News alert

Well.

Big change of plans: we aren't going to get the house. The numbers came back on what our payments would be on the new place. Both these numbers and the numbers on our current house were higher than what we had been expecting based on what we'd been told. We knew doing the two properties was going to be a stretch, and we were prepared for that, but not that much of a stretch. So, when I got home from doing Super Suppers (I love that place!) on Thursday night, Jon told me we aren't going to get the house. I really respect and admire Jon's wisdom and good sense in matters like these. I also really was glad that he was willing to be the one to tell our realtor (I have a real guilt complex and hate having other people mad at/disappointed in me)! :)

Of course, I am disappointed. Having three bedrooms was going to be so wonderful! I was so excited about decorating Lucy's room and about having her in a separate room during the night, as I know I sleep better that way. I was excited about getting to decorate a whole new house. I knew Nate would love having a staircase. But I am also relieved. I was nervous about committing to spending so much more per month on housing. We made a leap of faith when we first bought our current house several years ago, and God really did provide for us. We were trusting that He would provide in this circumstance, too, but we also realized that he gave us common sense and financial wisdom for a reason: we are still supposed to make intelligent decisions as we are stewards of the money He gives us. This would have been more than we could afford, no matter how you look at it.

Thinking we were going to move inspired me into a spring cleaning of sorts; I had already started "purging" on Thursday as kind of a pre-packing thing, gathering about 20 books to give away or throw away (and those were just my own books--Jon has more than I do, but I'll let him choose which ones not to keep). So I am going to keep up the cleaning/organizing/purging, and I may even paint one of our rooms a new color or something to get excited again about living in our cozy, lovely, happy house for a while longer (we don't know how long).