Thanks SO MUCH!

Good morning, Stampin' Sisters! Happy Saturday! Yesterday DH and I went out househunting with our wonderful realtor extraordinaire Candy Shafer! She is absolutely outstanding, knows what she's doing and is good at it! I don't know how she managed all the areas in Seattle - because there are so many communities! WOW!

We stuck to the Everett area yesterday. We saw 6 homes and it took us about 7 hours. We saw TWO that might be okay for house needs, but the yards were less than what was in my head. There are planned communities all over the Puget Sound area and the houses are lovely for the most part, but the houses are crammed in on each other like nothing I have ever seen. One yard of our favorite inside house backed up to a road and had maybe 6 feet by 18. Everything is 2 story - which is a little disconcerting for old people like us. All in all I was a little discouraged, but we are back at it this morning with the 2nd 1/2 of our list. Many houses we originally had on our list were found to be short sales or foreclosures and we took them OFF our list. Too much hassle and too much damage which we might not see until inspection or not at all.

One thing that was so heartening is that I saw SPRING! The trees out in the countryside were full of blooms, pink, white, camellias, forsythia and daffodils! I was thrilled to see the signs that the season is moving in. Because I am in the midst of high rises I was missing out on those encouraging signs of new beginnings.

Today's card is more of my quick to the mailbox style from that great Basic Grey card kit, scraps, a ready to use die cut with some glitter, ribbon and a sentiment fromPTI. Hope you have a great Saturday!