Or, Maybe a Two-Story Single Family Home...

Also offers low VOC carpet and low VOC paint and hopefully, I will get a chance to see one of these, too, the next time I go looking. Stay tuned!

I'm excited about each of these last three possibilities because I have chronic fatigue syndrome (did I mention that yet?) and for someone with CFS, the possibility of low toxicity could be a game changer.

Low VOC Carpet & Paint: Another New Home Possibility

Low VOC Carpet & Paint

One thing I like about this home is the builder and the community where it can be built. The builder offers low VOC carpet and paint, which means lower toxicity (maybe even no toxicity?)

That could lower the cost of the home because maybe I wouldn't have to replace all the flooring with laminate.

Vaulted Ceilings

It also offers vaulted ceilings, including the room we would be using for homeschooling. It is meant to be the dining room, but that has been my plan all along: a room with chair molding and picture frame squares and a pretty window.

Sitting Room

There also is the possibility of a sitting room within the master bedroom. I recently unearthed a dream home vision board my son and I once created together several years ago.

I hadn't remembered it, but this vision board has on it everything I have been looking for, including a sitting room area in my bedroom. I don't know how much this upgrade would cost in this model, but I mean to find out!

My realtor is going to show me a model for this home plan soon, I think, and I can't wait to see it. Stay tuned...

New Home Possibility

The Search for Home

I've narrowed it down to three places, all single family homes. Two are two-story single family homes and one is a ranch home. They all have three bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths and each one has a separate dining room.

My Priorities...

(1) A healing room

(2) A homeschooling room

(3) Hardwood floors (or, I should say laminate or vinyl flooring, instead of carpet)

The Homes...

(1) One has a bonus room, which would mean we could homeschool upstairs. But the stairs greet you when you first walk in the door and you can see almost the entire downstairs from the doorway. No foyer, whatsoever.

(2) The second home has a foyer, and it preserves a bit of mystery. You can't see the stairs, the living room or the kitchen from the front door. I also really like where they've placed the laundry room and the powder room.

(3) The third home is the ranch, and it has wood-look flooring already in it; only the bedrooms have carpet. It has an eat-in kitchen. But you can see everything but the bedrooms when you walk in and it feels like one big great room.

I love compartmentalization and separate rooms dividing up the space. None of the houses has a fireplace, which I want, but if I build a house, using the plan of one of the three, I can add one. I'd also need to add the flooring I want, except in the third home.

Where are the Trees?

I've visited a lot of new home communities, and I love them. But I do have one complaint.

The trees are often in a row behind the house, but there are no trees in the front or back yards, no trees that come with the house, itself. I love trees. And my realtor tells me that they can be added, planted in, but then you have to really baby and nurture them so that they live and flourish.

Seems to me they could leave at least one tree per lot? But since they didn't, maybe I will eventually add one or two.

Simple Comfort & Letting Go

Simple Comfort

I've had a great day today!

I slept in and actually managed to get a good night's sleep (insomnia is often a problem). And then, I spent the day reading, watching DVR'd shows like That Girl, and playing the board game version of Hollywood Game Night with my son.

Fun!! The best part of the game was the one called "How Do You Doo," where the goal is to get people to guess the song you are singing. But you have to sing it by using the word "doo" for each note of the song.

Letting Go

But I also decided to let go of the house I saw online that is under contract. I sought intuitive guidance and felt like what would be the highest good was to stop trying to influence this particular outcome.

Yes, sometimes people find something better and walk away from a contract or something goes wrong, but I am no longer going to wish something more wonderful into the life of whoever currently plans to buy that house.

I will buy another one in the same neighborhood. And I like that one, too! A lot. It actually was my first choice until I saw the other one. :)

Ah, well. I think I am meant for the one that's available.

Finding Fall Home Tour

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The Home I Want

Just tried this again (tried it last night, too) and was imagining the home I want. Try it, yourself, and think of the home you want...

The home I want? Well, actually, there are two. The likely home and the really, really wish I could home. Both in the same neighborhood. Picture below is the wish home!

Laminate Flooring

Laminate Flooring...

Not sure what I will do about flooring in my home, but am using this link as a resource. I know I am really sensitive to the formaldehyde in carpet, so as I look, I am exploring other flooring.

But also, this air purifier, which removes formaldehyde.

It's Official!

Before this process began, I had no idea what it would be like to try to get a home loan. I didn't realize that the way they do things now, it helps if you get pre-qualified and pre-approved before you go looking for a home so that builders know what you can buy.

As you know, there were a few bumps along that loan, but this weekend, it all finally came together! Yay!

So I am hoping that I can find my home and write a contract for it sometime this month. I'll keep you posted.

A Country Cottage of My Own

Well, I took a drive to see the new home neighborhoods and two great things happened! ...

(1) I found my way easily and quickly. The directions were simple and it didn't take nearly as long to get there as I had expected. And I found out that even though I felt like I was "out in the country," there was a main street close to another city and it has all the things I feel like I can't live without ~ like Kroger. :)

(2) I loved the look of the homes. So my realtor and I will go look at some in particular that are in my price range once the loan is approved and I have a definite price range. I do know that it is likely to be much lower than the approval amount.

So maybe I'm not too far away from finding my own cute little cottage in the country. 

The best thing about this quick trip was that it proved how easy it will be to do back and forth between there and the city I live in now, which is where my mother lives. So my son and I will be able to come and visit her easily. My son will be happy about that, as will she.

Moving Out of State ~ Not so Fast!

One thing I didn't really mention in that last post was how traumatic it was to try to find my way around in that new state when I got there. My intention was to go back again and stay overnight so that it would be much less stressful.

But as I have tried to choose a date, I've realized that I don't want to go. It just seems too complicated to get there!

So... my realtor has suggested a city in this same state that has even lower pricing, that will give me the feel of living in the country. I'm going to drive out there this week and check it out.