Packin' Up and Movin' Out

Saturday we had a showing on our house and much to our surprise, they put an offer in on Monday morning. We countered back and forth all week and last night they accepted our offer!! God is soo good! Our house has been on the market 2 weeks yesterday...in this market it seems unbelievable that our house would sell at all but in 2 weeks...craziness! God is so good!!!! We close on ~Feb. 15th so I was packing this morning and with everything I packed I would stand in amazement at His goodness. I cannot comprehend his goodness especially in my life. When I think of His goodness I am so convicted, because I know my life isn't what it should be. I know He is not always center of my life and numero uno in our marriage, but yet He continues to bless us. My prayer is that I will be able to sing His praises and stand in amazement at His goodness when things don't seem to be going as well as they are right now. Wow! God is so good!
We are moving into an apartment after closing until our house is built, which will be sometime late May or early June. We picked out all of the design features Tuesday night. It went unbelievably smooth. We seemed to agree on every detail from stone and brick choices on the exterior to cabinet and flooring color on the interior. We were in and out in about 2.5-3 hours...and if you know us that seems unrealistic. It takes us longer some evenings to decide what we want to eat for dinner! We go back on Thursday to make sure that we still like our selections and then they will start building the house the following week.

God is so good! God is so good! God is so good! He's so good to us!
He cares for us! He cares for us! He cares for us! He's so good to us!

Keep Going and Someone Will Assist You

Sorry for the delay in game day posts. We have been a little preoccupied the past few days.
Once we finally reached our tunnel, our seats weren't on any of the signs so we asked the usher and she said go down and someone will assist you. We went down a ways and asked the next usher because all of the rows were numbered and our seats were letter G. He said go all the way to the bottom and someone will assist you. I looked and EJ and got that cute little 'proud look' and we continued on down to our seats five rows from the bottom. When we bought the tickets I told EJ I wanted good seats since we were going all the way to CA for the game, but neither one of us expected that our seats were that close.
It was so much fun watching EJ watch the game. At the end of the first quarter when they switched sides and came right down to the 5 yard line in front of us, EJ turned to me and said, "They're coming right here...right in front of us!!" Then cheesed a big ol' cheese. He was in his own little world and it was so cute!!
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God Is Good

all the time, and all the time God is good. I just needed a little reminder today of how good God is and that no matter what trials I may face on earth, I am guaranteed that this is not my home and that one day these trials won't matter. All that will matter is if God was glorified.

In my life, Lord, be glorified, be glorified. In my life, Lord, be glorified today!

The Roll Tide Pardon

Starting at the Nashville airport on Thursday morning at 4 am, we began seeing Alabama fans on their way to the game. Of course, everyone was decked out in their crimson attire so it was easy to recognize the fans. Every time we passed someone in crimson either EJ or the passerby would say, "Roll Tide" to which the other would reply, "Roll Tide". I understand that for Alabama fans this phrase brings about a certain pride and excitement but for a Tennessee fan I was indifferent even on this special occasion. I know people thought I was a snotty little toot for not replying with my own "Roll Tide" but if they only knew the whole story I think they would have appreciated the fact that I was wearing crimson at all.

Anyway, as we continued on our journey we had a connecting flight in Cincinnati where we met up with more Alabama fans and this is where I started noticing the power of the phrase "Roll Tide". As you may know, maneuvering on a plane can be a little difficult at times. On my way to the bathroom, I accidentally brushed the arm of another passenger...I, like most normal people said, "Oh I'm sorry." To which he replied, "Roll Tide". It was at this point that I began thinking to myself...something just doesn't make sense with that little phrase.

We continued on through LAX and shuttled to our hotel where we were greeted by a multitude of Alabama fans all saying...that's right, you guessed it..."Roll Tide". EJ asked me if I was going to reach the point where I could reply with a hearty " Roll Tide" and I said I don't think so but I will cheer for them when I get to the game.

We continued to the game and since there were 50,000 Alabama fans all in a mile radius the "Roll Tide" subsided somewhat. Once we got in the stadium it was like mass chaos trying to get to your tunnel and as you can imagine there was a lot of brushing up against people and you would inevitably hear something like, "Sorry dude. Roll Tide!" With the reply of "That's alright. Roll Tide!" Well as you can also imagine there were a handful of idiots running against the flow of traffic. One particular idiot nearly ran me over, looked at my shirt, then said "Roll Tide!!" If we weren't being herded the other way, I would have grabbed him by the shirt and asked for a real apology. Now again, let me say I understand the sense of pride that comes with that phrase and I also understand how I would have been easily mistaken for a Bama fan on that particular day...I mean, that is, if you didn't see my orange bracelet that said LIVE ORANGE, but I do not understand why Alabama fans think that little phrase is the pardon for all sin.

I'm interested to see just how far that little phrase will take you and you can be sure that if I am ever at fault in a fender bender with an Alabama fan, I will try the pardon for everything and holler out a hearty Roll Tide.

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Stay Tuned

We had a great time at the game and have lots of stories. We are currently at the airport and EXHAUSTED! Stay tuned for great posts including 'The Roll Tide Pardon', 'Beer Sneeze', 'Keep Going to G', and 'EJ's Texan Que
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Anybody in the market...

for a new house? EJ and I put our house on the market last week. I know...it seems sudden right? My dad informed me when he found out that buying a house is not the same as buying a pair of shoes. We are well aware of this and though it seems sudden we have been considering moving for quite a few months.
We decided about a year ago that our house was quickly getting smaller. With two dogs in the house they tend to kind of take over the whole house. And we don't have a garage currently and we are slowly but surely accumulating more stuff that needs storage and our attic has reached capacity.
We have been looking at this neighborhood for about a year, but they didn't have a floorplan that made sense for us until recently. We wanted a house we could grow into so we wouldn't be looking for more room 5-10 years from now. The neighborhood knew what we were looking for because we had been in contact with them for the past few months. They called us in early December and told us they had a new floorplan and asked if we would be interested in coming by to look at it, so we went by there and EJ found a lot that he really wanted, so we signed a contract. We are getting to build it from nothing picking out everything from paint colors to cabinets to countertops to floors, which is exciting!
They will start building as soon as we pick out all of our design features and hopefully we will be in by the first of June. So we have six months to sell our house and the tax credit for first time homebuyers is in our favor!
I will be sure to post pictures as the building process takes place. There will be plenty of room for visitors in the new house so please come on by and see us. :)

My Own Personal Form of Heroine

If you have seen the Tw*light movie you heard Edward describe Bella as his own personal form of heroine. Well, I have found that I have my own brand as well. I am addicted to seeing a smile on my husband's face. I go to GREAT lengths to see the little "proud look" (as I call it) on his face.
This weekend we bought tickets to the BCS National Championship in Pasadena to watch Alabama play Texas on January 7. If you know me at all, you know that I am a bit of a "tight wad" as some would call it...I prefer to call myself frugal or thrifty and sensible when it comes to finances, but I also know that I have to remember we only get to live once. This is one of those once in a lifetime opportunities for us that I would regret for years if we didn't go.
We are flying out early the morning of the game and then flying back early the next morning...craziness! When Alabama beat Florida, he started looking for tickets just for kicks but he couldn't shake it and I caved. I love mentioning that we are going just so I can see his face light up like a little kid in a candy store. I am not sure how we will top this and what I will do next to get my fix...maybe Alabama will win and I can just mention "that time we saw Alabama win the national championship" and he will get that cute little look on his face that I crave so much.
If you know me at all, you also know that I am a big Tennessee fan so cheering for Alabama will not be easy but I will be cheering for the Crimson Tide and I will be wearing crimson (per the request of EJ). I will probably have to wear orange socks or something just to keep a little dignity.
I will post pictures when we return but you can't use the pictures of me in crimson for blackmail!!!