slight obsession

I want a new house. So badly. What's worse is that I know what I want and we are close to getting it. Relatively. We are planning on building a new house. And we've seen the floor plan we want. We've been in it. I love it!!!!!!!! (http://betenbough.com/find_your_home/plans.aspx?Plan=Mirella&Region=Odessa) Although I know when we finally get in it (hopefully before Christmas), I'll feel like it's unreal that it's ours. I feel like a dream is about to come true. It excites me, but I have lots to do before we move in. We have to do a few upkeep things to our house, sell it, move out, and probably have to live somewhere temporarily before we close on the new one. There's so much to do within that little sentence!! I want to have a yard sale, and have debated on whether or not to do it before we list the house or after we sell. I think I'm going to do it before. And there will be things we'll want to sell even after we sell. I'd like to sell the couch, recliner, table and chairs, hutch and buffet, not to mention several small things. The small things I can sell before. The large things will have to stay in order for the house to be somewhat 'staged'. I figure I could always have 2 yard sales. I realize that once I start packing, there will be things I'll find that I wouldn't mind getting rid of. I'm so ready to do this; I find myself thinking about it quite often throughout the day!!!!!!! Here I am at school, and we're in the computer lab. My students are working on some Social Studies projects, so I have a little time on my hands. ARGHHHHH!! I'm in the mood to pack some things away and sort out yard sale stuff. And yet I'm here at school; by the time I get home I doubt I'll still feel like sorting. My house feels cramped and messy - and even when we clean things up, I know that there's clutter somewhere because we've had to move things around and into another room in order to have the front looking clean. I'm ready to create my master suite/sanctuary. Ah, to have my own bathroom in my bedroom. I can hardly wait!! And to have a kitchen that has more than 8 cabinets!! And to have a pantry!! Heaven for me!!!! :) Oh, and a garage!! What delight!! And closets that are walk-in!! and a closet in the front and near the main bathroom!! And a covered patio out back! Oh, I'm so ready!! I'm hoping to get some things ready on the house and have it listed before June is over. Then it's a matter of risk-taking -- do we go ahead and order our new house, or wait until we close? So many choices. I'd rather be making the ordering choices -- what color and type of carpet, tile, cabinets, counter tops, brick, plus any additional features. Then we can purchase some new things after we close and move in: refrigerator, dining table and chairs, living room furniture, bedroom suit, etc., etc., etc.
I'm slightly obsessed. I'm just so ready to see this particular dream become a reality. Poor Malcolm would be sick and tired of my rantings if he heard more than what he already has to put up with. That's why I'm blogging this today. I needed to purge a little.