Home Sweet Home part 2

How to raise your kids "That Way".

I know this. You can raise your kids 'that way' in a New York apartment, in a hut in Mexico, or in suburbia. For us, though, raising our kids 'that way' (see last post) would be a little more fun and a teenie bit easier if we had our 'dream' house in the country.

We dream of getting chickens and rabbits... maybe some year I'd be brave enough to get .... a goat????? I'd have a large garden and we'd eat the produce from it. The kids learn and re-learn to play with sticks and stones and sandboxes instead of video games and electronic toys. We share space in the house and learn how to do it in a way that we don't end up killing each other... as opposed to having a house so large we could go a day or two without actually having to share a room or tight space with each other.

That is how we (partly) define 'that way' for our kids. We want kids that use their imagination, read, day dream looking at the clouds, run in the yard, and have no idea what Sponge Bob or Bakugon's are. Did I even spell that right?? I don't even care enough to look it up and check.

So back to the story. We see this house and find out that even though it has been on the market for five months.. all of a sudden someone is putting in an offer on it. We want to put a contingency contract on it - same as the other folks, so it becomes a bidding game. With each of us shooting blindly in the dark we aim for some number to hopefully win the bid and enter into contract.

We got it! :)

We now have a contingency contract that expires Jan 13, 2011 with the house we think would be perfect for us. Since it is a contingency, meaning our current house needs to sell, we have what is called a 48hour first right of refusal. That means, that we are under contract with the little old house, but if someone else can offer a solid contract, we have 48 hours to step up ourselves or back out. We get the first choice. Doesn't matter too much though.... we'd have to absolutely sell our house first. Can't afford two houses.

Oh yeah... something I may have forgotten to mention. Since we are now under contract for a new(ish) home... our house goes back on the market mid November. Perfect. Just in time for the holidays!! haha

(to be continued...)