Well so much for that......

I so feel like I've wasted my time the past week! Mike thought Hagerstown would be an affordable and nice place for us to live but we've scratched that! I spent most of yesterday looking up info on the place. I found a website that had a forum where people could tak about the city and ask questions. I wasn't very pleased with what I read! I didn't see one single positive comment from people who live there :(. I read a lot about people being rude, schools being very over crowded and not up to par, and I read a few people mention there being a big drug problem in town. I was wondering why the houses were so much cheaper up there. We decided we don't really want Mike to have such a long commute anyway. I'm feeling so frustrated! It's hard to know where to look when you don't know the places. Luckily we've had some pretty good advice from the loan officer at the bank we plan to use. It looks like now we're focusing on Fredericksburg, Va. Fine by me!! I'll be closer to the ocean, I have a stitching friend who lives in Richmond which is less than an hour away, there's a cross stitch shop in town, and the schools appear to be fantastic from what I've been able to find out. The thing is, real estate is through the roof there so most likely we'll be living in a townhouse. Originally I didn't want to do that but at this point I don't care. As long as we're in a good neighborhood with a really great school I'm thrilled. Not exactly what I had hoped for but it wouldn't be forever. I'd live in a box if I had to to make sure the kids were in a great school. Their education means more to me than any place I could ever live.

I've been feeling really frazzled lately. It's a good thing I'm not a drinking girl! LOL! Our house went up for sale late yesterday afternoon and I've already been booted out twice so people could look at it. I really hope someone wants it quickly so I can get on with the other things that need to be done instead of making sure the house is spotless all the time.

My best friend and I spent a good part of the day out with the kids. We took them to Jump for Joy and then to McDonald's for lunch. Afterwards we came back to our house and hung out until the realtor called. She took the kids back to her house so I could clean up a bit and then I headed over too. We had a really good day and I'm hoping we can spend some more time together Thursday after Cassie's ortho appt. I want to teach her how to stitch before we move :).