Well we are deep in the midst of negotiating for our new house, lost deep in the woods of despair, following a path of crumbs laid only with hope that a house will be at the end of the trail, with few fine rays of hope shining through, occasional showers of happiness. Well that was the weather report, but to be honest, this is stressful. We completed the offer last night but are not presenting it until tonight and just over lunch my guy called me to say the agent had discovered a possible other bidder for our home. Like a dark, menacing outrider heading for town, I feel like I need to be a gunslinger and find myself squarely in the middle of the dusty road, the tavern doors still swinging, watching this imposter riding towards me and my house, trying to snatch it from me! Well we will put up a fight tonight, but fortunately we have talked a lot about this purchase and know our spending limit so hopefully we will be successful and win this house. Or maybe, at the expense of someone else’s calamity, maybe the other bidder will get stuck in traffic or find their dinner too delicious to leave or suddenly find some terribly interesting on television and be detained. Maybe I should go cook for them to distract them!
I have to admit though all this house hunting has definitely hurt my progress on the cookbook. I have looked through the photos for the cookbook cover and have started to short list them but I have more work to do and haven’t even had time to let Lesley know my progress or which ones to touch up. Lesley if you are reading this, sorry! I will get there. I think I may choose three or four of them and then find twenty five people or so and show them all three and have them tell me which photo makes them feel most happy. Just an instant reaction. It will help me choose and honestly when anyone looks for the first time at the cookbook I want them to feel instantly happy and relate to it. I want using the cookbook to be a fun and happy experience. Unlike my experience right now of my progress, don’t even talk to me about how I am doing transcribing recipes, building the website or learning InDesign. I am doing well if feeling guilty I am not doing more. Okay a bright side, if we get the house tonight, I will have a new kitchen to cook in and a new office to work on the cookbook in!
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