This and That

It's hard to believe that July 1 is right around the corner. Where has the first half of the year gone? Daniel and I went to FL a couple weeks ago to look for a house. I have to be honest, I was not jazzed about it. I had looked at several houses online sent to us by our realtor and from I was seeing, nothing was really tickling my fancy. Real Estate in FL is WAY more expensive than in Texas and you get a lot less house, so these two things combined didn't make me feel warm and fuzzy. But on the flip side, we knew that we had to give it a good ol' college try to find a house to move into as we need something to move into when we arrive in Jacksonville. So, we spent 2 days looking at houses, in total we probably looked at 15 or so houses. Low and behold, we found a house that we both LOVE. It is more than I wanted to spend, but back to my previous sentence, real estate is super expensive in Florida. The house only has a neighbor on one side and the other three sides are a nature preserve, which means it will never get built up. The yard is gorgegous and big. It has an inground pool, so I know that we will score points with Olivia. We were able to get an accepted contract on it before we left Florida and are scheduled to close on July 20.

So now that we know we have a house, we are scheduled to move from Texas on July 11. We will be staying in an extened stay hotel for 10 days or so while there is a lag in the time we arrive in FL and when we close on the house. I am not sure how that is going to work with 2 kids, 2 dogs, a husband who has to work and a brand new city for my sanity, but I just have to keep telling myself it is a short time frame. I am excited to get moved into our house as Olivia will be starting school on August 20. I will definitely post more as we get into the house and as the transition to living in a new city goes.

Please say a little prayer if you are the praying type that Tropical Storm Debby does no damage to the house we are purchasing and that no other named storms develop out in the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic Ocean. If there are named storms in either area, it could effect our closing dates in Texas and Florida.

Until next time.....

Our Time in Texas is Drawing to a Close

Let's see, what is new? We listed our house what will be 3 weeks ago Sunday and had a full price offer on Monday. Ah-mazing!!! It is such a blessing, we couldn't have asked for anything better. We have had all our inspections, apprasials, etc. done and negotiated and are just waiting to close. Daniel and I are headed to FL next week to look and hopefully buy a house, although by the looks of the real estate options we have seen, I am not holding my breath. Daniel has to start his new job July 16, we our plan is to move to FL the weekend of July 7/8. Hard to believe we have less than a month in Texas.

On another note, I had my 20 week U/S this past Monday. Although everyone, including myself wholeheartedly believe this little peanut was a boy, we were surprised to find out we are expecting another GIRL!! That will be 3 girls, Lord help us. Daniel will be severly outnumbered. I know what you are all thinking, will they give it another go to hopefully get a boy? Answer-NO, not just no, HELL NO. We are done, done, done after this baby. I guess this is God's way of telling us we are doing an okay job at raising girls. I am sure HE is up there snickering just a little bit knowing what we are in for during the teenage years.

I'll post after our trip to FL and let you know how our real estate venture went.