Still waiting but..............

Well - this afternoon we got an accepted offer contigent upon the United methodist church board approval (which we are supposed to know within 10 days).
So.....I think that is good news but once again - we get to wait.....
There are many other things to do and decide - do we go forward with trying to get financing (our normal loan approval doesn't work because it isn't a HOUSE) argh!!!
If we go ahead - we spend money on testing and an appraisel but then what if the UMC board doesn't approve. Oh the drama! I said to Troy at lunch - why isn't this easy - people buy houses every day. And his response was....baby - we aren't buying a house. So True!
So....once again we wait - but with good news and an anticipation of more good news to come.

Still Waiting.................

I am pretty sure one of my biggest struggles is patience. So I do apologize to my Hubbie right now because I am sure God is trying to teach me a lesson. We are still waiting to hear about the house. In a nutshell - the sellers countered our offer and then I think we came to an agreement and we put in a secondary offer after work on Tuesday pm. We are supposed to hear by today at 6:00pm. But....we will see! We just keep praying about it - knowing that if this is OUR house to have - God will make it happen. Thanks for your words of encouragement and prayers. We will let ya know as soon as we know something.
And then when the house is livable you can all come over for supper. :)

HOPEFULLY our next BIG project.

Well as you know we have been trying to buy a house. Well - we found our dream home - it just needs a bit of tranforming. :) We put a bid on our hopefully new home and are looking forward to hearing back from them. I will keep ya posted. We are praying if God has this for us that we will get it. He knows best!
We have some ideas of our own. But....please get your creative juices going and sent your ideas our way. Hopefully - I will be able to update soon - With this being our official home.

Mondays.....

This am I woke up with a somewhat bad attitude - not sure why but I did. Kinda in my own little world - worrying about things I can't change and not taking my thoughts before the Lord. So....admonished I am and doing better I must say. :)
Not sure why I would have a bad attitude - I have been so very blessed with so many things.
Last week - our family was reminded of the brevity of life when Troy's grandmother passed away monday pm. We spent wednesday evening and all day thursday in Marion for the viewing and funeral. It was a rough couple of days - but we are reminded once again that God is in control and so thankful for the assurance of his Grandma's salvation. We will see her again.
On friday pm - we were called by Troy's dad to come hang out in their basement - seeing as we had a tornado coming our way. We were able to spend about an hour with them - catching up - and the storm ended up going around us. Once again - so thankful! On saturday - Troy and I ran errands together - he mowed the church lawn and I straightened the house. We were able to go to our church passion play with some good friends of ours and be so clearly reminded
of the incredible sacrifice of our perfect Savior. What a story and a gift that we don't deserve. After the Passion Play we went out for ice cream with our friends (doesn't get much better than that - hearing the gospel - spending time with friends and to top it all off - ICE CREAM) Sunday - we went to church and sunday school and we actually didn't have any plans for Easter. We wanted to stay home and just spend some time together. So I get the idea we should go out for lunch - which was very nice! The restaurant we ate at has an ice cream machine that you can help yourself to. Well! I think we were the first ones to use it....let me rephrase - I was the first one to use it. So when I pulled down on the lever ice cream there was air in the nozzel and ice cream exploded all over - in my hand - the floor - my skirt - my shirt and my arms and face. Troy and I burst out laughing and then I went to get cleaned up. Oh how funny life can be.
We spent the rest of the day - getting meals planned for the week - planting seeds and taking a nap. Yahoo! I love naps! - that was a new found joy when I married Troy.
Well - Now it is monday late morning and I am not sure what in the world I was worried about earlier - taking my thoughts - burdens and worries to the Lord. And....here is the key - LEAVING them there.

Our Newest Project

We decided we didn't want to pay $300 - $600 for a headboard for our bed. So we decided to design and build our own. So here are some pictures of our latest creation. We had initially put our circular candle holder given to us as a wedding gift as a artist flare for decor. But, we may just have to find another home for that.
We took plywood - batting and material. Those three things - a saw and a staple gun and it is amazing what you can build. Troy attached it to the wall so it didn't need legs or so it wasn't physically attached to the bed. So - unto the next project! In some ways I think we both would like for it to be a house but.....we are open to many ideas. So if you have an idea or a project you did and loved let us know.
We were at Pier 1 last night and they had a head board there for $595.00 ...hmmmm maybe we should go into business. Our supplies cost us less than $30.00 and it took one night. We do take orders :) with very little mark -up.

I Love Weekends!

I love weekends for so many reasons. The main one is that I get to spend more time with my husband. Friday we realized it was our 3 month wedding anniversary. Crazy to people it has been 3 months already - in some ways it feels like just yesterday but in the good comforting way it feels like we have been together forever. So we decided to have a date night. We went to the little town of Monticello and ate at a hole in the wall pizza place and then we walked down to the little 2 show theatre that maybe will hold 100 people in each movie. It does state that they must have 10 people to show the movie. That made us laugh! It was nice to get out and do something - the last time we went to a movie in a theatre was last february I think. The fee for this theatre is $4.00 for adults and $2.00 for kids and seniors. You can't beat that! So it was a late night for us - I think midnight before we went to sleep. Yup - we are getting old :o) Actually it was a ploy to help my hubbie sleep in - anyone who knows me is aware of my sheer enjoyment of sleeping in. Well - my husbands body doesn't work that way. 5:30 - 6:30am he is awake and does try hard to fall back asleep but.....we usually arise around 7:30am even on the weekend. It is a horrid thought I know! So saturday am we slept in until 9:30 am it was amazing and wonderful. He went to work for a couple hours and I cleaned up house - made some homemade pizza dough for our BBQ pizza for supper that pm and also making some home made breadsticks. I also whipped up a fast version of cheesecake with cherry topping. We then went to Marion for visit his grandma who is very near to entering eternity. Her liver is shutting down and she sleeps most of the day. We then said our goodbyes to all of them and headed home to greet Lane and Michelle who came for supper. Sunday we went to church and the out to lunch with Jonathan and Heather and of course Eric. That was really nice - to visit - catch up and be entertained by that adorable little boy. We drove around lookin at some houses - went home and took about a 30 minute nap and then went to church. The service was a blessing as we welcomed 15 new members and heard many ways that God is working in people's lives. After church we came home and watched a little Extreme Home Makeover and then tried to hit the sack a bit early because of the time change. But, to no avail we both laid there wide awake because our bodies are a bit confused with the time. A nice weekend! A restful weekend!