but not yet....

It's true that I haven't posted in a while, mainly because I have been doing nothing but waiting for the bank to tell me if I could have the house we wanted.  Yesterday, the call came that the house was "unmarketable" and that no one would have given a fixed rate mortgage on this house.  It's just too weird (with a barn attached) and too far out there to resale quickly.  Sure, I was upset at everything and cried on and off for a couple hours afterward, but we have pulled our selves up by the boot straps and have already moved forward. 

Sunday we are going to look at two more houses, both about $15,000 over where I would really like to be, but I'm hoping we will be able to find a house that will actually pass the underwriting of the bank and wont need so much work.  The other house would have needed ALOT of work and the foundation was a little iffy, but I don't want to dwell on it.  I'll just keep telling myself it wasn't "our" house and that I wouldn't have wanted a house that I couldn't sell. 

So now we're back where we started, well, not quite.  I'm still approved for a loan and all I have to do is find a house that the bank wants to invest in.  Sounds way easier then it is.  So, I'm back on this roller coaster and hopeful that the second time around is more successful.  I'm still full of faith that I'm on the road I need to be on and with a little guidance, we'll soon be Ok.