Home Sweet Home

Thanks Karen, I know all will end well but the road of getting there can be messy. There is another delay, we won't find out until tomorrow.

Thanks Marci,  I really like the color scheme of your new avatar, fuschia on B/W, very trendy.

I have not been feeling very well lately, works are very overwhelming. Another department just got added to my plate. I do get help but I still have to deal with regulations/compliance and this is a new territory to me, I have people that I can run to if needed but the load is still on me.

If we get this house which we will know tomorrow, that's another major project. It will take at least 5 to 6 months to get permit, and renovate & expand the house. I already have to deal with a construction project at work, now another potential construction project at home but since this will be our forever house, I have to deal with it, there is no way out.

I sleep about 2-3 hours a day in the last three weeks. I think something about this house that I have no warm feeling inside me. I guess I miss the kids too, I have not seen them for 9 months except on the weekly facetime.

I know my husband is trying his best to entertain me but I must say, the lack of activities is really killing me.

Annie, sometimes it takes a bump road to lead to a smooth finish...

Hi Ladies, thank you!

We got the house, signed the counter offer from the seller today. We learned from our broker that our offer was not the highest but they preferred ours over the highest bid because ours is a cash offer, they will get the money in 5 days! I think the highest offer was not that much higher or maybe the family members don't get along so they just want to split the money and go their own way.

Now the next phase is about to happen in two weeks, one of my girlfriends is an architect, she will redesign the house then I will send the plan out for bidding. My husband keeps adding more space to it so I think we will now be adding an extra 1500sft to the existing almost 2100sft. My sisters will be tomorrow for dinner and visit the house, between one sister who is building her own house and the other who is on a constant renovation project ( she has been living in her house for 6 years and I constantly see contractors working on at least one part of her house or more), I will surely have an earful.

I will keep you posted with my plan.

Congratulations Annie. It sounds like a lot of work ahead of you but you finally have what you want.

You are right on Paula, cleanliness is always on the top of my list too, I also don't have a lot of trinkets or things laying around the house, I don't like dust.

It doesn't matter whether it's small or big...as long as it's your home.

I clean Im careful I have to be, I feed my dogs raw and without strict hygine protocols we could get really sick but I think theres a lot more to life than cleaning ,, my house is my home its lived in not a magazine pull out.

So sometimes theres clutter, sometimes theres dust, its a lived in home not a palace , but I always have a spare bed and a hot meal if anyone needs it.

Are you ladies talking about me ?

There are 3 empty bedrooms and 3.5 bath for anyone who need a temporary place to stay here.....heheh

And I clean them 3 times a week 

We also feed our dog raw food.

At the vet yesterday, they were surprised that she is 13, she looks much younger. Had they asked her age 4 years ago when she was on kibble, they would not have been surprised if we had said 13.

Cleaning, I clean as I go really, so that's the kitchen daily, and every other room in the house at least once a week. The once a week is our clean fest.

We are not keen on the chemical. Elbow grease, and vinegar, is what we use most.

The dog stopping farting was a real fringe benefit we didn't expect. The trouble was that her farts sounded human lol

Dust is not an option at my house, I have wipers and disposable gloves around the house, if I see dust, I wipe. I can't stand seeing things out of order. Everything must be where they should be before I go to bed. My sense of smell is very sensitive, food only smells good at dinner time but other than that, it bothers me.

He probably can't tell becaus he will be under the dirt anyway
I am not saying it's good or bad but how people choose to live says a lot about them,

People react differently to the situation, in both cases you mentioned, it's unusual because most people in that kind of situation will lose interest in life, or don't want to do anything or even might become an alcoholic.

I don't know where my obssession came from. My husband thinks I have an OCD. This also shows through my works. All the audits I am responsible for are spotless, not one single adjustment is needed. All the procedures/processes I came up with have no loopholes. My husband got so nervous when we had a party for 80 people at our house, my closest girlfriend told me it was a perfection, from the 15 flower arrangements that I did by myself, to the food selection and displays, even the apron that the service staff wore that day. By the time the last guests left at almost midnight, the house went back to the original state, everything was clean and in order as it should be.

I never see any problem with this side of mine. In fact, I consider it an asset. When my son was in grade school, his classmates were looking foward to being invited to his birthday party and the playdates as well as the events at our house. He was one of the most popular kids at school. His 21st birthday at Pinstripe in Georgetown was talked about even two weeks after the event. I believe this OCD gets me to where I am today and helps enhance my husband's image in his professional and social circle. The good thing is I don't do it to impress, I do it because it's my nature and I love doing it the way I like.

OCD is OCD, and there is no getting away from that as a fact.

But, properly channelled, as you have done, can make it a boon. Particularly, if it is not getting in the way of your life.