It's Official, We're Homeowners!

Last night, we had the hardest time falling to sleep. Adam and I were like little kids waiting for Christmas morning to arrive! We could hardly contain ourselves, in fact both of our nerves were practically shot this morning! And it took all I had to actually get up and go to work. My administration cleared it for me to come in late to school, provided that I had coverage if I didn't get back in time for my first class to start. I chose to come in so it wouldn't feel like I hadn't achieved anything during my planning and would have to stay late this evening, too.

So around 8:45am, I left the high school and drove to meet the hubbs, where we proceeded to go to the lawyer's office. There, approximately 50-70 pieces of paper and the jist of what they contained were handed for us to sign and sign away we did! 45-50 minutes later the sellers handed us our keys! So it's official, we're homeowners, and praise God from whom all blessings flow!

We're Finally Closing on Our 1st House!

Tomorrow is it! After patiently waiting  for three weeks, we finally get to close on our house! This is very exciting for us because it'll be our first house! After accepting the job at BHS, we started considering our options as to whether or not we should continue to rent or actually buy a house. After praying about it, and crunching some numbers, we figured that we had paid nearly $16,000 in rent over the past two years. The amount we were paying in rent per month was cheap in comparison to the cost of buying a house out on the eastern side of the state. Now that we've moved, the cost of living in this area is much much cheaper, so we knew that we could buy a house and pay monthly cheaper than what we were paying in rent. It was just a better and smarter decision.

So, needless to say, we are beyond thrilled that the Lord has opened the doors for this to happen! We never thought this day would come and it is still somewhat surreal that it actually is. We prayed that if it's God's will for us to live there, to be an example of His light, and to grow in the community where we'll be living, then we'd love to be there! It's by no means our "dream" home or where we'd even like to live for the next 10+ years, but it's an amazing "starter" home, it's actually more than what we'd hope for! I can't wait to upload pictures and let you all get a glimpse into our little world!

I'm Back and with Good News!

I'm so sorry I haven't posted in nearly two months! You have every right to be upset with me, however I bring good news! I am absolutely head-over-heels in love with my new school, ahem, my alma mater! I LOVE teaching there! That's not to say that I haven't had any hiccups along the way, but I am thrilled beyond all measure at how things are going! BHS is such a breath of fresh air, I no longer dread going to work like I did at that "other school" (which shall remain nameless)! The camaraderie among the teachers is amazing and I love my department! And throughout this whole process, Adam has remained relentless is staying by my side, supporting, loving, and helping me along the way! (Let's be honest, half of everything that's been graded so far wouldn't have made it if it weren't for him)! I am blessed beyond words to have him!

Aannnndd, Adam and I have some wonderful news....(no not that kind).....we bought our first house! We are beyond thrilled with it! It's 2100 sq. ft for under $90,000! What a steal! We're waiting for the loan to get out of underwriting so we can hurry up and "close" on it. Our hope is to be in it withing a *week* if all goes accordingly! I promise to have pictures and will post all our renovation DIY shenanigans! In the meantime may all thanks and praise go to the One who makes all things possible!

We're Moving!!!

For the few of you that read this blog, I am sorry I haven't been an avid blogger lately. Two weekends ago I went on a girls' mini-vacay to Cape Charles with the Leverett girls (which I plan to blog about soon). Then last weekend Adam and I were busy helping our pastor and his family move. And the weeks/days in between have been spent packing here as well as visiting friends and going back to Bassett to take care of necessary paper work, getting into my new classroom, and checking out houses to buy!

YES, YES, YES you read that correctly! We're going to be buying our very first home! I am elated! We have been looking at several houses on the Internet, and I went with my parents and Hazel to view some when I was in town on Wednesday. Needless to say of the four I saw, three were a BIG disappointment--they were absolutely horrendous--and would need lots of renovations before you could even move in! There was however one that I absolutely loved! We're planning on going back in the next week so both Adam and myself can look and hopefully find one where we can place an offer. God has been so good to us and I am overjoyed with the work He is doing! In the meantime, most of my time is spent packing--the house is a wreck! We'll be keeping our stuff in storage until we find a house, and we'll be living with my parents for roughly a month or two until then, which will help us save some money! I'll be back to blog with an update soon, in the meantime pray the Lord has a house set aside for us!