Need Prozac Now!!

Hola! First, thank you to all that have been checking my blog the past week! Thanks for sticking with me. I have nothing new to report on the house. Nada...Nothing. I've been in a really bad funk the past few days...on the verge...and I cannot shake it no matter how hard I try. And it all has to do with my condo not selling (okay...there are a few personal things here and there but mostly it's the inability to move forward with my life).

I have lots of other stuff to share and pics to post just as soon as I can snap out of it.

But, for now...I'll just sort of leave you with this pic of how I'm feeling. It says it all. But don't Cry for Me Argentina...I'll be back feeling happy, soon...I hope!

Open House

So, this weekend was my small town's annual festival. Every town in Wisconsin has one in the summer. Usually, the Lion's, Elk's, or Moose Club hosts it. It consists of a beer tent, live music, softball tourney, parade, and sometimes carnival. I took advantage of the timing to host an Open House seeing as there'd be more traffic than usual coming through town.

I painstakingly made a bunch of Open House signs. Since I am a person of little patience sometimes, it was frustrating peeling all those pre-made letters off the sheets and trying to stick them straight on a blank sign. Took me forever. But, I did it and went out this morning before the parade and put up the signs. I was feeling pretty optimistic about getting noticed but now with only 1/2 hour left of the Open House and with only one couple coming through, I'm feeling defeated again.

Well, the good news is the couple LOVED the house. It seems that everyone that comes through "LOVES" it...but no one has bought it. They used to live in the area, across the street to be exact, and now live in the city. They are desperate to move back. They decided to take a drive and saw my sign. Nice couple, showed them the house. I showed them the second bedroom first, and she hates green. Uh oh. 'It's only paint', I say. I told her to prepare herself for my bedroom, she sees the deep red and says it's fine. I say 'no wait...the other half is purple'. She screams, 'We're buying this house!! He loves red and I love purple'. If I would have thought a handshake would have sealed the deal, I would have asked for one right then and there. I did tell her that I'd leave all my handmade window treatments, bed skirt and throw pillows, as they coordinate with the wall colors.

They asked to see the attic. I had to run downstairs for my step stool. As I came back up, they were excitedly talking about putting their house up for sale. I told them I was going to make no secret that I was a motivated seller and they listened all about my intended move to Mexico.

As I walked them out, they told me they needed to prepare their house and put it up for sale. They said my price was right and they really loved the place, but of course, not knowing when and if their house will sell is an entirely different matter.

So, here I sit no closer to Mexico, with yet another interested buyer. I guess I do need to learn patience and realize that I will get to Mexico someday, but just not anytime soon.

Do you believe in signs?

As many of you know, all I can really think about the past few months is packing up and moving to Playa. If you haven't noticed, this whole blog is devoted to this move. Anyway, while in Playa last week, I hung out at a beach club one day by myself. El Pirata, to those in the know. I started thinking about my move and wondering if I was doing the right thing. Could I make the move, could I be build a life, could I make friends, could I maybe find love? Lots of questions ran through my head and the doubting was making me sad. As I do from time to time, I silently asked the universe for a sign. 10 minutes later, this pulled up straight in front of me. Tell me, has anything like this ever happened to you?

Click on the image to for a larger view....

A Playa Beach Wedding

While in Playa last week, I attended the most beautiful, intimate, and fun wedding of Larry and A'ndrea. They are two friends of mine from Texas who love Playa as much as I do. I was touched and honored when A'ndrea asked me to help her get ready for the wedding and also suprised me by designating me an official witness to the ceremony. I put a slideshow together of the ceremony and the reception.

Enjoy!!

Back from my New Home

I'm back after spending 12 incredible days in Playa!! What an amazing time!! I did soo much!! Spent some time with some great friends and made some new ones. I organized a bachelorette party, attended the most beautiful, intimate wedding, celebrated a 40th bday with a great friend, ziplined in the jungle!! And last, I completed my Advanced Certification for diving where I did a deep dive (to 104 feet), dove a shipwreck, did some underwater photography, did night dive, and also saw a shark!!

Oddly enough, I am happy to be home though. Don't get me wrong, I do still want to move, but I was missing home as well.

I did have another showing the week I was gone, so I am glad to know the interest is still there. I'm going to contact Charlotte this week, to let her know I am back and see if she is still interested. Now, I am hoping to be in Playa for Halloween.

I promise to update the blog later this week, but for now I'll just leave you with a quick slide show of the underwater photos I took during one of my dives for certification. Not the best, but not too bad either!