Well, I did it. Made my first contact with a total stranger in the attempt to begin establishing friendships and maybe a new playgroup. There's a website called milwaukeemoms.com that's pretty helpful for finding your way around the Milwaukee area. I responded to a post on a message board from a mommy with 2 small kids in the Brookfield, WI area (where we hope to buy a house). And she replied back! Eek! It's a little scary for me... Makes my heart race just thinking about it. I just don't initiate conversation with total strangers willy-nilly. We talked about meeting up at a park in a week or so. This is nearly as comfort-zone stretching as living in Prague and going to that 1st playgroup meeting over there 3 years ago.
On the home front: Still hunting. Today I'm going out with the realtor for the THIRD full day. Our criteria is changing... No longer "Move in condition. High-quality build." This day will be spent looking at "Needs updates. Kitchen not-so-pretty". After today, I will have seen 99% of the houses on the market and if nothing does it, we'll have to sit and wait and watch for any new listings or expand our search area to include outlying areas and/or sacrifice more criteria. Having train tracks in the backyard isn't SO bad, is it?!?!?
"The sparrows jumped before they knew how to fly, and they learned to fly only because they had jumped." –L.O.
3 comments:
You go girl - I'm proud of you stepping out on the ole limb. Sorry I've not written recently. We've been super busy. Plus 7 keys/letters don't work. M spilled drink...need I continue? ;-)
some of the boldness you acquired in prague is going to use! i'm with rebekah (on the "proud of you" part and the "you go girl" part!) :-)
So glad to hear you are settling in, despite your housing situation. I would keep looking in Brookfield - you will be glad you did rather than "settling" for a house by the railroad tracks!! And don't you dare pass up a house because it needs updates - remember my bathroom with the harvest gold fixtures and pink tile? Still there! The important part is a floor plan that works for you, in a neighborhood you can see yourself in, and you like MOST of the house. A little paint and some carpet (or a completely remodeled bathroom) can come later!
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