I have ice-cream at home. I think it is definitely called for.

I'm now almost ready to start actually looking for a house. Tomorrow I'm meeting a real estate agent my mother knows to talk about house related things. Eek! I've also been researching banks and am almost ready to apply for one of those pre-approval thingys. Ulp.

Feel better Ouise! Maybe we Haligonians should get together and have a pity party, what will all the illness and pain being felt by many of us, and our spouses.

Ooh, 'Ouise, there's a semi-detached house for sale right around the corner from me on June St. (which is really a narrow lane) I have no idea how much it is though. from peeking in the window, the ground floor is open concept and has a fireplace and a woodstove. I totally want it for myself!

This is the house, 'Ouise. The Real Estate lady looks scary, though.

WHA! I want that house!

Me too! And June, Moran and Sarah St, is my favourite little neighborhood in town!

Wow, it is really nice! A bit more than I can afford, unfortunately. The Real Estate lady is extremely scary. Eek!

A bit more than I can afford, unfortunately.

That's the rub. It's a lot more than I could afford, or I'd be moving in!

Ouise, you'd be surprised at what you can afford. Seriously, be sure to take a look at houses that are 10-20K out of your range because sometimes you can get a lot more than you realise.

We should have an enormous pity party.

Thanks Elena, I'll keep that in mind. Can we have an even pity-er party now? I'm home sick today. I got up at 6:30 this morning, and almost fell over. I felt somewhat better by time to leave, but at work I started feeling worse again and I kept doing things wrong (I mis-typed almost everything I tried to write, and I turned off the computer with the button.) So I came home. I've had a nap, but I still feel blechy.