the week of house hunting

boy, it is hard backtracking over the past couple of days now that i'm trying to think of how to recap what's been going on...

ok, here goes nothing.

monday, i slept in (again)(it's become an everyday thing), and john picked me up at 12:30 to meet with the realtor to look at more houses.  so we did that all afternoon, came home, took a nap (again)(also, has become an everyday thing), and relaxed that evening.  had ice cream for dinner.  which, by the way, they don't have blue bell ice cream up here YET there is a town called blue bell 20 minutes down the road.  unbelievable!

tuesday, i actually got up and went up to the church with john at 10.  i met up with the worship guy (jim) and auditioned for the worship team.  and, drum roll please...................................i made it!  yay!  then john and i went to lunch with him at el cactus (take a wild guess what kind of food they serve).  it was very good.  i was surprised, considering the lack of creativity used when naming their restaurant.  :-)   i, then, took the car (remember we still only have john's car - mine's supposed to be delivered tomorrow - keep fingers crossed) and went to hang out with the jim's wife, erica, and 2 year old son, judson, at their house.  we visited while we waited on jim & john to get there, and FOUR hours later they mozied in.  at that point, we just stayed there for 15 extra minutes then headed straight over the hange's house for dinner.  they're another young adult couple that's actively involved at calvary and are fun fun fun to be around.  sarah made a roast and cheesy potatoes, which is apparently a traditional lancaster county food (where she grew up - an hour to the west).

today, john got a ride to the church with jim, so i drove up there at 11 to meet with the realtor again.  we looked at 5 or 6 more houses.  liked 1.  it's actually super old and is on the national registry for historic homes or whatever you call it.  it's super cool and full of character, but it's right up on the corner of 2 roads with a 4-way stop (not too sure how busy the roads are), no garage, no sidewalks, but it does have a cool in-law suite in the back.  i don't know...we'll see.  and we had sonic for lunch.  our realtor was like - o! this is a fun place...i've got to bring my grandkids here.  and john and i were like - duh!  :-)

then, we came home, and i took a nap, then we met up with jim, erica, & judson at the harleysville hotel (which i'm not even sure is still a hotel at all) restaurant for dinner and then drove down to rita's to get water ice (our first water ice experience).  water ice is similar to snowballs, but the flavor is not poured over the ice like a snowball.  it's already mixed in, and the fruity ones sometimes have some fruit pieces in them.  it was yummy.  i got chocolate.

when we got home, john and i sat down at the dining room table and sorted through all of the house print-outs and weeded out certain ones and made a list of ones to drive by tomorrow.  we have a list of about 6 or so of ones that we like.  all i'm sayin is this process needs to get done quick cuz i'm ready to settle into a home of my own up here.  i'm starting to get kind of antsy.

goodnight.