Store front error

Hey, guys, recently I've noticed that my store front on Etsy isn't showing up. I get the error page every time I go there. I have a ticket in with Etsy's help team, but it's been two days and I've gotten nothing but the auto-response acknowledging that my email was received. I don't know if this will interfere with my plans to begin selling things at the beginning of July. I certainly hope the issue will be resolved by then.

Moving-In Time!

Hey, howdy, hey, we got the call today! The keys have been turned in and await us at the rental company. My car is packed up with all the boxes I had been storing at my mom's and tomorrow I make the trip to drop them off at the house. Woot! Pictures of our new place will be arriving soon!

Woohoo!

I made a phone call this morning that resulted in good news! The current tenant at the place we were waiting for is moving out this weekend. Niel is getting off work tomorrow to sign the lease, and we could be able to move in as soon as next week. I don't think I have to say how thrilled I am about all of this. Soon I'll be able to decorate my new place, gather my crafting supplies, and start building inventory for my Etsy shop. Yay for getting on with life! I promise to post pictures of our new place as soon as we get situated.

Sigh

Well, it looks like for now we're stuck waiting until June to move to NC. My husband went to scope out a potential rental yesterday, and was not impressed at all. I thought he may have been too discriminating, until he emailed me some pictures of the place. Yikes! It didn't seem to be a very well maintained property. It's a shame too, since the neighborhood was very nice. Oh well. I guess I'll be calling next week for an update on our potential home's currant tenant and his loan status.

I just wish we could all be together again. The thing I want more than anything for Mother's Day is for us to go out for a family dinner somewhere like Olive Garden. It looks like my husband might have to work this weekend though, so that may be a no-go. Ever feel like you're just straining against the universe? Yeah, that's how I feel right now.

On the other hand, I've decided to not put off my diet any longer. I've made a couple of posts about it on my Weight Loss Journey blog. Stop by and check it out, if you like.

Rental Recon

Well, we are still playing the housing waiting game. Apparently the tenant in the house we were waiting has decided to go ahead and stay another month while his home loan processes, which leaves us out in the cold, so to speak.

I have been doing some looking around, keeping that place as a backup plan, but nothing was coming up positive until today. I made a call and got in touch with a man who has a 3/2 for rent that's $50 cheaper a month and 10 minutes closer to work for my husband. He's says he's not keen on pets, but he would make an exception if we paid a pet deposit and our animals weren't destructive. I'm sending my husband out to look at the place tomorrow, and I've got my fingers crossed that he loves it. I'm so anxious to move so that we can be a family again, and so we stop wearing out our welcome. I'm sure everyone will be glad to have their lives back once we get settled in. I know I will be ecstatic.

Where are we now?

I'm sure I left you all on the edges of your seats with my last update - waiting to hear about a job, waiting to move, waiting to sell the house. Well, here's the scoop: my husband got picked up as a maintenance tech at the Bridgestone/Firestone plant in Wilson, NC. For the past month, he's been living in an extended stay hotel while my daughter and I remain in South Carolina with my mom-in-law. We have been hunting rentals, but finding a place that would allow our big, scruffy mutt has been difficult.



The source of our housing woes.

He's around 110 pounds of dog, which makes him about 80 to 95 pounds too heavy for 85% of the housing available in the Wilson area. The other 15% don't seem to like animals at all. We did find one place within our price range that would allow us to have our dog, but we were beat out by another interested party who signed the lease before us by only a couple of hours. Who knew competition for a two-bedroom mobile home would be so fierce? Maybe she had a large dog too. At any rate, we are now playing the waiting game, as a three bedroom place should be opening up around the beginning of May. The current tenant has an offer in on a house and is just waiting for the paperwork to come through. My husband and I are hopeful, as we are eager to get on with our life together. I can't wait to move in, decorate my new space, plant a garden, potty train my daughter, and have my fur-babies cuddle up with me on our futon.

We haven't yet sold our NY home, but then again, we haven't yet had the opportunity to speak with a real estate agent about putting our house on the market. With any luck, our home should sell this summer, with all the visitors to the Great Sacandaga dreaming about living in a friendly little lake town like Northville. Gosh, thinking about it that way makes me a little sad, because it really was a great place to live. Anyway, on to the next adventure, right?

Update - Home for Sale

Well, I had hoped that by now I would have some good news for you all, but so far, nothing. It seemed that things were looking good, and that my husband had found a job, but it's been a week since he went up for an orientation of sorts, and he has not been contacted about being hired. Sigh. I probably shouldn't get discouraged; I don't know how long these processes typically take. I'm just so ready for things to be back to normal.

Anyway - does anyone out there know someone who'd like to buy a three bedroom, two bathroom house in the Adirondack region of NY state? It's in a lovely little lakeside community called Northville, about an hour northwest of Saratoga Springs. I love this place very much, but my husband and I are moving because now that we're out of the Navy, we'd really like to be closer to family. We're asking $169,900, but we'll consider any reasonable offer that comes our way. Below are some pictures (click on the photo to see the full sized image):


Front of the house from the street.



Spacious 3-car garage with room for an RV or a boat.

The cozy living room.

Carriage House custom-made kitchen cabinetry.

Spacious master bedroom with his and hers closets.

Semi-wooded backyard with room to play.

All just blocks from the Great Sacandaga Lake!

If you'd like to get more information, my email is am_crittenden@yahoo.com.