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...we loved the farmhouse. Our realtor thought that the current owners (who are now living out of state) are asking too much and that we could probably get them down to a more reasonable number. So we asked her to stop by our house to see what she thought we could get for ours. We had a number in our heads based on what she had told us last year, but this year the number came in lower. So low it pretty much put us out of the running for the farmhouse. She also said she wasn't actually sure what we could get because the prices for houses like ours are all over the place. There's a possibility we could get what we're after, she just wasn't 100% certain. My personal feeling is I don't want to put our house on the market and risk the possibility of getting a lower number than we need, which would put us in the position of having to find another, less expensive house in a market where there's really nothing else that wows us. Our realtor also told us that in the year the farmhouse has been on the market, we're the first people to walk in and not be completely turned off by the kitchen. In fact, we liked the kitchen. So, perhaps the price will drop even more and we'll maybe once again be in the running. We're going to wait a couple of weeks to see if anything happens to increase our odds of getting that house, and if nothing turns up, then we'll most likely take out a HELOC and start making some improvements around here. It was sort of a dramatic week. I'm also tired of thinking about it all.

So we're moving on to the next big excitement which would be next week we're finding out if we're having a boy or a girl. Any guesses?