So we're leaving in three weeks! We're saying goodbye, not just to my over-priced City, but to my entire "living in an unreal housing bubble" State. We're taking these city kids and moving out to the country....
my old home state of West Virginia! (everyone who has known me from high school can properly faint at this moment!)
Things are moving along. We bought a mini-van. No more bus!
We got pre-approved for a mortgage. No more renting!
Soon, God willing, we will buy our very first house. (My first pick fell through this past week but there are other fish in the sea.) Maybe you have to know us personally to get the wonder at the amazing power of God--but trust me it's awesome. We are two poor, clueless Carmelites. Financial savvy did not get us into our first home. Jesus did!
(God LOVES the poor.)
St. Joseph, patron of families, pray for us!
13 comments:
Good luck! I'm sure you'll miss living in the city, but I also know you'll adjust well to living elsewhere.
PS - that picture is adorable!
My goodness, what a series of events! I pray you find a wonderful home and that everyone adjusts well to the move! I also hope your husband isn't going to have a long commute...
Beautiful pictures, thanks for sharing them!
Wow, what an adventure! I would imagine life will be much more affordable in W Va!
Good lick with the big move!
Carla
www.bringinghenryhome.blogspot.com
Of course I meant "luck" - have not quite gotten used to the iPad yet...
Carla
While I'm sure there are things you'll miss about the city there will certainly be some wonderful advantages to country life (a garden, a clothesline, a yard to play in). Lousy that you had to do this due to an eviction, but sometimes it takes something like that to give us the message that it's time for a move. Of course, I do think it's horrible that anyone would try to dictate how many kids you could have...
Good luck and have fun with your new adventure. My daughter and her husband are working on the process of moving into a house too after 3 years of renting. It seems to be fraught with all sorts of complications, but I think ultimately they're going to love it I hope you do too.
Wow. Prayers for you all during this transition!
How exciting; prayers for this new transition!
Oh, wow, what crazy/exciting news! I will be praying hard for you guys!
Jen F (I can't log in to post under my normal account) :)
Saying a prayer for you and your family during this transition -- nothing like a baby to get things moving! Within weeks of our Monkey1's birth, our landlord put the house up for sale, and the grant paying my husband's salary was not renewed, so we moved... 300 miles... to live with my in-laws for six months. Certainly makes for good stories now, though it was tough at the time. St. Joseph, who moved the Holy Family many times and many miles, please watch over Abby's family!
Oh what a story! I was getting edgy reading it and was relieved by the happy ending. :) Best of luck in your new home. We had an opportunity to move to southern WV a few years back and declined, in part because there were nearly no Catholics in the county. I'm not strong enough, I worried, to be isolated like that. I do still dream about the lovely farmhouse we picked out. WV is beautiful, at least what I have seen.
Wow what a testimony of faith! You are my hero!
I can't believe you got evicted for having too many kids! Was it Mother Teresa who said that's like having too many flowers? You have a beautiful family and I know you will continue to be blessed as you move to your new home. I love reading your blog and look forward to reading about your new adventures!
Wow! Good for you! We were in a similar situation recently (and heck, we're still poor and have only one child so far). It's unbelievable that in the wealthiest country in the world you're "not allowed" to have more than two people per room when elsewhere in the world people are considered lucky to house parents in one room and kids in another. Blessings on you all as you transition.
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