The Welcome Post

Morning, Darlings!

I suppose any good (new) blog should begin with a short introduction; one to hopefully reel you in and keep you interested. Well, don't expect that...or if you do, prepare to be appauled and disappointed. Kidding, I swear! Hopefully my naturally sarcastic and hilarious nature comes across in my meandering blog posts.

Hopefully.

Well, lets begin with a short tale of where I am right now in life. I believe many people in their twenties are probably experiencing similar life issues as I am, and I am not ashamed about anything. I must first explain that my mother and I are insanely close. For some reason, it seems people get uncomfortable when people claim they are close with their parents; curious, or revolted or put off. I never quite understood that. I realize how lucky I am to have the mother that I have, and we love and respect each other and really are great friends.

So, with that said, we have been talking for years about purchasing a duplex together, in the hopes that I would eventually be able to get one of the suites as my own, and help pay towards half of the mortgage. I don't believe in renting, and I have lived in an apartment before and I just feel like I'm throwing money away at something that will never be mine! So, we looked for several months (just for research at first) and then came across the perfect Duplex within our beloved neighbourhood. We put an offer in the next day...and got rejected. Yup. Talk about a heart breaking.

But, as so often happens in fairy tales, our bad luck quickly turned around and one week later we got "the" call. The previous offer fell through and were we still interested? YES! Oh, but we have to pay more than we offered the first time? ... Fine. And so we did. And it's been a rollercoaster of emotional upheavals every momeny since.

I will spare you all from the trials and tribulations in this post (expect much rambling and verbal diarrhea to come) and say that we own this wonderful Duplex, but can't seem to sell our own house. Woe is me! If we had even, for a second, thought we wouldn't be able to sell this house, trust me when I say we wouldn't have ever offered on the other one.

We luckily have happy renters in the Duplex, so we're not drowning too badly in debt (yet!) and we've been on the market to sell this house for over 3 months. I swear, we have some kind of curse on us when it comes to selling houses!

So that's where I am now. Torn, confused, sad, and yet hopeful of one day selling and getting into that darn Duplex we love so much.

Here's hoping things turn around for us soon!