Counting the days.......

Well we have bought a house!!! This is the actual photo not a just a picture of someone else's house somewhere else. The waiting is killing me. I have been inside this house enough that I have claimed it as my own. I would move in tomorrow. But we have to wait on petty details such as closing on our other house in Jackson, inspections, and such! So every day we are still in the apartment I think of reasons to never want to live in an apartment again. Here are just a few: hearing your neighbors toilet flush or clothes washing, if you come in after nine pm, there will not be a parking space close to where you live, too many folks in that tiny of a space is a recipe for disaster, etc. I have looked at the house we are buying, thinking of what I want to put where, what colors I want to paint what rooms, thinking of places I can hide where no one will think to look and so on! AND that God of ours is so funny! His timing was perfect and when a house that we liked about 3 months ago sold, He told me that He had something better. He was right, of course. Since we have moved to Nashville, I have learned a lot about trust. It was sort of forced on me but never the less, I have learned and have enjoyed seeing God work in the various areas of our life. God is still working and I claim Jeremiah 29:11 daily, knowing that He has plans for me and my family.

The kids are ecstatic as you can probably imagine. Claire cried because we can't move right now! When I told her in would probably be about another month, the meltdown started. Jacob is planning a sleepover all ready. Jeff is, well in typical Jeff fashion is in banker mode and just trying to get all the paperwork done and submitted. And I in my typical Merri fashion is foreseeing all the friends we can entertain and all the rooms we can paint! I am already deciding where each Christmas tree can go. I am so glad Jeff is the grounded member of this team. Someone needs to be for sure. He keeps us all on track when at times I tend to derail!

Pray that all goes well from here. As more things get finalized I will try to post more pictures. And we get moved in, you are all invited over!! (All two of you that read this blog