Idaho

Well, the last post I did was a huge complaint about Idaho. We prayed we would be denied because of medical, but unfortunately, that did not happen. So we have come to terms with it. I'm slowly finding some excitement, but whenever anyone asks where we're going, I cannot happily say Idaho, and my disappointment shows through. And it doesn't happen that people are like "Oh..." and you read their face, as their brain tries to find a map and figure out/remember where Idaho is from 5th gr geography. "There's a base in Idaho??" they all ask.

We have settled on buying a home, so we are going through the process of looking at homes with a realtor via skype. FYI-This is a bad idea if you get motion sickness from video games, because it's pretty much the same. With that said, the options are very limiting. We found 15 houses that meet are minimum criteria. 9 of which are modern cookie cutter homes that look completely alike, and we can guess what they look like before we even click on them. That's not us. Of the other 6, one is pending and one never got back to our realtor, so we looked at the other 4. Two were absolutely not. One had a detached garage, with laundry out there and the 4th bedroom out there. The other had 2 kitchens, and the main one was small, the other we'd probably want to tear out, but it just wasn't us.

Of the other two, we can't decide. One was built in 1930's and has beautiful curb appeal and lots of cute character, 2 car garage, plus a shop. It's got 2 attic bedrooms, plus a basement. However it's on the major road in the city and only had one toilet. (As major as you can get in a town of 14,000) The other has awful curb appeal and no garage, but the inside is pretty good. There's a foyer, living room and den, but the kitchen is very small. Neither are perfect, and need some work, which we're truthfully looking forward to. We're trying to be humble in our decisions, and realize what do we truly really NEED and what has good resell ability, but when you're buying, that's sort of hard.  We're praying for discernment, so please join us in prayer.

This is the one with beautiful curb appeal.

The thought and prospect of buying has us excited and is keeping us busy. Also, we realized movers could come in about 45 days, so we've been super busy cleaning out, selling stuff, getting rid of stuff, etc. I think just the keeping moving and rolling along has helped keep us away from the negative thoughts about ID. It's when I have time to sit and think about the negative that I get depressed about it. I won't say we're going to love it (As sooooo many people seem to think I will), but we'll make the best of it and love being together as a family.