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.

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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.