Friend in Need

My friend Dena just left the area, she moved to Nevada with her family.  On the way, she stopped in her hometown in California to let her mom dog sit for her.  With husband and kids it would be difficult to find a house to live in etc so it made sense to leave him [...]

Surprise Renovations

Yesterday, my husband and I were tired of waiting around for a woman who had wanted to come see our house.  She totally flaked.  So since we were killing time I told my husband my friend Lorena’s husband was out of town and they had a lot of home improvement projects that weren’t completed.  He’s [...]

Another offer…and a contract!

OK, so more of this real estate saga….
While we were gone on our trip our neighbors showed our house to a woman that saw our ad in the paper.  She told our neighbor that she’d like to come back with her husband the following Saturday or Sunday.  We came home early (Friday) and called her [...]

Truck Trouble

So our trip was very fun, we got a lot done, but it started off very very badly.
First of all – it turned out to be the hottest day of the year when we left home.  And the A/C on the truck didn’t work.  So we were BURNING.  That’s ok, we would manage…  But about [...]

Job Interview in Wyoming

My husband had an interview in Wyoming while we were there.  It was really a nice coincidence that the interviews were scheduled at the same time as our planned visit.  It was a great position with a State Agency and a lot of his military experience is in the same field. 
This is his first interview [...]

Housing in Wyoming

OK, so the house search did incorporate some crying.  I was emotional – mainly because we have 2 dogs and it was sooooo hard to find a place that was willing to accept pets. 
On our first day in Laramie we went to church and met up with some friends and they had….a RENTAL HOUSE that [...]

I’m Back!

Went to Wyoming, secured housing, husband had job interview, came home early.  Still tired.
Love,
Me

Daily Bread

I just read my entry “How I Became Striking” and had to be reminded that I need to let go of things I can’t control.  I’m handing it over – I’m giving the stress and the drama to God.  Let’s pray.
Dear Heavenly Father,
Lord, I ask that you take away my anger, my disappointment, my sadness [...]

Not to be….

Our house offer went south – and it was so unexpected and so…..sad.
The couple that made the offer on our house asked a trusted family friend to come and inspect the house.  He came and it was apparent from the beginning that he was on a mission to discredit us.  He really had no idea [...]

Anniversary

Soooooo…….we both forgot our anniversary.  June 10th, 13 years ago, we got married for $100.  We were young, in love, and totally clueless.  We had 3 friends there and we had a barbecue!  I was 20 years old and there was no question in my mind that this was good.  We were getting married and [...]