So, today we went back to look at the house we want to buy, and I fell in love all over again. Husband did too, though he was probably especially happy to get his Sierra Mist back, since he left it there last time. And Father-In-Law came and saw it, along with Mother-In-Law, Brother-In-Law and Velvet, the crazy chocolate lab puppy. Little Miss was sad to leave because she wants to move in right now.

That might be because she'll be living right up the street from her Granny (Mother-In-Law) which is her favorite place in the whole world, apparently.

We even drove through the town nearby. I've been through there before, but now that I'm probably going to be living there, I paid special attention toward everything. Not only are there chain stores, there's small Mom-and-Pop stores that have been around for decades that are still going strong. And personally, I'll go to one of those stores before going to a chain any day of the week.

The elementary school where Little Miss would be going is damaged though. The East Coast earthquake really tore it up (though it needed to be remodeled anyway. It was about 20 minutes away from the epicenter.). So instead of going to school fifteen minutes away, she'll be going to one about 30-45 minutes away. It's still better than where we are now, where the closest elementary school in our district is about an hour away. Mother-In-Law and Grandmama are worried about us and the bus stop, but we're right there at the bus stop, so I highly doubt there would be any trouble. And Little Miss has been super excited for months at the prospect of riding a school bus, so hopefully that will go smoothly too. Especially when she realizes that Husband and I can't ride the school bus with her.

I feel slightly ridiculous, obsessing over this house, but I feel like this house is the one. I wouldn't mind living there for years, instead of the house we live in now. It's in a quiet, nice neighborhood, and no one speeds down the road like they do in front of the house we have now. I have my reasons for wanting a house that I can turn into a home of my own, but that's a discussion for another post, since that story is kind of long anyway.

But there's nothing that anyone can do right now about it, not until the offer on our house goes through and the offer on the house we want goes through. So it's the waiting game.

Pity I'm not a real patient person.