Long story short-this week we decided to walk away from the house we wanted, for lots of various but deal-breaking reasons. Today we went house-hunting again with our realtor, and we found THE perfect house. It had everything the other house had, but matched us better and was just all-around fantastic. It had been on the market 90 days. We were ready to offer. When we got home tonight, our realtor called and said someone put in an offer this morning.
WHAT in the world?! This is the 2nd time that's happened to us! A house sits on the market for months, and the day we find it, someone else puts in an offer just hours before we get a chance to. Chris keeps encouraging me that if God is closing the doors on these houses that we love, he must just have something SO much better for us out there. But how many houses do we have to fall in love with and lose to find it!
House hunting is energy-zapping. I'm worn out. It takes lots of driving, lots of waiting, lots of communication with realtor, loan officers, builders, etc... I'm so ready for it to be over!
When (not IF- I'm being positive here!) we find our house, I'm diving into decorating with gusto! I've already planned out the living room and play room. Here are my two most favorite inspiration rooms:
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A good piece of advice my best friend gave me is that a house is a house, until you make it your home. That really gave me encouragement in this whole process. No matter what house we end up with, I can make it our home- the home my sweet husband and I will grow old in, the home we'll raise our family in, and the home that will have open doors to all our friends and family. We can't wait to have four (yes-four!) crazy loud kids running around and creating the kind of chaos you can't help but love. :)
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