And I'm really okay. It would have been a great house for us and a very smart financial move since it's at the bottom of our price range. But I have a feeling I would have started to feel cramped before too long. And I know from living where we are now that cramped is not a good feeling.
So now my focus shifts to our buyers and them moving along in this process. Because my eyes are affixed on a gorgeous Colonial that has Perkins all over it. Over the course of the last few days my emotions totally shifted to envisioning us in this house and the more I look at it the more I feel it.
Today was a rotten day otherwise. Eleanor and I came home from Houston with colds and I'm exhausted. Probably mostly exhausted from the previous oh, say 16 months? Pregnancy, birth, new job, selling house, Jason moving, doing it alone with four kids, and so on and so forth. So it was bound to catch up with me health-wise at some point, right? He's coming in tonight so hopefully I'll get some rest tomorrow or the next day. I feel like I could sleep for a week straight.
I'm looking forward to the time when Eleanor is no longer requiring this late-night feed around 10 pm so I can hit the hay when the kids do at 6:30. We have so much ahead of us that it's tiring to just think about it.
I'm trying to remained focused on what a blessing this job is for our little family during this troubling economic time. Because it really is huge.
Tomorrow's another day ...
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Saturday, March 28, 2009
We're under contract!!
At long last (4 months to the day we listed with Ms. Penny and 47 showings later) we're finally under contract. I cannot even begin to express the relief I feel that this situation is (hopefully) coming to an end and very, very soon.
I'm actually in Houston right now with the kids staying at Michael's apartment. Worked out nice that he was in Lafayette for the tournament.
Our buyers have two contingencies that need to get lifted so we can enter into the inspection period (they need to lease out their current house that they are keeping and they need to get a settlement check in their hands for the down payment) and after that, we're free to make an offer on the house we want.
We made our way here before the ink even dried on our contract to try and find our new home and I'm happy to report that the trip was a great success! The house we fell in love with is an amazing deal and hardly has to have any work done to it. It came on the market two days ago so we're anticipating it going quickly and I'm trying to keep my chin up about it and have the attitude that if it's meant to be, it'll happen. It's tough tho ...
Even with our previous trips out here, and even after deciding on a house, I still never felt like it was home. But I walked into this one on Leatherwood today and fell totally in love. I even considered calling in a favor for a loan on a down payment but after I came down from my high (with some coaxing from the dear husband), I realized that doing so would be totally going against the grain. If this house is meant to be ours, it will be. It's that simple.
The other house we found, and the one I'd probably prefer if it weren't for this horrendous tile in the entry way (way worse than one could even fathom), really is spectacular. The more I look at it, the more I love it. It's got gorgeous wood flooring throughout most of the house and it's huge. 3300 sq ft! That's 1300 more than we're living in now ... I can hardly imagine it! And it has the most awesome built-ins throughout the house. It truly is a sight to behold once you can look past said entry way and the equally repugnant kitchen countertops and backsplash.
But I really do know in my heart of hearts that God has a plan for us. Had we gotten a contract four months ago, we'd be living in Cinco Ranch in this terrible McMansion with no character. And probably at a ridiculously higher interest rate than we'll end up with now. So if that worked out for a reason, I have to trust with all my might that the latter end of this deal will work out whatever way it's supposed to as well.
Nonetheless, I'm enjoying my "contract high" and living vicariously in our new "homes".
WE'RE GOING TO BE TEXANS!!
I'm actually in Houston right now with the kids staying at Michael's apartment. Worked out nice that he was in Lafayette for the tournament.
Our buyers have two contingencies that need to get lifted so we can enter into the inspection period (they need to lease out their current house that they are keeping and they need to get a settlement check in their hands for the down payment) and after that, we're free to make an offer on the house we want.
We made our way here before the ink even dried on our contract to try and find our new home and I'm happy to report that the trip was a great success! The house we fell in love with is an amazing deal and hardly has to have any work done to it. It came on the market two days ago so we're anticipating it going quickly and I'm trying to keep my chin up about it and have the attitude that if it's meant to be, it'll happen. It's tough tho ...
Even with our previous trips out here, and even after deciding on a house, I still never felt like it was home. But I walked into this one on Leatherwood today and fell totally in love. I even considered calling in a favor for a loan on a down payment but after I came down from my high (with some coaxing from the dear husband), I realized that doing so would be totally going against the grain. If this house is meant to be ours, it will be. It's that simple.
The other house we found, and the one I'd probably prefer if it weren't for this horrendous tile in the entry way (way worse than one could even fathom), really is spectacular. The more I look at it, the more I love it. It's got gorgeous wood flooring throughout most of the house and it's huge. 3300 sq ft! That's 1300 more than we're living in now ... I can hardly imagine it! And it has the most awesome built-ins throughout the house. It truly is a sight to behold once you can look past said entry way and the equally repugnant kitchen countertops and backsplash.
But I really do know in my heart of hearts that God has a plan for us. Had we gotten a contract four months ago, we'd be living in Cinco Ranch in this terrible McMansion with no character. And probably at a ridiculously higher interest rate than we'll end up with now. So if that worked out for a reason, I have to trust with all my might that the latter end of this deal will work out whatever way it's supposed to as well.
Nonetheless, I'm enjoying my "contract high" and living vicariously in our new "homes".
WE'RE GOING TO BE TEXANS!!
Monday, March 16, 2009
Same deal, different day.
Here we sit. On the 16th of March and are still awaiting an offer on our house.
Man, this market stinks.
The twins are five, I'm a year older, we have a baby who will be 7 months at the end of this one, a husband who has been living in a different state for nearly 4 months and still ... we wait. We waited through Advent; we're waiting through Lent.
It's been four dreadfully long months of roller coaster rides of emotion. Four long months of the kids missing their dad with all of their beings.
Yet I have to believe that at the end of this tunnel, sublime happiness awaits.
In the meantime, said sublime happiness can be found in the authentic smile of Miss Eleanor. It can also be found in the faces of Hayes and Sam when they beat me at Mario Kart on the Wii. And in the precious smile of Mary Beth when she sees her Daddy after a long week of him being gone.
One thing I've most certainly learned is that God's graces cannot ever be felt in any moment other than the present. His graces aren't lurking in the past and certainly not in the future ... it's only in the here and now and we absolutely must stay in the now in order to feel His presence. And that I do.
I am blessed. I have a wonderful husband who absolutely adores me. I have four breathtakingly beautiful children who can light up the darkest of rooms. I have a family who would do nearly anything for me. And friends who are truer than I could have ever imagined. Blessed indeed.
Man, this market stinks.
The twins are five, I'm a year older, we have a baby who will be 7 months at the end of this one, a husband who has been living in a different state for nearly 4 months and still ... we wait. We waited through Advent; we're waiting through Lent.
It's been four dreadfully long months of roller coaster rides of emotion. Four long months of the kids missing their dad with all of their beings.
Yet I have to believe that at the end of this tunnel, sublime happiness awaits.
In the meantime, said sublime happiness can be found in the authentic smile of Miss Eleanor. It can also be found in the faces of Hayes and Sam when they beat me at Mario Kart on the Wii. And in the precious smile of Mary Beth when she sees her Daddy after a long week of him being gone.
One thing I've most certainly learned is that God's graces cannot ever be felt in any moment other than the present. His graces aren't lurking in the past and certainly not in the future ... it's only in the here and now and we absolutely must stay in the now in order to feel His presence. And that I do.
I am blessed. I have a wonderful husband who absolutely adores me. I have four breathtakingly beautiful children who can light up the darkest of rooms. I have a family who would do nearly anything for me. And friends who are truer than I could have ever imagined. Blessed indeed.
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