2011 - The Year of the ACK

The roller coaster...it just keeps on rollin' on. We have a ratified contract on our house, with a settlement date of end of April. Ack. We have bid on a house, but haven't heard anything yet. ACK. Nerves. Stress. Stress. Nerves. And yet. And yet I find myself planning for this still-up-in-the-air, everything-could-still-fall-apart house. I love it. It's got everything we said we wanted (except a fridge, and that's a detail that's easy to add - money + Best Buy = nice cold food). It's got great schools. It is in walking distance to the elementary school (bonus!). It's a better commute. It's got a yard, not just a postage stamp in the front and a deck surrounded by a ruffle of uneven flagstones in the back. It has hardwood floors on the middle level. It has an extra room. It has a two car garage (this is less imprtant to me, but more important to my better half). And for the plans! The house is painted in neutrals right now, which is great for the vast majority of the house but less great for the bedrooms. Megan's room is purple right now, but I'm leaning green in the new house (Disney, Pooh Corner and Christopher Robins Swing). Ian's room will most likely stay blue, although maybe moving toward two ice-blue (Behr 580A-1/2, Icy Bay and Rainsong) walls with one royal blue (Behr, SG570, Sapphire Lace) and one red (Behr, SG170, Licorice Stick) wall. I'm also thinking about trying to do a racing stripe around the room.