Dear Universe - I want a new home!

We are looking for a new home to accommodate our growing brood (long story, will bore you with it in another blog!)

We thought we had found it - scrap that, we HAD found it, but so had 10 other interested parties and for the first time in my rental life, I didn't get the place I wanted.

Obviously it wasn't meant to be.... though I still dream about the house, and how my life would be in it....

So in order to find our dream home, I am throwing my heart open to the Universe and asking for a little help (hmmmm, and not dissimilar to the letter that conjoured up Mary Poppins... Imagine this letter is being sung to a jaunty showtune!)

Dear Universe

I don't often ask for help, and the few times that I have you have listened and provided.

Husband and I need and want a new home. We don't want our children to be apartment children. We don't want to always be worrying about the noise levels, and how it affects our neighbours.

 Please, please, please help us find our dream home.

It must have:

• 3-bedrooms (although 2 large bedrooms and a sunroom would be equally acceptable)
• A separate living/dining area (although a large combined living space would do just as well)
• A garden for my Little Monster and #2 to safely run crazy in, with a shady tree to have picnics under (must be low maintenance - I need to be eased into the whole "gardening" thing....)
• A shower and a bath (combined is fine with me - I just need a tub I can soak and relax in!)
• A lock up garage (or at the very least off street parking)
• A decent sized kitchen (eat-in is fine especially if the living space is combined.... and I'll go out on a limb here and ask for a dishwasher - hope that's not being too greedy!)
• Be secure, so that Husband won't worry about us when he is at work
• Accept a cat

Most importantly, it must be within our price range and have a landlord who doesn't put the rent up every six months; if s/he can wait til I go back to work before putting the rent up, that would be good... If they didn't put the rent up for a couple of years, that would be awesome!

Thank you for listening Universe. I patiently wait your response...... although I do need to be moved/settled by the end of April!

Well, I've asked. Now to keep looking and hope that the Universe is listening.... Watch this space!


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