What have we done??!!

Alan and I have done the craziest thing that we have ever done and we both feel good about it. Maybe that’s the crazy part.

Alan and I were talking Monday night after tucking the kids into bed. There is never a lack of conversation lately with so many decisions to make. Alan had email open and the subject of looking for a house in WA came up. He clicked on a link that brought up a home our real estate agent had sent us on our virtual house hunt. I told him that I loved the house and the way that it looked but that there is just not enough of a backyard to even own a lawn mower! He continued to scroll down and we saw a list of houses for sale in close proximity. I saw one that I hadn’t seen before, and it was in our price range. I had him click on it.

That was the end. From the moment we saw it we knew this was our house. We read all the stats, looked at all the pictures, and we were sold. We immediately called our realtor. After telling her that we found our house, she said that she had emailed it to us. But somehow it never came, we had never seen it before. She called the agent for the house and found out that he was gathering all the offers tonight and presenting them to the bank at 10 a.m. the next morning. So far there were 5 other offers, so ours would make 6. The bank wants to close quickly and said that they would take the best offer. We sent her over to look at the house and to take pictures. We got an audio tour as she and her husband were describing it over the phone. We decided to put our bid in with the others. Both Alan and I were sold on this house, and we felt like there was a divine guidance involved. We both felt really good about this decision. We stayed up until 5:00a.m. filling out paperwork and writing up the offer.

The best thing about this house is that it meets all of our "needs," and all of our "gee, that would be nice," and even most of our "WOW, that would be great" characteristics. In fact, the only thing it doesn’t have is skylights. And heck, I can live without skylights, especially in this house! Another thing we really like about this house is that both the Elementary School and Jr. High School is 2 houses away. I will have my kids within arms reach for another 5 years (for Hannah) to 10 years (for Joseph, Eden, Miriam)!! That makes me very happy!

The next morning we still felt good about our decision. We are suppose to hear by Friday whether or not we got it.