Our House Search Giggles

Looking for a house is quite an experience. I think everyone should do it every once in awhile just for the laughs. We had a realtor take us around to all the houses that weren't for sale by owner. She was a really sweet girl, but it was her first time taking someone around (we got to be the guinea pigs.) It was quite difficult keeping a straight face with her running commentary on the houses. I think we'll have a couple of inside jokes forever from her comments. The first one is the "lino". That must be what the "cool insiders" call linoleum. We probably heard that word 20 times. "And here you've got your new lino in the kitchen." "It looks like this bathroom has lino." Bless her heart, she was trying so hard. One house had cheap hooks along the wall next to the front door. She walks by and says, "Here you've got your BUILT-INS for coats." I had to look away. I didn't want her to see that I was trying so hard not to laugh. She was also impressed with all the "wood floors" that we saw. They were laminate. Everything was "Here you've got your {fill in the blank}." Brandon and I did feel that we might have been able to recognize which rooms were the bathrooms, bedrooms, and kitchen without her help, but it's a good thing she was there....just in case.

We also got to see fun things like an entire basement, including a family room, that Brandon had to stand sideways. The ceilings were so short that Brandon told me I actually looked tall! He's never seen me with my head about to brush a ceiling. Another house had so much junk that you seriously couldn't see it. The owner would say "I use this room for storage", and we're thinking, "lady, the whole HOUSE is a storage room!" She had a storage room for formals, props, a "painting room" a "music room".... you could not even walk into these rooms because they were so full of garbage. She said a few times, "I hope my junk isn't scaring you..." Um, yeah, it's scaring me.

We did find a gem... a cabin up a canyon. It was a darling cabin, with balconies and views to die for. We would've bought it for sure, except the price was a wee bit steep. We'll dream about it though... it's been on the market for 2 years, so maybe it will still be there when we're rich!