the first steps making my tummy ache

today was the first day of house hunting.

noreen - my agent - and i saw five place today.

1. the 1950's two level ranch. it had the amount of space inside that i would like. it had a one car garage and a huge yard. but 1950's? no character no charm. and a little out of our price range. huge yard!!!

2. 1895 victorian. well this was more like it. it has three units. two one bedrooms and a studio. small yard. no garage.

garage is so important to me. an in-law suite for dad. studio for me or gio. it's that extra room off the house that can be so cool fix into a new part of the house. no car shall be parked in my garage!!!

3. i don't even know what year the structure was built. the place looked as noreen said like a garage. i want a garage but not as my house.

4. 1890's victorian. super cute first and second level. basement is set up as seperate apartment. ugly! low ceilings no windows it's a dungeon for rent! but the rest of the house had huge closets. there is a garage but the back yard had been cemented into a large sloping parking lot. gio did think this super cool for his rc cars. but that would be the only good aspect of it.

5. early 1900's on firth ct. nasty is the only word for it! there was even a dead fly stuck to the inside of the door jam as we entered....water stained indoor outdoor gray carpet. grungy shower stall. all the walls were dripping some brown fluid. ohhhhhyucky. we didn't go past the first two rooms. fixer upper this was not. oh did i mention that they put vinyl siding up over brick? super yuck!

well tomarrow i am going to see four more properties. i figure that i will probably be looking for atleast three months. finding investment properties takes awhile there are a ton listed right now.... wish me luck!

thanksgiving and life around

my camera is still away to be fixed. no photo.

thanksgiving. it turned out great but what a whirlwind.

we started off planning the party for my house and a friend, erin, that has a larger house and a big turkey and a dish washing machine invited all of us to go to his place and join him.

erin is a southern boy from mississippi and very gracious. the table was full of hot steaming delicious food. everyone pitched in and brought plenty of food, wine and dessert!!

ooooh, i tried something new this year for dessert. i want to do the pumpkin classic but with a new twist: pumkin custard triffel with orange-crandberry marmalade soaked in dark rum and it turned out to be unbelievable! i should have made it a day ahead to soak more.....rumalishish

then for buy nothing day (friday) sam, eric and i took a trip up to hot sulfur springs to soak a bit. the drive was beautiful it was full of snow from berthound pass on passed winter park. it wasn't snowing on us at hot sulfur but the temperature didn't get over 22 degress/-5c. oh sooooo cold switching pools!!! we tried the newest pool with a little water fall, the water fall was hot but the pool was cooler and shallow! so we stayed put for hours in the big water fall pool. so relaxing.

as for denver.
it hasn't gotten over 27 degress in the past three days and the snow is stil coming. there have been rock/snow slides all around the state, the largest one happened inbetween vail to glenwood. the slide sent boulders down that took out one side of the highway and sent all traffic for the first day up 40. but denver looks so good under the blanket of snow that has fallen.

as for me!
i have been approved for a house loan! so the search begins!!!! i want to find a house that has been split into apartments. here comes the commune!!! i have so many ideas running around in my head for the place, well the back yard for now.....hot tub, wood burning sauna, in law suite, studio for upholstery even.......hopefully in the next few months i will be able to post a photo of my new house!!!!! let me ground my self .....aahhhhh

cold cold cold.....my toes are cold. i'm going to get back under the covers with a hot cup of tea.

see photos of thanksgiving on gio's site.