Waitin' On a Sunny Day

OK, so I shouldn't complain about weather AT ALL, considering that most people who are reading this are in Ohio or Minnesota and it's still pretty crappy there....but it's pretty gloomy the last couple days, which has brought my spirits down a little. I'm still doing OK - learning my way around, exploring, running errands. I continue to really enjoy my job and the people there - I'm very thankful that I found such a great company to work for! Maggie continues to do well and is being a good little wiener dog.

This week I have had a sore throat and as of yesterday, I have a full-blown cold so I'm not feeling well at all physically (I'm still in my PJ's in bed at 1:30pm!), but I'm sure it will pass in time.

OK today's edition of:

RANDOM TEXAS OBSERVATIONS

1. Texas has an amazing way of saving space on their freeway system by building UP, meaning many upward layers of overpasses - it's amazing! See pics below:

2. Texans have a LOT of pride in their state, culture, sports teams, way of life, etc. You either live here and like it, or you can get out. And you definitely can't say anything bad about the Cowboys or I'm pretty sure you could get shot. So pretty much everyone likes it here! I love it!

3. Texans/Southerners come up with the funniest "Southern-isms" - little sayings that I think are hilarious. My realtor Teresa is originally from Alabama, and we saw a bug in one of the houses we looked at and she said "Man, that bug is so big you could put a saddle on it and ride it!" I think it's hilarious when they say things like that. Most of the time you can figure out what they are trying to imply, but occasionally I have to think about it for a while......

4. Apparently if you have license plate frames on your car, you can get a ticket if the frame covers up the word "Texas" on the license plate - I guess they are very serious about that here, so I will have to retire my Minnesota Vikings license plate frame once I get Texas plates. :(

Update on the house: I might be a little bit closer to getting the house. The bank finally took my paperwork off their pile and looked at it! Teresa called me Wednesday night and told me that the bank thought that the offer was a little low considering the original list price, so they sent an appraiser over on Wednesday to do an appraisal. The seller's realtor went through the house with the appraiser and pointed out any and all deficiencies so that we could keep the value down. I guess the bank talked with the seller's realtor and he told the bank that there had been 90 people that went through the house, but this was the best offer because I didn't ask for any closing costs, down payment assistance, etc. So he's trying his best to make this go through and he thought that if he could convince the bank on the price, that I could close in 2 weeks or less. AGH - hurry up! This is ridiculous! I put my offer in 4.5 weeks ago! I know that these short sales and foreclosures can take a couple months in some cases, but come on. I'm getting pretty frustrated that this is all taking soooo long - I just need some stability in my own home sooner rather than later. This is hard to have everything new and unfamiliar here - I just want the familiarity of my stuff near me. Man, am I ever glad that I took my favorite blanket with me! (Maggie is happy about our favorite blanket too - not the ones in the pics, but you get the idea)




I was "forced" to go shoe shopping in the meantime (I had no other choice - hee hee) since it's getting warmer here and I didn't bring any sandals with me in the car. I bought several pair of super cute sandals and they were so cheap - all under $10 each! I'm really going to need that 3rd bedroom in the house for my shoe collection!! I figure there are worse addictions to have in this world besides shoes, Diet Mountain Dew and wiener dogs!!

Have a great weekend everyone - I miss you all like crazy!!

Confidential to Dandar, Danielle & Jeff - in honor of the circus coming to the SeaGate Centre, make Troy do the clown thing!!!