(some coaching and suggestions from Gramma Sally, but Anna drew this image herself using an illustration from an I Can Read "BISCUIT" book as inspiration)
Back from Bryan and Shelly's (K's step-sister) wedding in Germantown, Ohio. Nice break, but now it's crunch time -- if all goes well, plan is to move into the new house in less than 3 weeks!
We've also passed the last hurdle, house-selling-wise; buyer's loan was contingent upon our house appraising at or above listing price, which it did! Hooray!
Now for the hard part. Anna and I are heading to West Hartford in an hour or so. Realtor will pick us up, and we'll meet K. there to check out two FSBOs (for sale by owner); one is totally renovated and at the upper limits of our Mortgage Comfort Zone, and the other is a 1920's colonial we're suspecting will need lots of updating, but both are in primo neighborhoods within easy walking distance of the town center!
Either way, we'll be making a decision tonight, and placing a bid by tomorrow.
Anna's Kindergarten graduation ceremony is in just a few short weeks, and I've spent the past 2 nights searching online for the perfect dress, trying hard to find something for under $50.00...
I am love, love, loving many dresses by Biscotti, and absolutely everything by the impossibly-expensive-and-oh-so-untouchable Dutch brand Jottum.
Ah, if only money wasn't a factor. But it is. Always.