Bubbling Over

Excitement! I am bubbling over! I can hardly contain myself!

Matt and I have decided we needed a bigger house. (more like Matt has finally agreed with me) All week we have been looking at new bigger homes (YEAH) and getting ours ready for the listing.

How exciting is this! How scary! The list seems endless of what to do to make someone fall in love with our home. Really how did we ever like it? Is it so bad that no one could possibly see themselves living there? I know it is all about staging and first impressions. I know that there will be a couple much like we were and see the potential in our place….but how long will that take? I am ready to move on…but how long will this take? I have never had to sell a house before…being a first time buyer is much easier.

One thing I hate about looking for the perfect house is the pressure I feel. When you do see the one you think you could spend forever in you feel so much pressure that someone is going to come along and scoop it up before you have time to blink. You want to jump on it and lay claim. Tattoo your name all over it and confess your love from the rooftops. But what if the pressure is what makes you fall in love with it? The thought that someone could get it before you make up your mind makes you want it? I think that is what happened with the house we are in. I felt the pressure and I bit. So worried was I that I may lose a house that I may want that I took it so I wouldn’t! Does that make sense?

So how do I know now if I actually want it or if I am worried someone else will get it before I make up my mind?

I hate making decisions; I am always worried I will make the wrong one. I like to chew on ideas until they lose their flavour…but in house buying you don’t get that luxury. The longer you chew the more likely someone is going to order porterhouse.