Moving Day(s)

I mentioned in my previous post I had a good reason for my lack of blog posts and my reason.... We've moved, or should I say moving.............

Adam and I bought a house and closed on it the day before Playhouse Disney Live. It happened very fast and therefore, I really hadn't packed....anything! Thank goodness for family and friends!

We have been looking for a house earnestly for about a year now. We really wanted a house that sat on a golf course (or at least was a golf course community), but we also knew that with today's housing market and the economy the way it was, we should shop foreclosures and wait patiently for a good deal. Patiently was the key word- it was so hard to not get emotionally attached to certian homes we looked at or to raise your initial amount you believe the house was worth to justify buying it. We waited- a year- and we saw a house come up on the foreclosure list that was near where we lived now, it wasn't on a golf course, but it had an inground pool- so we thought, well- we can try- if they turn our offer down- no biggie. Well, they didn't turn the offer down, but countered and only dropped their asking price by 3 grand. (When I say they- I mean the bank). We told the realtor they weren't interested in selling, so we would try again after it had been on the market for 3 months. The house was immaculate and that is hardly ever the case with foreclosures. The only real thing that needed work was the pool in the backyard, but only because it had been neglected for several months. February 1st, we called back to resubmit our offer and we were told there was an offer on the table, so we thought, okay, we didn't have our heart set on it- so again- no biggie. About a week later, the realtor called and said the offer fell through, would we like to resubmit our bid- thinking we didn't have anything to loose we said, sure. Within 4 days, we had negotiated them down inside our range of what we perceived to be a good deal on the house and within 3 weeks we had signed the papers- it was our house. We believe the whole situtation was definitely a God thing and as we sat in our house after everyone had left and looked at the piles of boxes we had to unpack- we both agreed that we were so glad we hadn't gotten impatient. We learned a lot of things, both about real estate and about God's timing through the whole process. We also learned about being satisfied in your current situtation and with what we have. We realized how blessed we are and how rich we are both in possesions and love. What people in other parts of the world would give to just have a sturdy roof above their heads....It is so easy to get caught up in our country's way of give me! give me! give me! it is a constant battle to keep yourself in check. Needless to say, we feel very fortunate for what we have.

Leslie and Ava

I didn't get many pictures, mostly becuase I was at the old house packing away and they were here putting away.

Meghan, Les, and Ava

Humorous story:

We have never had sliding glass doors and most certianly never had a 3 part sliding glass door- so we really didn't know how to work them. We were trying to move the couch into the back living room- I say "we" like I was doing it-haha! Anyways, we couldnt' figure out how to open the door anymore than a single door length, which wasn't big enough to get the couch through. After the guys look at it for several minutes, they move on to Plan B. Aunt Robin decides she can figure it out and guess what?- She does!

At this point, the guys come back over and look at it realizing they can't get the screen door to pop off or move down any further, causing them to be in no better shape than they were before and head back to proceed with their Plan B, which by the way, wasn't going very smoothly. Might I also add here that 1 of these guys owns a hardware store and the other two have worked at the hardware store........

Wouldn't you know that it would take 2 girls and a pink screwdriver to easily pop off the screen door and claim victory over the sliding glass door?!

Let this be a lesson to all of the men to try to take on a woman- you aren't a match for us! :)

*Also let this be a warning to all of the women, do not boast about how easily you popped the door off when your husband finally gets the couch through the front door and into the back living room- the glare you will receive is piercing and definitely has a tone of "Sit down and shut up"