Moving Again

As some of you know, Brian and I have had a rather unique renting situation -- actually very much a blessing in odd ways. Last August we were connected with a company that owns our rental, along with a few others. The situation: our house is a 4-bedroom, with a screened-in porch, 2 car garage, 2.5 acres, and lots of storage . . . for rent that is jaw-dropping low! But, you must understand . . . another facet of the situation . . . the house would be getting torn down in the "next few years" (for new development), and we'd have a few months notice to find a new place. We knew God would provide our next house down the road, . . . so in August of 2006, we went full-force into fixing up the not-so-kept-up house. We tore up carpet, removed wallpaper, painted, put in new light fixtures, cleaned a ton, . . . and after a month of hard work, Brian moved in. I moved in after our wedding, in the beginning of January. We have enjoyed every bit of the house -- hosting lots and loving it -- except for maybe a few problems with the house . . . like the basement flooding, the toilet leaking into the kitchen ceiling, and the dishwasher that spiratically overflows. Ahh, lovely water. Really though, the positives far outweighed any negatives for us.

But, the time has come for us to get pushed out. HOWEVER, the company that owns our home (and others) notified us of another property they have recently acquired that we could move into. This new house is a fixer-uper too, however, the company will do all the renovating! What a blessing! We even get to pick out paint colors, carpets, and light fixtures! God is so good! So, this past Saturday, we were asked to come over to the new house to take a look. It's a 3-bedroom split-level, with a HUGE sunroom (15 feet x 26 feet, with 16 windows). Crazy, huh? And, it has a nice deck and huge backyard. Unfortunately, there is no garage, but really we can't complain. They did us a huge favor by letting us know about this house. (They initially said we'd have our house through the summer of '08, however, that has now changed to 90-120 days!). So, the new house will be getting done in December, and they want for us to move in January. Thankfully, the house is less than 2 miles away, so we can move gradually. Oh, and the rent is the same and this house has central air too -- yahoo! (There are some other money-savers with the new house, but I won't bore you :).

All that to say . . . God sure provides, and in ways we could never anticipate! We have been blown away! Even though I really don't like moving, . . . I don't think I'll hate it so much this time.

Here are some pics of the house . . . in bare form . . . torn up
the downstairs living room
part of kitchen; cabinets will be white
kitchenette area
the massive sunroom
our aqua & black bathroom