Inspection Update

On Monday we had our house inspection and it went great. Everything was fairly minor and included needing to service one A/C & change filters, change 2 broken sprinkler heads, & one leaky kitchen faucet. The other things on the list were just dead batteries in smoke detectors and light bulbs that were burned out. Overall, we were very pleased with the outcome of the inspection and the inspector told us he thought we had purchased a "very nice home".

We have scheduled closing to be June 15th and movers to come move us out of our San Antonio home on June 18th. In between we will have carpet cleaners come out and hopefully a professional cleaning service to give the house a "once over" since it has been vacant since January. Today I have been working hard to get everything in order for the move. I believe the last thing on the list is in another week or so we will call to get utilities switched to our name and ready to be activated on June 15th.

I believe that my Mother and Nanny (grand-mother) will be coming to San Antonio towards the end of the week before closing to help me pack things up into boxes. [In advance- I AM VERY APPRECIATIVE] If anyone around the DFW area is free June 19-21st or so and would like to help us unpack and get out of boxes I'm sure we could treat you to some pizza and beer or something in return for your help. :)

The Lord is so good to us and we are continually thankful for His blessings! Enjoy the new play list that I have added to our blog with a few good country songs.

Great News!!!

Well, we got some long-awaited news today. WE GOT THE HOUSE! We could not be more happy right now. Thank you so much for all your diligent prayers for us! God is so good! It is so exciting that in just a few weeks we will be closing on our first home that is "ours" and moving in. We haven't finalized the closing date yet, but it will probably be either June 11th or 12th. I am sure I will have a lot more information at a later date, but for those of you who are curious about what it looks like, here are a few pictures I took the day we put the offer in on the house. (April 29th) Hopefully this will satisfy your curiosity temporarily. Now our plans for this weekend in Plano are just to enjoy family, friends, and hopefully some sunny weather! :) We will do the inspection Monday morning @ 9am and are hoping nothing major pops up. Hope you all have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!

Love, Emily

The front door

Formal dining room

Main living room

Kitchen- I LOVE IT!!

Kitchen- I LOVE IT!!


Master bedroom


Master Bathroom

Media Room

Slow Week

Unfortunately, I still do not have any good news to share about the house so keep praying! :) This week has been pretty laid back for me. I have only left the house once each day. My days have consisted of laundry, cleaning the house, grocery shopping, massage, hair appointment, & dentist appointment. Mike jokingly says I have been being a good little "housewife" :) but sometimes I feel lazy when I haven't done very much. Oh well, I am trying to enjoy this little "vacation" time while I have it. I have gotten a lot of information this week on switching our insurance from renters to homeowners and appreciate the time that Cathy with Allstate spends helping me to understand all the "ins and outs" of the plans. I'm continuing to do a lot of reading and would love if any of you would like to suggest the next book for me to read. I recently read The Shack and I'm currently completing When Christ Comes. Both are really good books and I feel they have a lot of insight.

This weekend we are staying in San Antonio and hope to spend some time with friends. If the weather is nice we will probably enjoy some outdoor time too. I haven't been running for the past few weeks, but hoping that I include that in my daily routine again soon. Mike is keeping very busy at work and has had very full days this week since they had some new numbers come through that he had to work on. He found out that AT&T submitted their final negotiation for the union contract yesterday and so the next few weeks they will either accept the offer or go on strike. I think by Memorial Day we should know one way or the other. Speaking of which, Memorial Day weekend we will be up in Plano staying with the Campbell family and looking at another handful of homes as back-up in case this deal falls through with the Grand Prairie home. I suppose that is all for this week, not too exciting. Hopefully we will have some better news soon! :)

Love, Emily

Patience

"But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently." Romans 8:25

"I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry." Psalms 40:1

This week is all about patience. I believe that the Lord is trying to teach Mike and me to be patient in certain situations and to trust fully in Him to provide. We are at a bit of a stand-still with the house. It is funny when you hear "short sale" one might imagine that the process would happen quickly to get a property off of the bank's books. Instead, it seems to take much longer than a regular purchase because the bank has to run a bunch of numbers and gets to make all the decisions. So, being pre-qualified and ready to close at any time doesn't seem to get you very far. Thus, we must be satisfied that everything will work out and if we are supposed to have the property then it will happen, and if not then the Lord will provide something else. So often we feel like we have to think ahead and plan and prepare, but the Lord has always provided blessings for us before, so why would he not do the same now?? It is much easier to say than to do. A small set-back with my job interview this week as well. The company had some things come up and have post-poned it to a later date. They will likely let me know in the next week or two.

Until then, I am back in San Antonio and happy to be back with Mike. :) For the remainder of the week, I have planned a lot of hedging around our landscaping in the front of the house, and perhaps pulling some weeds from the flowerbed. Friday, we are meeting with two of our closest friends in San Antonio, John & Kristy Wood for dinner as well as to catch up on their 2 week European vacation. Saturday, our friends Matt & Kalli Turner are having a "couples" baby shower. I haven't seen Kalli in months, and she is due in June so I am anxious to see how great she looks and how much the baby has grown.

Today is the National Day of Prayer, so please take a few moments out of your day to say a prayer for the leaders of our country as well as those in the military fighting for us. Have a great week!

~Emily