Vague Posting….Ugh!

So, I realize I posted a really vague post the other day. You know the one where I said, Sometimes things just don’t turn out the way we planned? Yeah, that post. I totally still feel like God has a bigger plan in our lives and He’s got this, but I’d like to take a minute to explain what the post was about—because, well it annoys me to no end when people post super vague status updates on Facebook and then get all mad when people ask questions or ask if everything is okay.

Is everything okay in my life?

Sure, it’s okay. I mean, I’m here and I’m writing, right? Am I a little saddened by the recent let down? Of course I am, but life goes on, right? Right!

So, here is what happened…

Recently I started to feel a strong (and I mean REALLY strong) desire to move. Let me back up a bit before I go any further…We bought this house 2 years go with the intent to fix it up (it was a real mess—roof caving in and everything! Yeah, THAT bad!) and sell it and move after a couple of years. It was not our dream home (we went from 5 beds to 3 SMALL bedrooms! Although, we now have 2 large living rooms and a full basement, which I hope to finish soon—at least in this lifetime!) To get on with my story (I get super sidetracked—call it ADD if you like), my husband got a new job and it looked like we were going to be moving over a state. We had someone offer to buy our house (which wasn’t even on the market) and everything was moving smooth, except we hadn’t been able to find a suitable house for our family.

And then…

The contract on the house fell through. I was super sad and stressed, but it didn’t last long. Seriously, the following day my husband’s boss called and said they had extended his territory and we would now be in the territory and wouldn’t have to move (unless we wanted to). This was great news, but I continue to feel like I wanted to move, just maybe not right away, and maybe not to the neighboring state. We’ve always wanted some land with trees and room for the boys to run. We also long for more closets and maybe another bedroom.

Fast forward to what just went down…

So, I started having this strong desire to move again. I kept feeling drawn to a particular house (even though I knew it was a FAR stretch for us). I drove by this house often (and it was out of the way) and I just kept admiring it. Mind you, the house was NOT on the market, but we knew the people who owned it. Then one day it happened, my mom mentioned to the owner of the home that we loved their home and they told her to have us give them a call b/c they’d been thinking of selling! Were my dreams suddenly coming true? Surely not because this house was just too perfect for us!

So, we wait, because we didn’t want to just rush out and call them. What if they weren’t serious?

And then they mentioned again that we should give them a call. So we did.

A time was set up for us to go through the house. I tell you, those days leading up to us going through the house were intense! I was so excited and anxious—I think I was crazy! haha!

So, I started cleaning and organizing my own home during the wait. My husband was thrilled! (ha!)

And then the day came for us to go through the house. We decided to take our boys with us because if we were going to buy the house we wanted their input on it as well.

Of course, we all fell completely in love with the house, however (this is where my caution/word of advice comes in)…

ALWAYS ask for a price before you EVER tour a home!

Trust me, you will thank for me for this tip!

I’m not real sure why we never discussed a price ahead of time, but it just never came up.

We didn’t discuss a price the day we came through the home. Our boys were with us and the homeowners received company just as we were leaving, so it just wasn’t discussed.

I waited (not real patiently, mind you) a day before I talked forced my husband into calling and asking for a price. He obliged, however they weren’t available to talk when he first called, so we waited about an hour and they called back.

Can you see the anticipation rising? I mean, by now I had scrubbed my kitchen countertops so hard I was starting to think they were another color!

And then they called…

The price was much higher than I had anticipated (although I’m sure the house is worth every bit of it—I mean, it is a dream home!) We were sad—I won’t lie, I shed a few tears (yeah, tough adults can do that too!) But, it is what it is and it’s pretty clear to me now that this simply isn’t where God wants us at this time in our lives.

The flip side of all of this…

We will continue “flipping” houses and hope to continue to give people affordable maintenance free homes!

Who knows, maybe in a few years we will find another dream home that gets us just as excited as the last.

More to Come on Raising My 5 Sons…