstairs, which didn't help me remember. However, one of the very exciting things that I ended up working on was an ice cream cake for my ice-cream-crazy husband. It's all ready in the freezer except for the outside layer, which I guess I'll do tomorrow. We went out to eat (presumably to celebrate our impending thriftiness as we save for a house?) and now we don't have room left to bother with it. Not too bad--I just promised it for his birthday back at the beginning of July..kind of embarrassing when I put it that way.
But! I got some unexpected good news at work--a 3% raise! Technically it's not really a raise--it's a market adjustment based on a survey they had done or some such, but who cares? I was excited anyway. ;)
I'm so in house mode right now. I'm constantly picturing crown molding (which will probably not be a feature in a home that we can afford anyway) and refinished hardwood (I can dream) and spacious floor plans, and cute little neighborhoods with fenced backyards (for our.. uh.. groundhog(?) to run and play?) M has looked at houses online the entire time we've been married, but I've never been able to bring myself to participate until now. I just can't stand the antsy feeling of knowing that it's just not going to happen anytime in the distant future. But now that we're thinking kind of seriously about it, it's such an exciting concept that I can't keep it out of my mind. We have several potential candidates, but it's pretty hard to even plan a time that we could look at them with our own schedules, much less getting a realtor involved. We'll see, though.. we might not even be ready to move seriously forward yet so it's still a little premature to be too happy about it.
I went downstairs on three separate occasions today to turn the air conditioner on. I actually failed each time, ending up involved in other, more exciting stuff. It's much cooler downstairs, which didn't help me remember. However, one of the very exciting things that I ended up working on was an ice cream cake for my ice-cream-crazy husband. It's all ready in the freezer except for the outside layer, which I guess I'll do tomorrow. We went out to eat (presumably to celebrate our impending thriftiness as we save for a house?) and now we don't have room left to bother with it. Not too bad--I just promised it for his birthday back at the beginning of July..kind of embarrassing when I put it that way.
