The past few weeks have been especially hectic at work. My schedule changes almost daily. I can hardly keep up with it anymore. Fortunately, Kevin has a business meeting in Tampa coming up and I get to tag along! I probably won't do anything more than drive around Tampa and we'll go out to dinner the night we're there, but at least I won't be here and I won't be at work. The sad thing is, this is the first time I'll be leaving the Orlando area since we got married (over six months ago!).
I got promoted a month or so after the wedding and started working weekends. Since my days off are in the middle of the week, Kevin and I haven't been able to go anywhere together. We didn't have a honeymoon and I'm now really regretting that decision. We figured we'd have the weekends together. It's sad because I really miss my husband. I feel like we never see each other except for a few hours here-and-there and I'm usually dog tired when we do see each other. So, even though he'll be working I hope we can use this "weekend" of mine to spend a little bit of time together.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
First Time Home Buyers & update
So, I'm watching this show on HGTV called "First Time Home Buyers." I have to say, it's reassuring to watch a couple go through the same issues we're facing. In this episode, the featured young couple put an offer on one house, and it went under contract before they even got to put in an offer. The second house they put an offer on they couldn't get because the seller wouldn't budge on price. The third house was a foreclosure, they put an offer on it and then had to go into a bidding war with a cash buyer and ended up offering more than asking price. Luckily, they got their house (which has yet to happen for us) but then the inspector came out and he found tons of issues with it. (The same thing happened to us with the Lancer Oak Dr. house.) They decided to buy it anyway (the issues weren't as significant as needing a new roof, like the Lancer Oak house needed for us), and as far as the show tells us, they live happily ever after in their "fixer upper."
Anyway, it was interesting to see them really excited, then upset and frustrated all in one episode. It's reassuring to know that we're not the only ones going through these types of issues. I know we aren't the only ones, but still, it seems like buying a house is so easy for some people. And it was still easier for the HGTV couple than it has been for us because they found their place and closed on it in six weeks. We've been looking since June and have met disappointment after disappointment.
Our fingers are still crossed for the Pembridge house which we currently have an offer on, but my hopes aren't up. Like I've said before, I'm over the home buying thing. I'm ready to move on with my life and have decided spending my time thinking about a "maybe" house is a huge waste of time. In a few weeks our deadline will be up and we'll be looking at rentals.
However, I don't know if we actually will be looking at rentals. Things are actually improving a bit here. Our landlord still hasn't paid his HOA dues and, as far as we can tell, he's still behind on his mortgage, but we got a letter in the mail the other day from Bright House saying they now offer cable to this community without going through the HOA. So, we now have cable! I'm very excited to feel connected to the pop culture world again and if we have to put up with this place for another year or so until Kevin graduates, then so be it. If we don't have a house here when he graduates, then we'll definately be leaving Florida.
Anyway, it was interesting to see them really excited, then upset and frustrated all in one episode. It's reassuring to know that we're not the only ones going through these types of issues. I know we aren't the only ones, but still, it seems like buying a house is so easy for some people. And it was still easier for the HGTV couple than it has been for us because they found their place and closed on it in six weeks. We've been looking since June and have met disappointment after disappointment.
Our fingers are still crossed for the Pembridge house which we currently have an offer on, but my hopes aren't up. Like I've said before, I'm over the home buying thing. I'm ready to move on with my life and have decided spending my time thinking about a "maybe" house is a huge waste of time. In a few weeks our deadline will be up and we'll be looking at rentals.
However, I don't know if we actually will be looking at rentals. Things are actually improving a bit here. Our landlord still hasn't paid his HOA dues and, as far as we can tell, he's still behind on his mortgage, but we got a letter in the mail the other day from Bright House saying they now offer cable to this community without going through the HOA. So, we now have cable! I'm very excited to feel connected to the pop culture world again and if we have to put up with this place for another year or so until Kevin graduates, then so be it. If we don't have a house here when he graduates, then we'll definately be leaving Florida.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Orlando Housing Market
4319 PEMBRIDGE AVE
We have an offer in on this one. It needs some roof work, but we'll try to see if the seller will pay for it. (terrible pics on this one. Whoever took the photos has no clue how to show a house in a picture.)
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Kevin's favorite - 4221 FOREST ISLAND DR
Kevin really likes this house. It's ok, but I need to spend more than 10 mins in it to know if its the one. It's smaller than the others we've been looking at. Only 1300 sq feet.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Bad ex-boyfriend syndrome
I'm pretty much done looking for a house, but our realtor still sends us updates when he sees something he thinks we'll like.
Well, Lancer Oak didn't sell, so now the price has been reduced and it's going to auction. Silly bankers should've just given it to us in the first place! Now, we have to decide whether to put another, lower offer on the house. (We'd still make them pay for a roof and A/C!)
Of course, our first inclanation is to say yes. We fell in love with the house, we should put another offer on it! The problem is, it has what I call the bad ex-boyfriend syndrom. It wasn't perfect, but I fell in love with it, convinced myself it was meant to be. Then, it left and I cried. We had a bad breakup. I thought nothing else would ever compare until I decided to move on and look for something better. I saw some things that were better, maybe not perfect, but better, so I moved on. I decided screw that house! We don't need it! It's not right for us anyway! And I convinced myself that it's over. You don't go back to your ex-boyfriend, right? So we shouldn't go back to this house.
Of course, this is a silly way to look at it, and probably not very mature. I'm just stating the way I feel. I'm over it, but of course part of me wants to go back. Should we go back? Regardless of how bad it hurt to find out the seller decided to back out of the offer two days before closing...it's still an amazing deal on a house. Yes, the house needs lots of work. Yes, there are nicer houses out there in better shape. But so far, those have not been reachable for us because nobody else has accepted our offer. This is a good house. Strong house. It just needs a lot of TLC, which before.. we convinced ourselves was something we wanted to do.
Bah!
Decisions!
Well, Lancer Oak didn't sell, so now the price has been reduced and it's going to auction. Silly bankers should've just given it to us in the first place! Now, we have to decide whether to put another, lower offer on the house. (We'd still make them pay for a roof and A/C!)
Of course, our first inclanation is to say yes. We fell in love with the house, we should put another offer on it! The problem is, it has what I call the bad ex-boyfriend syndrom. It wasn't perfect, but I fell in love with it, convinced myself it was meant to be. Then, it left and I cried. We had a bad breakup. I thought nothing else would ever compare until I decided to move on and look for something better. I saw some things that were better, maybe not perfect, but better, so I moved on. I decided screw that house! We don't need it! It's not right for us anyway! And I convinced myself that it's over. You don't go back to your ex-boyfriend, right? So we shouldn't go back to this house.
Of course, this is a silly way to look at it, and probably not very mature. I'm just stating the way I feel. I'm over it, but of course part of me wants to go back. Should we go back? Regardless of how bad it hurt to find out the seller decided to back out of the offer two days before closing...it's still an amazing deal on a house. Yes, the house needs lots of work. Yes, there are nicer houses out there in better shape. But so far, those have not been reachable for us because nobody else has accepted our offer. This is a good house. Strong house. It just needs a lot of TLC, which before.. we convinced ourselves was something we wanted to do.
Bah!
Decisions!
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