Almost there.

It's been a week. A week of definite craziness, little sleep, and emotion but it's almost over. The closing ended up being pushed back to Saturday afternoon. The house is empty....completely empty. It was a HUGE job. I had been working so hard for weeks to empty that house and had done a super great job. The furniture was a HUGE job. Needless to say, everything is moved to the Walkerton house. I have some of my clothes and things that I absolutely need moved into the Parker Street house. The Walkerton house is a disaster.......imagine two houses of furniture and double EVERYTHING. In a few weeks we are going to have contractors start working on the basement of that house so we had to keep everything upstairs......it's a wreck but it will just have to be that way for a while. When I bought my house I bought it with the understanding that I would use it as the Lord wanted me to and last night I was thinking of all the people that house has served and it was huge. I feel like I have done a great job of using what the Lord blessed me with to serve others.....now it's time to pass it on to someone new. After school tonight I'm going to get the final last things out because I've still been sleeping there....on the floor--yikes. And I will say my final goodbyes. It's the end of a great chapter of life but another great chapter is unfolding as well. I'm excited for that chapter to begin.

Moving right along!

We got a call yesterday that we will be closing on my house on Thursday!! Yikes! We had been waiting to move all the furniture until we knew a closing date....nothing like throwing us into a panic. Needless to say, we already have someone lined up and paid to come move all my stuff to the other house Wednesday night. I'm in my final days at my house............it's pretty sad.

Wedding/House Updates!

Another thing is officially checked off the never ending "To Do List"! :) :) I got all the save the date envelopes addressed and they go out in the mail today! They look sooo great--I'm so happy with them! We have also secured a place for the rehearsal dinner and hotel accommodations! We found a place to have the rehearsal dinner that was very affordable but nice. I have quickly learned with wedding planning that you just have to pick what you are going to focus on for the wedding otherwise it becomes out of control expensive. My dress fitting is tomorrow in Fort Wayne and then I think I'm in a pretty good situation with wedding stuff for a while, which is a great great feeling! Next up will be a tasting at the reception hall and ordering invitations once we know exactly what we will be serving in terms of food and ordering the favors/escort cards/table number cards. I'm in love with the website www.magnetstreetweddings.com Everything is so cute and not that expensive considering the fact that I don't have the time right now to make all this stuff.

I have pretty much everything moved out of the Warsaw house except for furniture. As soon as I know a closing date then I will have the furniture moved out. Last week/weekend I spent almost all my time moving stuff to the other house. It was quite a project but felt so good to have it done. I haven't even begun putting everything away at the other house. We are in the process of making plans to start some remodeling adventures at that house so that house will just be a mess for a while. As soon as we get the Warsaw house closed and me moved out we will probably have the contractors start on the Walkerton house starting with finishing the basement first. I'm so glad that we are accomplishing these major things now before it gets too close to our wedding because I want to enjoy this time as much as possible.

I'm really looking forward to this weekend because it's a three day weekend. Tonight I have another high school basketball game to attend--John Glenn vs. Bremen. Tomorrow mom and I will go to Fort Wayne for my fitting and I'm really looking forward to spending time with her! Tomorrow night we have a high school baseball fundraiser at John Glenn. (Supporting high school athletics is a big part of my life now considering who I'm marrying!). Sunday after church we're having lunch with my mom and Grandma in Rochester then have a birthday party in South Bend for Pat's Great Grandma who will be 99! Monday I plan to sleep in, work on grad school, organize stuff at the Walkerton house, and attend another high school bball game!

What a blessing!

Things just continue to fall right into place on my 'transition' time in life! It ends up that I'm going to live with two of my friends in Warsaw and better yet in the same neighborhood that I currently live in!! I'm sooooo grateful for how wonderfully things continue to fall into place!

A huge step.....but very bittersweet!

Wow how things can change fast! My house was on the market for 22 days and it sold today. I am blown away by the amount of showings that happened during that time...almost one a day starting the day that it was put on the market. I knew it would go fast but I didn't think it would happen this fast! I feel sooooo incredibly blessed and protected that in this economy that it sold. I got a different view of this economy by selling a house in it but I just have to remind myself that we now only have one mortgage and one house to worry about. The buyer would like to take possession quickly, which could mean as soon as two weeks. We should know a closing date in the next few days. I've been pretty emotional today to say the least. I'm so glad that it's sold but I'm so sad. I will always cherish the fact that I owned my own house on my own. I adored that house and my neighbors....it was such an incredible blessing. What is incredibly hard is that I still have 6 months before we get married. That means I'll be living with my parents and/or my sister. Regardless of what I decide it's going to be a LOT of driving. So starting tomorrow I'll start packing up the Warsaw house and start moving it up to the Walkerton house. We for sure have a lot to move....yikes! Once again things are moving quickly in the transition to our next chapter of life! 186 days to go!