Happy Late 4th!

Hope everyone's 4th of July was wonderful! We spent our's at Lake Blackshear with the family. We didn't get to watch much of the fireworks this year...both of our dogs were in RARE form - Mosbey was BARKING at the fireworks - so we left Eddie's family out on the dock, took the two babies inside, and watched the fireworks on NBC. We were exhausted anyway!

I may have GOOD NEWS on the house-hunting ventures very soon. I don't want to jinx our chances like I did last time so I'll wait and post pictures and all until we know for sure. But I'm hoping that this one is for sure! If it is "the one" we'll have to wait 30 days to close on it because it currently has renters in it. I guess that will give us time to get married, honeymoon, and pack before having to move. A blessing in disguise!

11 days left until D-Day. I go from being VERY nervous to not being nervous at all. I'm sure the day of will prove to be a roller-coaster.

I've been busy today packing up the house to move. I'm not even half-way packed and I'm already worn out from it! Then we have EDDIE's house to pack, too! Good thing we have some time between now and when our house will close!

I'll update more when there's something more exciting going on. Everything is pretty much the same here these days! Can't wait to see everyone at the wedding!!!

Picture at right is from the Recipe and Spice Shower in Alpharetta. I'm with Lindsey and Grandmommie!

A Little Lunch with My Favorite Bunch...

I was SO excited to be able to eat lunch with some of my favorite ladies today. I went to Applebee's and met Rhonda, Sally, Dianne, Susan, Shelley, and Shelley's mother-in-law Diane. We had the BEST time. I had forgotten how much fun I have with those ladies. The people at Applebee's probably thought we were crazy - we spent two LOUD hours there!!!

In other news, no word yet about the house...although Eddie only updates when I ask specifically about it and I haven't today so I'm not sure what the update is. I haven't "mentally moved in" to this house yet but I have made a list of the things that might need to be done to make it cute. There are LOTS of things...hopefully, since it's a foreclosure, we'll save some money and have something left over to spend on some upgrades. I'm not posting pictures until I'm SURE we have it though...I think that's what caused our bad luck last time.

It's been a busy week and will continue to be busy all the way up until...well...I'm not sure when it will EVER slow down! Mom, Debbie Cohen, and I decided on food this week. We're meeting with Cynthia Harrison next Thursday to tell her what we want. My favorites: crab cake station and a mashed potato bar!!! I'm THRILLED with what we chose. Debbie had LOTS of great ideas for food. I'm so glad Mom thought to include her!

Next week we're going to order cups and napkins from Montgomery and we have to go to Gin Creek to decide on how to decorate everything. We're going to stop by and pick up our engagement pictures from Carrie while we're down in Moultrie. I'm SO excited to see them!

This weekend I'll be in Atlanta for Father's Day, next weekend we're having the girls' trip to the beach, the weekend after that we're BACK in Atlanta for Grandmommie's shower, and then the 4th of July is the next weekend. Time is flying by!

What a fun day! Now if only I could get a little more house packing done...

It'll be ok

So I'm okay about the house. That isn't to say that I don't want it, or I wouldn't JUMP at the chance to live there...but I'm okay. I've done a lot of praying since finding out we weren't getting it. I've wrestled with being angry with God about it. This isn't the first house we've lost from someone else making an offer after we'd made one...it's the second (and a half if you count the house that we'd decided to make an offer on but hadn't and then suddenly it was under contract, too). I know that life works this way and that other people have to have a place to live as well. I feel like God is telling me that I'm not being patient and letting Him do it in His timing. And I'm not. I just wish that His timing would happen soon! :)

There is another house that we liked the same day we found "the" house. I liked it just fine before I saw that one. So I was a big girl and called Eddie yesterday morning and said I'd like to look at it again. If I can go in and do a few things to it I can make it work for us. It won't be the same, though.

Whatever we do, I really and truly do want it to be with God's timing. This is something that I've always struggle with but when I look back I know that it always does work out. Things happen when you're not trying to force them to...that's how I met Eddie!

On a different note, Stacey and I went to dinner last night at the Thai restaurant and we had a great time. I always enjoy getting together with her, even though it's not very often these days. She's been working out (it looks like she's been working her fanny off...she looks GREAT!) and I have "hired" her to be my personal trainer for the last month before our wedding. I need help with arms, abs, and more cardio so I think we're going to do that! Yea for exercise...!!!

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!!!

Ouch...

Someone else made an offer on the house. It's more than what they're asking for it. I've cried and cried tonight. My face is red and puffy and my nose is runny and I can't cry anymore. And then more tears come.

I feel guilty crying with so many other things going on in friends' lives that are so much worse. I'm healthy, I'm getting married to the man I love more than anything, I have a new job, we have money to actually AFFORD a house, I have food in my refrigerator, clothes in my closet...and yet, I'm sad. I'm frustrated. I don't understand why.

This is the third house that has been bought that we were seriously looking at and considering buying. Hard to believe when the housing market supposedly stinks. Everyone keeps telling me to be patient. I'm not sure how many more houses I have to look at and keep "being patient." We've looked at 40 something so far.

I am so sick of this. I think I'm going to live in my classroom.