Shopping, But What Do We Need?

So Sherry and I have begun house shopping with our excellent realtor, Mark Horch.  Our search area is pretty broad:  South of the Bow River, East of Sarcee Trail, North of Fish Creek Park, and West of Barlowe Trail.  Our price range narrows down the physical area; I have yet to see anything come up in Mission for example.  Riverbend was a pleasant surprise as a focus community, it's beautiful, green, super close to Sherry's work, and the river/Carburn park, and you get really good value for your money.  Other surprise areas I didn't guess I would be seriously considering are Deer Run and Woodbine.  

So we've looked at hundreds of listings online, and gone out to see a dozen with more lined up.  And while yes, we can easily say, oh they're asking way too much for this, or wow, who let these plans get passed?  We don't really know what we're looking for.  We don't know who will be living with us.  How many bedrooms do we need?  Should we be looking for something we can suite?  How much can we really afford?  (especially if we want to dress it up).  Strange questions and yet I still think God will let us know which house to get.  And though I've very soberly thought it would be so much easier to be renting and saving for the next couple of years, I have no peace that it's the thing to do.  

In other news, tomorrow will be day 4 off of work due to my back/neck being scrunched Friday.  The awesome Dr. Nardella will be attacking me tomorrow again (my poor, poor abused body).  But no one heard me ask for a nice chiropractor, I just want results!  (he is nice anyway, he's just aggressive)