It's not always black and white

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But wouldn't it be nice if it was?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Clean, chic, and simply elegant. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlX5Aw1r4ZE056IWK73B7uUkZJLL_1YEonqtRxrFTnoLxx8ojOPjdcGZb4a30NB5XR6NEmHpoA-OkhCYTJxuBtHA9SEpIK3QxkILPwBN0qAsxUZ0b7tRTJVM9L2SMrx8EaHNHq4tYyj2c/s1600/bw5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlX5Aw1r4ZE056IWK73B7uUkZJLL_1YEonqtRxrFTnoLxx8ojOPjdcGZb4a30NB5XR6NEmHpoA-OkhCYTJxuBtHA9SEpIK3QxkILPwBN0qAsxUZ0b7tRTJVM9L2SMrx8EaHNHq4tYyj2c/s640/bw5.jpeg" width="494" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1G-XGYTG1h9UEhqFbCsIOu50OI4R6HUt0gfTJYa1B8WE1SsIze4-zquxHSpe0mgIVqUBzvoRzjWlYOwHQ1xqXEwWkKj1yisvvWtuUo3snb9k96FqavkYA76q7mF00ARvuRNerxFBkmLg/s1600/bw4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1G-XGYTG1h9UEhqFbCsIOu50OI4R6HUt0gfTJYa1B8WE1SsIze4-zquxHSpe0mgIVqUBzvoRzjWlYOwHQ1xqXEwWkKj1yisvvWtuUo3snb9k96FqavkYA76q7mF00ARvuRNerxFBkmLg/s640/bw4.jpeg" width="466" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk-wWe1K5QlUUH80h24SVeueaLwB9d3BuWxjarSwfehixFzSMqfE1MQyKOfJgTasPH3LgEphQvZH4u9j9400-QFUmqaz-XKVp_3kswNsGAi5Qw-1-7vHdMG9urqhRWRFS4EIv863nK4-E/s1600/bw1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk-wWe1K5QlUUH80h24SVeueaLwB9d3BuWxjarSwfehixFzSMqfE1MQyKOfJgTasPH3LgEphQvZH4u9j9400-QFUmqaz-XKVp_3kswNsGAi5Qw-1-7vHdMG9urqhRWRFS4EIv863nK4-E/s640/bw1.jpeg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjguKqnIxO1EIGo_qfDYm_dso72ijgjAuHuxs9TJxvcLTsMP90Yg6N7Ta3hvko22TNshgT0EUXOt15puUPCPbw4z08MsbGvfRIU2im3It3LFM6VhxmlugKv9YnveeOw55-2rrsSfC7YGvA/s1600/bw2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjguKqnIxO1EIGo_qfDYm_dso72ijgjAuHuxs9TJxvcLTsMP90Yg6N7Ta3hvko22TNshgT0EUXOt15puUPCPbw4z08MsbGvfRIU2im3It3LFM6VhxmlugKv9YnveeOw55-2rrsSfC7YGvA/s640/bw2.jpeg" width="472" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGB_yezIk-JMG1ehFX-_oUzx4mdFkFHsxbCyRC-gNbfJLE8tmbXkFn5H5jsQ_jEZG29L949q-N6dl4dGICaISIjkGPDYJcF6UEbbByR0hiW531HcQT_3UwbzSxmz_WBl0swvh4InQUGQw/s1600/bw3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGB_yezIk-JMG1ehFX-_oUzx4mdFkFHsxbCyRC-gNbfJLE8tmbXkFn5H5jsQ_jEZG29L949q-N6dl4dGICaISIjkGPDYJcF6UEbbByR0hiW531HcQT_3UwbzSxmz_WBl0swvh4InQUGQw/s640/bw3.jpeg" width="436" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">PS We found out yesterday that we lost the <a href="http://tophomedesignz.blogspot.com/2012/09/an-offer-and-waiting-game.html">house that we completely loved</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The bank (despite our offer) decided to go into foreclosure, so it's off the market for now. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Total bummer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I keep giving myself a pep talk, something, along the lines off, "Everything happens for a reason, it's probably a blessing is disguise, we'll find something better." and it's kind of working. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back to square one.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br />

It's not always black and white

But wouldn't it be nice if it was? Clean, chic, and simply elegant.  PS We found out yesterday that we lost the house that we completely...

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An offer and the waiting game

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hopefully I'm not jinxing us, or the offer we submitted on this house over the holiday weekend by posting this, but I'm just a little excited at the thought that it might, possibly, hopefully, be ours soon! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1sNOfCf5RFcoYscyuzfeFwJKIR4oNr2NIFoTVbxq0NhwPxWry7xseKGasVwtVWmdR_RhOjFLB7QKxNujWaxAc1gY7o01lo_ptCnnmcfT0hhI8uyCOiUWMMvXV0J63OdTcXrs-4XcVQqM/s1600/house.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1sNOfCf5RFcoYscyuzfeFwJKIR4oNr2NIFoTVbxq0NhwPxWry7xseKGasVwtVWmdR_RhOjFLB7QKxNujWaxAc1gY7o01lo_ptCnnmcfT0hhI8uyCOiUWMMvXV0J63OdTcXrs-4XcVQqM/s640/house.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The house is a pre-approved short sale, which means we've got a 3 to 4 week waiting period before we know if the bank accepts our offer. But the offer we made was essentially the asking price, and there are no other offers on it, so we're really hopeful it will be. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For now I won't share any details on the house other than we feel really lucky to have found it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(I don't want to jinx us any more than I am by posting this. :))</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So now we're kind of in limbo and playing the waiting game. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Insert Jeopardy theme song.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We'll see....</div><br />

An offer and the waiting game

Hopefully I'm not jinxing us, or the offer we submitted on this house over the holiday weekend by posting this, but I'm just a littl...

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