Houses, Houses, Houses

I have to confess something. I'm itching to own my own home again...I didn't get to pick the last one I owned. I like living in a home that is rent-free, don't get me wrong. It's saved us a lot of money. But there's a time in a woman's life when she wants a house that she can really make her own. Yes, the people that own our home are very nice, and if I asked, I would get to decorate it up a little more than it is (cost on us). But who wants to pay for the decorating and then someday have to leave it there?

So, remedy for that? We have been looking at houses in Dighton.

Why did we pick Dighton? Well, there are a few reasons:

1. Martie may eventually end up in school over there (depends on what happens in Healy)

2. We would love to be closer to our church (since I'm the worship leader)

3. My brother and his wife live there (and they are having a baby and I don't want to miss anything....it's hard enough I have to miss some things about my nieces in Topeka)

4. We don't want to buy a house in Healy, it just seems smarter that way. We don't feel like we will be here forever.

I think those are our main reasons. Do they sound logical enough? I've watched my brother, Michael fix his house up and it's so beautiful. Then I got to help my brother, Matt, move into his brand new house (which is also beautiful). So what did I start thinking? "What about me? I want a beautiful house of my own."

So here I am, actually waiting to hear from a guy who is selling a house in Dighton. It's within our price range (easily). And it has the right number of bedrooms, bathrooms, and it has a full, finished basement. What more could we ask for? All we have to do now is find a good time to go look at it and see if it's really what we want.

A part of me wants to just jump and tell the guy, "we'll take it right now." But then my smarter side says, "don't be stupid about it. You're not in a hurry, so take your time and let God lead you to the perfect house."

We told Martie about it tonight and I told her how I found the house. She proceeded to tell me that it had to be a God-thing. She was just sure of it. (I found it on Nex-Tech, just browsing for fun...go figure)

Well, it may be a God-thing or it may not be. I guess time will tell. And for now this impatient woman will just have to learn some patience if it kills her in the process. I'm so not good at waiting to make decisions. I'm so like my father and I make snap decisions and usually think about them after the fact. (sometimes good, sometimes bad) So it's good that I'm married to a man who is a thinker. He's good at sometimes taking weeks to think about something (drives me absolutely bananas).

Anyway, I better go find something else to do to keep my mind off of houses (like actually sleeping, since it's 5:00 am.) Gotta get up for church in just a couple hours.

God bless you and keep you. Loves to all!