The Hunt is on

Do you have any idea how hard it is to keep a 900 square foot house clean with 6 kids. Evidently I didn't, because my idea of a clean house and the Realtors was totally different. I thought a path between the toys and the jelly wiped off the chairs was pretty good. He on the other hand wanted all the "clutter" removed. He even went so far as to tell me the laundry room would look nicer if I put the dirty stuff in baskets. Well I had a system down there. The clothes that really need to get washed soon, like underwear, socks and jeans were closest to the washer. The other stuff got chucked off to the side until I had time, or until someone complained they would have to go naked. The idea of my husband welding naked at work gave me shivers. To think of all the burn ointment we would have to buy got me motivated, after all we were going to move. I could use that money for new curtains and stuff.
So what seemed like an eternity, but in actuality was only 2 months, we sold our home. The purchaser was a realtor in the same office as our listing agent and wanted the house in 30 days. Great, we hadn't found anything we were remotely interested in and hot pants wanted us out. The buyer was having an affair with our agent and he was our neighbor, she couldn't get us out fast enough.
We knew what we needed and wanted our new home to have. At least 4 bedroom, 2 bathrooms, garage, pool and a fenced in yard, anything else was a bonus. So the hunt was on and we saw some dumps. Some peoples idea of a half bath was a toilet in the corner of a basement with a piece of plywood separating it from the rest of the room. Ah no not for me.
One day I was driving through a neighborhood I like as a teen. I saw a house for sale by owner. I called my agent and told him I wanted to see that one. A few hours later he called and told me to come right over, he was there and the home was just what we were looking for.
OMG, it was a mansion, 2100 square feet. Not only did it have 4 bedrooms but it had 3, yes I said 3 bathrooms, an in ground pool, garage and a big fenced in backyard. But the most important thing, it has first floor laundry, right there in the hallway. Not much floor space to speak of, my laundry system would need a little tweaking. So I did what every good wife would do in a situation like this. I signed a purchase agreement, gave the sellers a deposit and then I called my husband at work and told him. It went something like this: Hello Honey, guess what I just did? He said,"I'm afraid to ask". So I said with excitement, "I just bought a house". And his reply, plain and simple, "Oh shit". So I went on to tell him all about it. It has a master bathroom, can you believe it, no more running down the hallway naked in the middle of the night. Well, that sold him, so we moved.