We’ve moved! Yah, I know, i didn’t warn you. We decided last Tuesday that we were going to move on the 31st. It was a very last minute decision, but we know it was what God wanted, and we are very excited about our new place.
We looked at the house over a month ago, we loved it, but didn’t think we could afford it, so we gave up on the idea. Two weeks later we drove by and noticed it was still for rent. We thought that was odd, since the landlord said there were several other people really interested. We thought about it some more, decided we still couldn’t afford it and let it go. 4 days later the landlord called us. We thought it was strange, we talked to him about our concerns and he said he and his wife had been talking and really wanted us in this house. He dropped the rent an additional $50/month for the first 6 months so we can buy some oil. (he had already dropped it $50/month). He said he’d work with us on the security deposit since we’re only getting $200 from our old land lord and he needs $500.
So… we packed up our stuff in 3 days, started moving Friday, went out of town Saturday, ran a race, came home and finished moving Sunday after church. Then a little more moving Monday. and we are finally all in our new house. It’s a 4 bedroom house, with a kitchen, living room, “den”-we’re using it as a dinning room/school room. it has one bathroom and a yard. It also has a full basement/garage and the upstairs two bedrooms have HUGE closets plus storage under the eves. The two upstairs rooms we are using as a toy room and the girls room, you have to walk through one room to get to the larger one, so we put their toys in the first room. The kitchen is new and updated- and has a dishwasher! Oh and we have a dryer connection here, and our dryer works. YAY!
The girls are more than thrilled to have a yard to play in, it even has a tree house with a swing and a rope swing- which we’ll probably turn into a tire swing. We’re going to put some sides on the little tree house so that it’s safe for the girls, but then it will be a nice little yard for them. We’re going to ask our landlord if we can paint their room, we’d like to stay here awhile and make it home. It’s got plenty of space, and it’s got a lot of light and windows to let the cool breeze through! (and if it gets too hot we have a window AC unit!)
