Hi friends! A whole lotta nuthin’ is going on lately. I mean it’s really great to get back into our routine after the Christmas break. Kids are addicted to routine and the holidays only serve to mess them (and therefore us) up.
We’ve been in high-level home negotiations over the past couple of days and after we placed our offer there was a lot of going back and forth and then we finally drew a line in the sand when it came to price. (Was that sentence long enough? Sorry I basically write the way I speak – which is rapid-fire fast and long.) Basically we said that we were taking our ball and going home. We don’t want to play anymore! The irony is that that we weren’t sad about it at all. In fact both of us seemed relieved. The impetus in buying a new home is based on the fact that this house isn’t working for us. We moved into this house only a year and a half ago and we have horrific buyer’s remorse. (Definitely me more so than my husband). We were motivated to buy quickly to get Henry into his school for J.K. After about two weeks we agreed that this situation wasn’t ideal. I think I feel this more deeply than my husband but the fact of the matter is that it has a smallish kitchen and everyone knows that you spend a ton of time in your kitchen. Our house is on a corner lot so there wouldn’t be a ton of options for enlarging the kitchen since it backs onto our neighbour’s house.
I think my motives for making an offer on this other, much larger, house in our Neighbourhood was to simply get us out of here and that is probably not the best motive. So I will remain optimistic that the spring will bring more options in our Neighbourhood of Richmond Gardens. Note to readers: if you or any family member in our Neighbourhood is thinking of selling AND you have a pool then please give me a call! Fat chance eh?
So Henry was having a super January – that is until today. He goes to school in the afternoons so I try to have stuff planned in the mornings. He has skating and “fun with science” and three different playdates. The busier Henry is the better behaved he is at school and home. Yesterday was awesome. He did really great at his skating lessons and did so well in the school that the teacher commented on his attentiveness and concentration. Yay! But today. Yes today. He had a good morning of a playdate with his sister and two boys. After school the teacher reported that he would not draw FIVE snowmen. That he told her repeatedly that NO he would NOT draw five snowmen. She gave him a chance over snacktime to do it but he just dug in his heels and said no! No snowmen for you~! (Much like the soup Nazi I imagine). Dear god the pigheadedness of this child will do me in. – seriously. It’s a rollercoaster being his parent and even though it is getting easier (interestingly enough as his sister gets more difficult – thanks God that’s just super!) it still has it’s high and lows. Parenthood – what an effing quagmire people!
We’ve been in high-level home negotiations over the past couple of days and after we placed our offer there was a lot of going back and forth and then we finally drew a line in the sand when it came to price. (Was that sentence long enough? Sorry I basically write the way I speak – which is rapid-fire fast and long.) Basically we said that we were taking our ball and going home. We don’t want to play anymore! The irony is that that we weren’t sad about it at all. In fact both of us seemed relieved. The impetus in buying a new home is based on the fact that this house isn’t working for us. We moved into this house only a year and a half ago and we have horrific buyer’s remorse. (Definitely me more so than my husband). We were motivated to buy quickly to get Henry into his school for J.K. After about two weeks we agreed that this situation wasn’t ideal. I think I feel this more deeply than my husband but the fact of the matter is that it has a smallish kitchen and everyone knows that you spend a ton of time in your kitchen. Our house is on a corner lot so there wouldn’t be a ton of options for enlarging the kitchen since it backs onto our neighbour’s house.
I think my motives for making an offer on this other, much larger, house in our Neighbourhood was to simply get us out of here and that is probably not the best motive. So I will remain optimistic that the spring will bring more options in our Neighbourhood of Richmond Gardens. Note to readers: if you or any family member in our Neighbourhood is thinking of selling AND you have a pool then please give me a call! Fat chance eh?
So Henry was having a super January – that is until today. He goes to school in the afternoons so I try to have stuff planned in the mornings. He has skating and “fun with science” and three different playdates. The busier Henry is the better behaved he is at school and home. Yesterday was awesome. He did really great at his skating lessons and did so well in the school that the teacher commented on his attentiveness and concentration. Yay! But today. Yes today. He had a good morning of a playdate with his sister and two boys. After school the teacher reported that he would not draw FIVE snowmen. That he told her repeatedly that NO he would NOT draw five snowmen. She gave him a chance over snacktime to do it but he just dug in his heels and said no! No snowmen for you~! (Much like the soup Nazi I imagine). Dear god the pigheadedness of this child will do me in. – seriously. It’s a rollercoaster being his parent and even though it is getting easier (interestingly enough as his sister gets more difficult – thanks God that’s just super!) it still has it’s high and lows. Parenthood – what an effing quagmire people!
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