So close I can taste it.

This is nothing but a boring update on our housing situation.

We had two showings today in addition to the second viewing by the interested couple. There has been a lot of interest in this house in a market where there are about 7000 homes for sale and 3 available buyers.

The Second Viewing Couple's realtor let mine know they are considering making an offer on this house or one which is further north. The house to the north could be a waterfront mansion, it could be a trailer....we can't know. We won't know until Monday when they decide which house to make an offer on.

The difficult thing about being optimistic and swimming with the dolphins in your mind all day is you can't help but wonder what will happen if you're wrong and it's not going to work out the way you're thinking it is. It will work out another way of course, one way or another. But I'm a fan of knowing how things are going to work out as you may have picked up in the thousands of words I've written over the last four years.

You can't help but wonder how your brain will recover if it's faced with another shift in plans. I'm trying not to give that part of my brain very much attention, because that's not the energy we want.

So instead Logan and I spent all morning shopping for the style of furniture we'll be filling our new house with, like this sofa. When we showed Dutch the sofas we're looking at and the dramatic shift we'll be making in our style in the new house he called it, "post deco, pre midcentury", which means only Dutch, Logan and I will know exactly what our style is because that doesn't exactly make a lot of sense.

For now though, I'm going to remain so God damn positive a dozen unicorns are going to explode from my arse and they're going to spear a few boxes on their horns and deliver them to the new house. The new house where we'll put a trampoline in the backyard and the kids will jump on it with cuddly giggling koala bears wearing tiny "I [Heart] You!" t shirts.

Comments

[Jamie]

Don't forget the Precious Moments figurines. Those are key.

Good luck!

[jenB]

And the rainbows and puppies and kittens oh my!

[mimipz5wjj]

And the framed cross stitched "Home Sweet Home" signs.

Love the couch btw

[B]

My mom and dad had a sofa like that in green...and chairs in orange...in the mid '60's. They were so hip.

Also, I'll take the red couch you currently have.

[Kate]

You know there's been so much interest in your house because your house is AWESOME, right?

[slouching mom]

oh, that damn not knowing.

it kills me every time.

[Kevin]

Oh yeah! Second showing on a home that shows great.
It won't be berry long now and you'll be living in a new neighborhood called Friendship Land, where everyone has fresh baked pies cooling on the window sill and you can breathe the yummy aroma from your fancy shmancy sofa.

[Fenicle]

Here's to hoping the St. Joseph is praying you a sold house soon!!!!!

[Michelle_K]

I'd be inclined to call that sofa mid-century, myself.

I think they're funky and elegant at the same time.

Good luck with the sale. It's a good-looking little house, and I'm sure the right family will come along soon.

[dutch]

that sofa wasn't made until about five years ago.

[pagalina]

I SO wish the prices at Design Within Reach, were, well, more within reach! Check out this similar sofa that I've been stalking at crate and barrel... http://www.crateandbarrel.com/family.aspx?c=931&f=11068 It's about $500 chaper!
More color choices. and you can pick custom upholstery for it! woohoo! I'm gonna get the cocoa and get some lime green pillows to go with!

[Melissa Summers]

I'm trying to handle Professor Picky Pants here.

We looked at that one today and both kind of like the less tufted look of the DWR one. We're still hoping for a true antique we can have upholstered.

most we're just hoping for an offer though.

[BigBro]

If you get the sage it will be almost like the one Mom and Dad had when we moved to Mansfield. It was gold and had a texture like raw silk, but was a poly-something I'm sure!

[Chicago Chick]

I hope that they buy your place. We're selling our place too and it's annoying that there are only 3 buyers to go around. Thankfully, we aren't competing against your place. =)

[Shannon]

I remember that gold couch on Mansfield!

Good luck--your house looks fabulous in all the photos, and the Menagerie girls just RAVED about it.

[zhanae]

Post-deco, pre-midcentury makes sense to me. *shrug*

[m.]

"Melissa's Arse-Unicorn Express Delivery Service" sounds like a revenue stream to me! :) The good karma is strong, I can feel it. Seriously, your thoughts on optimism and how insanely hard it can be have really inspired me -- I am leaving my 5-year "temp" job after much dithering, cashing in the 8 weeks of vacation I unknowingly built up, and giving myself a "sabbatical" this summer, while my husband and I figure out where to move, if we can get pregnant, and where I can find a better job. WHEE!! I want your Anne Lammott-esque prayer, "God give me patience while I wait to see what happens next" tattooed on my wrist...better than "wax on, wax off" anyway. ;P emily

[izzosmom]

You should check out the DWR warehouse sale just South of Cincinnati, in Kentucky. It's only twice a year, but right down your alley. I mean, it's really not THAT far a drive.

[BOSSY]

Bossy thinks you need a bouffant to sit on that sofa. And maybe a back brace. What's so wrong with a crap load of busted cushions?

[Colelynnb]

Rowe furniture has a line called Mini Mod. Some design type but less inexpensive. Good Furniture. If you are in Chicago, check out Roy's in Lincoln park for ideas.