October 17 of 31

Wow... Today was a GREAT day. I'm still a little shocked at the events that went down.

I got up and we got ready and we went to see 3 houses. The first house was gorgeous, down the street from the first house I grew up in, but the 2 car garage was really a 1.5 car garage and we need a 2 car garage. How do you list a house with a 2 car garage when the 2nd car must be a mini cooper or a smart car to even fit into the 2nd spot? Anyhow, a 2 car garage is a must, so that was a big no no. Also the bathroom off the master bedroom was claustrophobic and only had a sink and toilet. The 2nd house we saw was also alright, same model as the first house, however this time with no new renovations and no extension added to the house like the first house, so it was smaller, and even though the master bedroom had a shower, sink and toilet (where the first one lacked a shower), it was even more claustrophobic. Also - the street that it was one was a MAJOR traffic street and no parking on one side at all and the other side of the street had no parking Monday to Friday 9 am - 4 pm. So I would never be able to have guests over! Anyhow, not what I was looking for. Pictures CAN be deceiving - cuz the virtual tour on the listing was great. The third house.................

Oh wow.... on a crescent so there is no one shortcuting on my part of the street, so Sean will be able to play hockey on the street once he's old enough. There is a park in front of our house in the middle of the crescent. The garage is for 2 cars. Driveway is good for another 2, maybe even 4. There is a patio off the master bedroom so I can put some chairs and read knit & books outside in the summer and watch the kids (in the future there will be kids!) on the street playing. Walk-in closet in the master bathroom and a bathroom with a shower, toilet/sink, etc. The hallway bathroom upstairs like triple the size of my currenly only bathroom in my house now. There is 2 bedrooms upstairs. A GORGEOUS (almost my dream) Kitchen, a proper dinning room, a living room, a den with a wood fireplace, an office with a powder room ensuite to the office that has the washer & dryer in it. (Huge powder room!) The basement is massive and there is a side room which will house Robyn's Nest Yarn and possibly my personal yarn as well! We are going to build it up for that purpose! (You see, the new house had to have proper yarn room available!) There is soo much more to the house that I love. I can't wait!

So... we saw the house at 1:45pm. By 4pm, my agent was at my house putting my FOR SALE sign in front of my house, and singing the paperwork to place an offer on the house (the 3rd house I saw today). By 7pm, when I got out of my car to go to knitting, a counter offer was already placed, at an amount LESS than what we were going to offer next! So tomorrow, I'm singing the paperwork to accept the offer, and upon inspection (which I'll do next week), I'm MOVING! We *may* get possession of the new house on November 1st - and that is SOON! I better start getting boxes to pack!

And as far as my house I'm in now... the sign wasn't even in front of my house for 10 minutes and already I've got an appointment to show the house at 4pm tomorrow. We're also preparing for an open house on Sunday.

So... all this means, that I unfortunately WILL NOT be able to make it to Rhinebeck anymore. That, and the fact that Sean is on antibiotics for an ear infection. He's also got a viral rash that there is nothing to do for it, and it'll go away on it's own. I really should NOT take him to Rhinebeck which is outdoors, with an ear infection. He just started the medication yesterday afternoon. It hasn't even been 48 hours tomorrow (Thursday) and we were supposed to leave Friday morning. My mom wasn't too happy when she heard I was still thinking of going.

With all this that is going on around here, I am BEHIND on my blog reading and WAY BEHIND on my emails. I am checking my emails, however, I will get to them as soon as I can. I'm also working on getting the October Sock Club Kits in the mail tomorrow.

While I was out tonight, I got a new toy in the mail! My new yarn meter. Very excited to try it out. I have some yarn that has no meter or yardage info on it, it'll be great.




However, it was missing on of the clear legs on the bottom of it, so it doesn't sit straight on any flat surface. I just emailed the manufacturer, and hopefully they will be able to mail it to me as soon as possible. I just got it today, and already it's broken! Just my luck.... really!

Check this out, I'm the FIRST LINK on Vickie Howell's Blog post from today! How cool is that??

Well, I'm showing my house tomorrow at 4pm, so I will be off to bed so I can get up and CLEAN!