paint swatches

Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Buying a house is probably the most stressful thing I have ever experienced. Although it's a "buyer's market" right now, the financing part is getting much worse. It's harder to get good loans no matter how good your credit score is. You also need a lot of cash on hand to pay for all of the fees, inspections, attorneys... Speaking of inspections, our house failed the radon testing. We're waiting to hear back from the seller that it will be fixed. Needless to say, I've been a little stressed. (It doesn't help that my hormones/emotions are all out of whack.)

One of the simple joys that has made me really happy is picking out paint colors. We're going to be getting two of the three bedrooms painted, all three bathrooms, and one of the walls in the family room done. When I'm feeling really stressed, I can just pull out the paint swatches and look at all the pretty colors. I think I've gone over them a hundred times even though I keep picking out the same colors.

I'm sure once we get things squared away with the loan stuff and the inspections, I will have a lot more fun things to think about. For now, I should probably just carry my paint swatches with me.

Labels: home owning, moolah

posted by kimberly, 7:43 AM