Friday is Here!

I'm so excited! Jen fulfilled my request. Finally I'll be able to talk to her mano y mano! The house we wanted is just too much and we cannot afford what the quote was. Might have been able to negotiate but TJ told them how much we were pre-approved for. That kind of blows it out of the water. I'm going to try to talk with the mortgage broker and see if he can't refer someone to us that can negotiate. We don't have a realtor yet, but I think we might soon. One of the brokers told us that we could afford a $150 home, up to $155 with the payments we can afford, which is no more than $1350 a month. Maybe when the rates drop a bit, we can afford to go higher. One would think we should be able to get better than a $1503 payment every month with our credit scores and how much we bring in together, but not the case. That doesn't even include Insurance or Taxes on the home. Including that, we would be looking at $1744 a month easy. We do have to live, so that is out of the question. We looked at another house last night in Fairview, but it was a piece of shit. A fixer upper, and we don't have the skills to do that. It was $157,500 but even at that rate, 866 sq feet, it was smaller than our now duplex. I'm ok with smaller, but it needed work, and that is why the disregard. Our weather here has been crappy, rainy, but I've walked still every night. Had to cut it short last night because I was getting too rained on. I hope to walk with Andrew tomorrow, if not I will go alone. I still have nuts to feed the squirrels with, they love me!!

Christina made it to Colorado last night even in lieu of losing her wallet! No ID, but Laurel saved her from this disaster. I'll be happy when she returns safely. I'm so glad it's Friday.