{"id":1221,"date":"2008-06-12T09:42:39","date_gmt":"2008-06-12T16:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1221"},"modified":"2008-06-12T09:42:39","modified_gmt":"2008-06-12T16:42:39","slug":"whiny-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1221","title":{"rendered":"Whiny post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have been preapproved to buy a home.\u00c2\u00a0 Great news &#8211; if we lived somewhere in the middle of the country we&#8217;d be able to find a great starter home.\u00c2\u00a0 Out here&#8230;not so great.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s ok &#8211; I choose to live here.\u00c2\u00a0 I want to live here.\u00c2\u00a0 I don&#8217;t want to leave&#8230;.thus the home buying.<\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s so depressing to look at these homes.\u00c2\u00a0 They need so much work&#8230;.have such small spaces&#8230;.small yards&#8230;meh neighborhoods.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s hard to see the potential.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s hard to imagine how we can clean it up and make it nice.\u00c2\u00a0 I know we can&#8230;.we&#8217;ve lived in some scary places before.\u00c2\u00a0 But that was before kids&#8230;.when we were younger and had more energy.<\/p>\n<p>Ok&#8230;no more whining&#8230;.who&#8217;s got time anyway! 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