His Ways are Better

We got a call from our realtor this morning saying the buyer's loan was declined. As you know we were originally going to close on the 15th and the closing kept getting pushed back. We had a feeling this wasn't going to turn out good. I told EJ last night that I didn't have a good feeling and it was a little upsetting because at this point our house has been 'off the market' while pending for two months now and we only have one month left for buyers to take advantage of the $8K tax credit but we are trusting God's plan for our lives.

I started to walk around the house this morning to re-stage it with the remaining furniture that has not been already put in storage. I got a little frustrated when I realized all of the pictures that were on the walls where the empty nail holes are now packed up in storage somewhere....the legs to the small breakfast table are somewhere in storage...the dining room chairs are in storage...the books that go in the bookshelf are in storage, etc, etc. I had to sit down and say a little prayer. Please pray that I don't get frustrated during this process but that I would allow this to be a time of trusting His plan and growing closer to Him.

Luckily we had a good realtor who advised us not to sign a lease on the apartment until closing was final so we weren't stuck with a lease and mortgage. We were holding the apartment with a deposit and told them what we were waiting on. I called them today and they were super understanding and gave us our deposit back.

On a lighter note, we drove by our new house yesterday and the foundation is laid and they have started on the plumbing. I can't believe that a little over 3 months from now we will be in our new home! I can't wait! I went to a friend's house yesterday who just moved in to their new house last month and I was telling her looking at her house and the little details they had chosen were so similar to our choices and it excited me to see because I feel like that is very similar to what our house will look like when finished! Everything from the paint color on the wall to the oil rubbed bronze levers on the doors to the color of granite to the iron spindles on the staircase...eeeeeee!!! I can't wait!