It is cold here. I keep thinking that if they had a lot that we liked last April we could be in our new house now and while it is cold in Cincinnati it isn't -13. Another day in the house. I am trying to keep positive on this whole thing, but it is getting hard. Basically I think that for every super cold day that they have it puts the whole process back one week. The ground is too cold to do anything to it and it takes a long time for it to thaw. While they are not staking and finishing the lots I wonder if they have found other things for them to do. The entire thing is like a long line of dominoes. We don't know when our house will be done, so we don't know when we will be moving, which means that we don't know when to put our house on the market. Douglas has agreed to help us move if it is before August 25 when he starts classes full time. He will come up and help us get things ready for the move, get large things out of the basement and into the garage, down out of the garage attic, etc. However if we have not sold the house by August we really can't have things taken apart and packed into the garage. The urge to throw up my hands and quit is getting tempting. To keep positive I have set up several Pinterest boards for the new house. I am posting decorating and storage ideas. It is really fun to do. But I wonder when I will actually be able to do anything for real. There is an issue about the paint for the interior. I am all about color. I don't use bright bold colors, but I feel that the right color sets the tone for a room. I have a lovely relaxing blue in the living room and my studio. We have a bright cheery yellow in two of the bathrooms. Then we found out that they only have four color choices for us. Huh? Come on work with me here. They also use Porter Paints, that is a paint that contractors use and isn't really the best out there. I would love to have it painted in Baer paint. There are a few options here. One choice is to have everything repainted after we have moved in, not ideal. We could hire someone to repaint after we have closed, but that means that we are paying for maybe a week of mortgage when we are not living there. I would love to get my own paint and have the builder paint with that, but since that makes sense I am sure that I can't do that. In the mean time I will "Stay Calm and Keep Getting Rid of Junk."