Agonizing decision

We have been house hunting since December and never really been thrilled by any one house. There was always some thing wrong: too far, too expensive, too much needed to be done, too close to the road...you get the idea. I think because of problems with all of these houses, we messed around more than we should have and last night it happened again, a house we were considering is under contract. Our realtor "Lou" says that he would normally make a joke about these things, but after 3 or 4 times it is just not funny.

So last night Mark, James, and I go to look at another house (too much work needs to be put into it) and there is another house down the street that just came on the market. Because we are always a step behind everyone else, horrors upon horrors, I ask "Lou" to knock on the door to see if we can look at the house. They ask for 10 minutes to get it ready. While we are waiting, Mark and I wonder "hey, I wonder how much it is?" As the nice people are leaving, we get the stats and it falls into the "too expensive" category. Well, lets look at it anyways.

Love it. LOVE it. Except it has a pool. But really, can you rule out a house because it has a pool? It also has wood floors through out, and truth be told, I like carpet in the bedroom. But, it has a GAS STOVE. It is an older house, but has been taken care of. It really wouldn't need updating. LOVE IT.

Although it is a lot of money, it is still on the low side for Clemson. I tell you, it is really crazy here. Mark and I are responsible to a fault at times, but we are actually thinking about getting it. We can do it, it will be hard, we might need help, we might be eating a lot of rice, but we can do it. We are so sick about this, if the market was better we wouldn't be considering it, but if it was just slightly cheaper, we would have jumped on it.

AAAAAGGHHHH!!!!

Oh, and it has a wonderful screened in porch! but no garage, just a carport.

Here is the recipe for the "good karma" muffins I made for our realtor yesterday.

Sour Cream Coffeecake MuffinsRecipe
By : Cooking Light May 2006 - adapted by KK 3/20/07
1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
1/4 cup chopped pecans
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup butter -- softened
1/2 cup egg substitute
1 cup low-fat sour cream
2 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon
Preheat oven to 400°.Combine first 3 ingredients; set aside.Place granulated sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 3 minutes). Add egg substitute; beat 3 minutes. Beat in sour cream, water, and vanilla.Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl, stirring well with a whisk. Make a well in center of mixture; add sour cream mixture. Stir just until combined.Place 3 tablespoons brown sugar mixture in a small bowl; set aside. Sprinkle surface of batter with remaining brown sugar mixture. Gently fold batter 4 times.Place 12 paper muffin cup liners in muffin cups; coat liners with cooking spray. Spoon batter into prepared cups. Sprinkle batter evenly with reserved brown sugar mixture. Bake at 400° for 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove muffins from pan immediately; place on a wire rack. Cool 10 minutes.
Per Serving (excluding unknown items, based on 12 servings): 273 Calories; 8g Fat (25.4% calories from fat); 4g Protein; 47g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber