emotional highs and lows of buying a house

after pouring over the disclosure notices, we have decided to hold off on this one particular house. It sucks. It was such a cute little place. However, it being the same age as my grandmother and like my grandmother, the house is not so stable..this is not the type of project we need to take on as first time home buyers. So we are back to square 2. After talking with my MIL who is also our realtor, I shared with her my sadness of letting this house go. She understood but offered such great insight that made me appreciate her more and more. She said to me that her desire is to put us in a home where she can look my parents in the eye and with out a doubt say that we have a home that she feels and knows that we are safe and secure in. This particular home she could not. I respect that view point. Especially as we are embarking on Eli's career change. Which means, I will be without him more then I am with him as he begins his new career as a commerical pilot.
On Thursday, during her broker tour, she came across this cute thing of a house. She was so excited to tell me about it. When I got home Thursday eveing, she showed me the listing. I instantly fell in love. We called eli who was in Vegas to tell him about it. He was so excited to hear my excitement that he gave me full permission to write an offer if I was still in love with it after I go and see it on Saturday. Now because it is a new listing it is safe to say that we can wait for Eli to get home on Monday to view the house himself before we make any plans on offers. ahhh, the saga continues.....

Afraid

I just got home from work and I see chicken defrosting on the kitchen counter. Now we all know what happened last time my MIL cooked chicken. Eli is not even here this weekend to save me.

I need a back up plan--FAST!

**** update***
crisis adverted!!! Nothing like a bottle of wine and fake craving for chinese food to save you from chicken nightmares!!!