This 'n That...

It's been a week since my last blog post...that's totally unlike me!!! I guess time has simply slipped away. We have been busy with listing our home and keeping it clean. Boy, it's not easy to keep a house spotless with 2 children and a dog!!! As I already mentioned in a previous post, we listed it last week and in the first few days we had 3 families look at it...not bad for the market we're dealing with these days. One family was particularly interested in it because we have 5 bedrooms and they have 5 children. So far no offer though. This weekend we will be having our first open house, so PLEASE be in prayer with us that the Lord would allow us to sell it on Sunday!!

I also mentioned that we found a home we fell in love with. It's a new home and in a town nearby. We did put an offer on it, but in the mean time we're still looking at what's out there. Well...we found another new home in the next town over that's only $2,000. more than the first home, but is much bigger! So, tomorrow we're going to look at it and then make our final decision. The great part about it is that it's the same exact builder, so he could simply transfer our deposit from one home to the other. Here are the main differences between the 2 homes...

Home #1

4 bedrooms, living room, dining room, laundry room, 2 1/2 baths, big kitchen (eat in), deck and .23 acres...2 car garage. Close to in-laws. 15 min. to hubby's work, 20 min. to church. Totally flat property, on cul-de-sac...2nd home in the development. Only 7 houses on street.

Home #2

4 bedrooms, living room, dining room, laundry room, 2 1/2 baths, kitchen (not eat in), den, deck and .33 acres...2 car garage. 10 min. from in-laws. 15+ min. to hubby's work, 25 min. to church. Flat in front yard, slopes down in back so it has a walk out basement, then flat back there, on a cul-de-sac...2nd home in the development. Only 7 houses on street, but 12 in development altogether.

They're pretty much the same, but the 2nd home has that extra room and a walk out basement which is highly appealing...but yard does slope a bit. The den would be our school room. In the 1st home, we'd have to use the dining room as our school room which really wouldn't be ideal. There's also a firehouse in the back of that home...it's a volunteer firehouse so no sirens...but still.

So...do we pick #1 - smaller but closer location to things in the smaller town, or do we pick #2 - larger but further away and up a hill in the bigger town? Tough call huh?!? Send your thoughts...and I'll let you know what we decide once we make our final decision....that is IF we even sell our home on time!!! We may not get either of these homes if that's what the Lord wants. It's hard to wait on the Lord but we're trying to. There aren't many decent homes on the market these days, so to find two homes we really liked was a surprise.

OK, enough house talk...I do get tired of talking about it and thinking about it. It's draining on the mind!!! We just need to let God take control and lead us to where He wants us! Where ever He wants us to 'hang our hat' is where we'll live...but if it's one of these 2 houses, we certainly will be thankful to Him for His added blessings!

What else are we doing with our time? The kids are doing school...on and off...it's been difficult. Summer school here we come. That's OK, we started so early this year, we will just have a few weeks of make-up in June and we'll be fine. Lionel took a math test the other day and aced it. He and I went on a field trip to a local college and had a great time! We were there for over 2 hours and he was engrossed the entire time. I think he saw what lies in his future and he's excited about it. Only 3 years more before college - gulp!

Sweet-Pea is mostly working on her reading and writing these days. She is still studying about horses and we are reading through the Beautiful Feet curriculum together. Those books are fantastic!!! I only wish I had more time to read out loud - or when I do have time, that my throat lasted longer. I wish they'd put more books on cd...then we could sit together and read along in the book while someone else reads it.

Sweet-Pea has been sleeping in these jammies quite a bit lately....just so she could sleep with Nellie. She's a trip! Maybe I could teach her to sew her own matching clothes...only I'm not that good at sewing. (Hey, Christine...care to come give me some pointers!?!?! ha ha)

Here they are in their matching American Girl jammies...




Lionel has been busy building more airplanes. Here's his latest, complete with cockpit suitable for his old aviator Pooh from when he was young!


Close-up of Pooh with his aviator hat on...


Let's see, what else....I took the kids out to Cracker Barrell the other morning for breakfast just to escape from the craziness at home...not to mention the fact that we had nothing to eat in the house either! ha ha We had a great time...the only thing missing was Daddy! He had to work. The fireplace was roaring and it felt so cozy inside!!


Of course I had to get photos of the kids on the rocking chairs outside. If you've never been to Cracker Barrel, they line the front porches with these beautiful wooden rockers (to buy) and they're very comfortable. We have one on our front porch which the kids gave to me for Christmas one year...best gift ever!


So, that's been our week...sort of. I left out all the cleaning, all the car trips to the dump and the many trips to my in-laws to drop boxes off to get them out of our home for the open house. The house never looked better, but I have no idea where anything is anymore!! I finished reading the 2nd book in the Lori Wick 'Rocky Mountain Series' and am anxious to start book #3, only I packed it away and it's in the basement of my in-laws. UGH! Yet another good reason to sell this house quickly. ha ha

Well, keep praying for us and for the quick sale of our home. It truly would be a blessing. We aren't having time to grieve the death of my father due to the whole house ordeal...in a way it's good, but in another way it may hit us harder once our lives settle down.

Have a great day!!