I'm thinking about furniture ALL the time now. I have none (besides my bed and a dresser and a huge white chair)...and with a new home I'll have some space to put some furniture. I found a sofa I LOVE on the World Market website. It is a little expensive...but modern and functional (sofa and bed) and a neutral pattern.
What do you think?
I'm thinking of putting some orange accents, like this chair.
Lord, help me so I don't go overboard.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Headed in the Right Direction
If you are tired of reading about my house woes...too bad.
My offer was basically accepted they only countered with some date changes. Praise the Lord. I have an inspection scheduled for next Monday and the closing date should be November 13. I am SO excited. Another plus is that we are able to work everything around my work trips. I feel so blessed that God has orchestrated everything the way He has.
More to come I'm sure (so just deal with it)...just thought you'd like to know this piece.
My offer was basically accepted they only countered with some date changes. Praise the Lord. I have an inspection scheduled for next Monday and the closing date should be November 13. I am SO excited. Another plus is that we are able to work everything around my work trips. I feel so blessed that God has orchestrated everything the way He has.
More to come I'm sure (so just deal with it)...just thought you'd like to know this piece.
Monday, October 12, 2009
The Wait
I found a townhouse I really, really like (I've only been there once so love seems like too strong of a word). I hesitate to even post about this, just in case my desire to have this house is not aligned with God's will (and I have to re-post about not getting it)...but you've been with me throughout this process and I feel like you need to know. The place is awesome, the wait after putting in the offer is horrible. Ironic, considering I waited patiently for TWO months to hear anything substantial on the short sale place. And here I am completely on edge just an hour and a half after submitting my offer for this place. I guess I used up all my patience on the last offer and now I just want this one to come through all nice and pretty.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Christian Cafe
I know people are usually all taboo about on-line dating sites and sometimes I am too. Not tonight, tonight I share...every so often when I feel like life is good (so why not find someone to share it with) I get on ChristianCafe.com and it usually coincides with some free time promo they just sent me (I'm pretty sure I'll never pay for ChristianCafe). So I use the free time sent to me, which is good because nothing ever comes out of being on there except emails from super old guys or guys who don't know how to use any punctuation and spell every other word wrong. I'd sort of like to meet someone who uses to and too properly (not that I'm all that great at that kind of stuff myself which is why meeting someone worse off then me...not so thrilling).
I'm on a free trial again. I think part of the issue with ChristainCafe is that we have not all figured out how we are going to use it. For instance I look at a guy's profile (which he knows cause you can go check out who viewed you) and then he looks at mine (which I know for the same reason) and then the next day he looks at it again and the next day yet again...does this mean he's waiting for me to write him (or just keeps forgetting he already looked at mine). I'm not into pursuing the guy so I really want them to step it up and put themselves out there and send me a message (none of that wink stuff or IMs...cause they don't let you see who wants to IM with you until you except the request). But then I just end up feeling guilty because I don't want to respond to the ones who actually do send me a message...I know, I'm awful.
Another interesting part of my free time on the site is the number of guys that have been on the site since I first tried it 2 yeas ago. I guess I'm not the only one who hasn't found my love on-line.
I'm on a free trial again. I think part of the issue with ChristainCafe is that we have not all figured out how we are going to use it. For instance I look at a guy's profile (which he knows cause you can go check out who viewed you) and then he looks at mine (which I know for the same reason) and then the next day he looks at it again and the next day yet again...does this mean he's waiting for me to write him (or just keeps forgetting he already looked at mine). I'm not into pursuing the guy so I really want them to step it up and put themselves out there and send me a message (none of that wink stuff or IMs...cause they don't let you see who wants to IM with you until you except the request). But then I just end up feeling guilty because I don't want to respond to the ones who actually do send me a message...I know, I'm awful.
Another interesting part of my free time on the site is the number of guys that have been on the site since I first tried it 2 yeas ago. I guess I'm not the only one who hasn't found my love on-line.
Be An Advocate
Advocate: a person who speaks or writes in support or defence of a a person or cause, a person who pleads for or on behalf of another, a person who pleads the cause of another...
There are times where we have to stand up for something and advocate for it (or against in some cases). For me that has been by being an advocate for Compassion International.
This past weekend Compassion hosted a conference for advocates and 400 of the 2500 advocates for Compassion were there. It was an amazing time of worship, building relationships, getting equipped for the task before us (advocating on behalf of children in poverty) and food. Okay, I know the food one is very superficial but I can tell you it was some pretty amazing food and I ate way too much of it.
The conference wore me out and lit me on fire. It was intense emotionally and jam packed with break out sessions and large group sessions and eating...I needed to take a nap when it was over. I left the conference not just spent but excited. I was thinking about all the ways I can try to raise money and get sponsors for Compassion. Stay tuned...
I got to thinking about how advocacy brings people together. There were several people who had been on my Tanzania trip at the conference so it was a little reunion but I also bonded so quickly with people I had never met before. Advocacy did that. Standing up for something we believe in and against poverty has done that.
Let me also tell you that Compassion has some amazing advocates who inspired me this weekend. If you don't want to be an advocate for Compassion, choose something else but being an advocate helps give some purpose to life (so choose something that will make a difference and see how God can use you).
If you do want to be an advocate for Compassion...let me know.
There are times where we have to stand up for something and advocate for it (or against in some cases). For me that has been by being an advocate for Compassion International.
This past weekend Compassion hosted a conference for advocates and 400 of the 2500 advocates for Compassion were there. It was an amazing time of worship, building relationships, getting equipped for the task before us (advocating on behalf of children in poverty) and food. Okay, I know the food one is very superficial but I can tell you it was some pretty amazing food and I ate way too much of it.
The conference wore me out and lit me on fire. It was intense emotionally and jam packed with break out sessions and large group sessions and eating...I needed to take a nap when it was over. I left the conference not just spent but excited. I was thinking about all the ways I can try to raise money and get sponsors for Compassion. Stay tuned...
I got to thinking about how advocacy brings people together. There were several people who had been on my Tanzania trip at the conference so it was a little reunion but I also bonded so quickly with people I had never met before. Advocacy did that. Standing up for something we believe in and against poverty has done that.
Let me also tell you that Compassion has some amazing advocates who inspired me this weekend. If you don't want to be an advocate for Compassion, choose something else but being an advocate helps give some purpose to life (so choose something that will make a difference and see how God can use you).
If you do want to be an advocate for Compassion...let me know.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Be Content
To spite some unfavorable news regarding my house offer...I am content. From the start my prayer has been that God will either make this home mine or make me okay if it is not mine. It's looking like it won't be mine and I'm okay.
I knew going into this whole thing that a short sale was risky. I did however believe the seller's realtor when he told me he knew some things we didn't that would make this move quickly and smoothly...my bad. It has been over a month since a made my 'clean' offer (no closing costs requested, no other requests and I offered more than the listing price...yes, I really wanted this place). I followed up last week. My realtor is out of the country so I followed up with her boss. He called me back a couple days later and let me listen to a voice mail from the seller's realtor. Basically the voice mail told me that things were not looking good. He said that one of the banks (two loans are involved) is making requests that the seller is unable to submit to. I have no idea what that means but I'm guessing it means they are losing more money than they want to and they are trying to get some additional money from the sellers. There is a reason they have to sell their place as a short sale but the bank seems confused by that.
I envision that they will now pull the house off the market and move to foreclosure...probably selling for less money than they would have received if they'd accepted my offer. Got to love good business practices.
So, I'm slightly frustrated, but I think it's more about not getting to know the specifics of why the whole transaction is falling apart and the stress of having to make a new decision.
Do I hurry up and find another place (not a short sale this time) and make an offer to ensure that we can close before the December 1 deadline (a friend says she's heard the deadline may get extended which could help me)? Do I skip the whole thing and stay where I am? The more I think about buying the more concerned I am that the whole thing will make me more materialistic than I already want to be (I'll suddenly have a need and more space for things, all sorts of things).
I'm also back to the decisions of house or town home/condo and what area of town. I just don't feel like going through it all again...plus I really am content with God saying 'no' to this one.
I knew going into this whole thing that a short sale was risky. I did however believe the seller's realtor when he told me he knew some things we didn't that would make this move quickly and smoothly...my bad. It has been over a month since a made my 'clean' offer (no closing costs requested, no other requests and I offered more than the listing price...yes, I really wanted this place). I followed up last week. My realtor is out of the country so I followed up with her boss. He called me back a couple days later and let me listen to a voice mail from the seller's realtor. Basically the voice mail told me that things were not looking good. He said that one of the banks (two loans are involved) is making requests that the seller is unable to submit to. I have no idea what that means but I'm guessing it means they are losing more money than they want to and they are trying to get some additional money from the sellers. There is a reason they have to sell their place as a short sale but the bank seems confused by that.
I envision that they will now pull the house off the market and move to foreclosure...probably selling for less money than they would have received if they'd accepted my offer. Got to love good business practices.
So, I'm slightly frustrated, but I think it's more about not getting to know the specifics of why the whole transaction is falling apart and the stress of having to make a new decision.
Do I hurry up and find another place (not a short sale this time) and make an offer to ensure that we can close before the December 1 deadline (a friend says she's heard the deadline may get extended which could help me)? Do I skip the whole thing and stay where I am? The more I think about buying the more concerned I am that the whole thing will make me more materialistic than I already want to be (I'll suddenly have a need and more space for things, all sorts of things).
I'm also back to the decisions of house or town home/condo and what area of town. I just don't feel like going through it all again...plus I really am content with God saying 'no' to this one.
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