Author: Briana "Symmie" Simmons
•7:59 PM
Ok, updates! I was on vacation so I was not able to go looking until today. HOWEVER, on Tuesday evening I got an email from my Realtor for this house that I absolutely LOVE!!! I went and saw it on Wednesday and put an offer in. There were some other factors so I might not know until Tuesday.

So, today we went and looked at some more houses. My dad came with us for this one. There were some settling type ones but nothing that popped. So we will wait until Tuesday and see if I need to keep looking.
Author: Briana "Symmie" Simmons
•7:03 PM
You may think this hobby unique, you may call me strange for it, perhaps you will just wonder what compels me to enjoy it, but when you look at the member list of 20,000 names perhaps your point of view will shift a little. Instead you will wonder how you have not heard of this before, you will begin to ponder if you might enjoy it since so many others do, and you might just step into this strange world of mine and become addicted as well.

For me it began with the word 'free'. I was allured to that. I forget what first caused me to stumble across the site. At first it started with just listening. As I listened to the intro of each chapter I started to think, "I could do that." Then it shifted to curiosity, "I wonder what its like to do that." I started browsing the forums wondering if I dared enter this world that seemed so different and so alluring.

So I went and bought the cheapest mic I could, I set it up, signed up for 1 chapter and I was hooked. A year and a half later and I am already considering how I can get a better mic as I sign up for my second solo project.

Perhaps you will find yourself, one day, writing a similar story. Perhaps you will find your place in the community of volunteers who enjoy seeing the public domain library grow and expand for unexplainable reasons. Perhaps you will know the sense of pride and accomplishment when you finish an entire book on your own. Or perhaps you will join the more silent but completely necessary community of PLs and MCs. Perhaps you will understand what these terms mean. Perhaps you will simply be a dedicated listener, enjoying the wonderful classics that are out there, listening to a world of forgotten but wonderful stories.

Regardless you won't know until you try. You may surprise yourself and find yourself immersed into a new wonderful world.

Or you may continue to think that this is a unique hobby that makes me a little strange and wonder why I enjoy it.
Author: Briana "Symmie" Simmons
•5:28 PM
I have not much to post here. There was no house that stood out to me. I am beginning to get discouraged and then I realize that I have only been looking for a week. I need patience. I think its good that I will be leaving town and not have the chance to look for a bit. I need some time to let things come out and see what happens. Perhaps February will be my month.

On the upside I went and started the pre-approval process with the lender so that will be one step closer when we do find the place.

Pray for the right place in the right location. There were a few potentials but they were on the whole other side of town and not exciting enough for me to be ready to settle for that side of town just yet. I may do that closer to April but not quite yet.
Author: Briana "Symmie" Simmons
•9:31 PM
Weekend 2 begins tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. I am not sure how many places we will be looking at but I am excited. There are quite a few houses that are still within my range if I am willing to be a little further from church. There is a manufactured house across the street from one of the elders that is in pretty good shape in a nice neighborhood. I will keep you posted!

Briana
Author: Briana "Symmie" Simmons
•7:47 PM
Update, the house had another offer on it and it was accepted prior to me getting to put in an offer. But I am cool with it. God has given me such a peace through all of this. Praise God.

There is a cool thing that has come out of all of this though, that is the Nevada Rural Housing program called MCC. It is a tax credit of up to 30% of all the interest paid on the mortgage. That is an annual thing that would happen every year for the life of the loan as long as I am in the house. AMAZING!

We will go house hunting on Friday. I will keep you posted!!!
Author: Briana "Symmie" Simmons
•5:34 PM
Perhaps you do not know, perhaps you do, but I am looking to buy a house. I have been considering this for a little bit now but today began the first of the househunting weekends. Possibly the last, possibly the first. Who knows but God?

We looked at a few and this one was my favorite for today:
http://www.trulia.com/property/1093207362-902-Peridot-Ct-Carson-City-NV-89705

It needs some maintenance and there may be an issue that will rule it out altogether but we will see. I will be praying about it over the weekend and look at it again Monday and then decide if I will make an offer.

Pray for me please!