My day went pretty well yesterday in looking at the
different homes we had on our list. This
is pretty hard doing this by myself. I
really wish Bradden could have come with me, but was just too much work to find
someone to help with our active kiddos.
So I had to try and take a bunch of pics and lots of notes for
Bradden. We felt pretty comfortable with
the neighborhoods we looked at ahead of time so that piece was easy conveying to
him what I saw. It is hard though having
to ultimately make this decision by myself.
In the end we came down to two houses: 1 is further from the kids schools, has more
charm, is in a better neighborhood, has some work to do, will have more up
keep, is cheaper in price. The 2nd
one is closer to the schools, beaches, the downtown area, has awesome views
from house to pool and lake, is less up
keep, smaller community, needs kitchen updated some, not a lot of charm and
more money. We literally couldn’t figure
out which one we want. So we flipped a
coin. Can you believe it we just chose
our house off of a flipping a coin? “Who
does that”? We are putting in an offer this evening and will keep you updated
on how we fair. You just never know the whole negotiating process and the inspection
piece. Ultimately I believe that either
house would be very good for our family.
So we will see how this all shakes out!
I thought this was a really wonderful piece of advice. I just saw this today and it really made a
great topic of conversation between Bradden and I this morning. Really hits true to what life is about. NO idea why certain things happen or how
come, just have to believe this is reason. That is how I feel about finding the
“perfect” house for us. What is meant to
happen will happen!
God has a plan for us that we may not understand at the moment. As the day unfolds, however, we often come to see clearly His amazing grace. He tends to lead us on the paths we may never have journeyed on our own.
— from Visiting Mary
On a completely different note, I am not sure I have ever
actually slept alone in a house and last night I was pretty scared. No idea why, but by midnight when I still
hadn’t fallen asleep, I decided to get a knife and put next to my bed. I locked
my bedroom door and barricaded it will blankets and easter eggs in case a crazy
person tried to break in I would have time to hear them walk on the eggs and I
could grab my knife. Haha typing this
sounds even worse then the fact that I did this. WOW, I need to get out more!
The weather has been amazing the last two days and can
really tell that I am not from around here.
At 9 am this morning I grabbed a cup of coffee and had to run a few
errands. It was 80 degrees at this point and I have all the windows down in the
car and am jamming out to music. As I am
at a stop light I am looking around and no one has their windows down, literally
I start looking as I drive about 2 miles and not one car has their windows
down. Apparently my excitement for the heat isn’t what everyone else
feels. Oh well for this very moment I am
enjoying the heat and sun! Take it while I can.
Heading back to T-Town at 6am tomorrow. Hope to know about the house piece in the next few days as well as having our
home inspection done this week. A lot of pieces are moving around in our game
of life right now!
Xoxoxo
P.S. I have had a lot of people say they are jealous or wish
they could do what we are doing. I don’t
have the magic answers, but what I do know if you truly want some type of
change in your life whatever it might be big or small, try to make it happen. I
realize not all things can happen for a person, but having some goals to try
and make it happen are much more important, than wishing and wanting and it
never happening. Great quote to ponder:
Until Next Time
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