July 23, 2008
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Update…
Well, I’m packing myself silly these days! Thanks to each one of you who have been praying. The Lord knocked down some huge obstacles concerning our title issues last week. There is one lien, from the previous owner, that needs to be dealt with but we’re hopeful it will be taken care of in time. The appraisal came back perfect and now we’re just waiting on FHA to approve it. I guess a new law went into effect back in January that jumbo loan appraisals have to be okayed by FHA. Our realtor isn’t concerned about it. Our pest inspection along with our home inspection went well, also! PTL!
So, my goal (we will see if it’s the Lord’s) this week is to pack everything I can get my hands on except the bare essentials we need to survive until the move. I made great progress yesterday with some help from my daughter in love and son. I’m trying to keep some measure of order and cleanliness in my home while we’re packing.
I heard of a great idea to hopefully make the move easier. I’m not only marking each box with the name of the room and contents but I’m placing a colored sticker on it, too. The kitchen is red, the living room blue,etc. I’m making a floor plan of the new home. I’ll place a matching sticker in the room I want the box to end up. So, when someone looks at my ’office box’ they will see the name OFFICE (along with a few contents) and a yellow sticker. They will then look at the floor plan and see which room that box will go in. I’ll post a copy of the floor plan in each room so that our family and friends can take a quick peek and know where to place the box. I’m hoping this will save a lot of time and questions.
So, please continue to keep us in your prayers. We are scheduled to close on the first of August. I’m not excited yet but very hopeful that this may actually be the ONE.
My dear husband looked so worn out last night. I pray that this will go through so he can cut back on his hours. It should save us 1200.00 a month plus cut 2 hours off his daily commute.
This is a picture of my daughter-in-love and my son holding up a baby quilt she made. The babies name is diagonal in the squares. She did a great job.
Blessings,
Georgene
Comments (9)
What wonderful news for you! I’ll pray that no flies show up to make a mess in your ointment.
Happy packing!
That sounds like such a great organizational idea. When we moved from our big house (Victorian mega) into our tiny house (Barbie sized) There was so much to pack and so much to discard. I ended up taking enough ‘extra’ stuff to load the new 2 car garage. It took me nearly a year to finally sort through and dispose of all the stuff that no longer fit our new home. It wasn’t as bad as it sounds as Hubby was able to use the large panel trucks from work and with the help of his friends they moved all that stuff without extra moving fees attached. All that stuff was still good useable furnishings. So I was able to bless a lot of people with my leftovers, so to say!
PTL I pray everything continues to come together for you…this is exciting!
so happy for you … my heart is with you …and yours
That is a great idea for packing. I’ll have to tell my daughter, since she will be moving soon. My mom was almost that organized, but she didn’t think of using colors. Nice to see the picture of your “kids”.
Beautiful quilt!
I’ve been praying for you, Georgene. your husband and your family. The Lord be with each of you. May you know His power and the riches of His glory in this difficult time.
Congratulations on your soon-coming grandson!
We’re keeping you in prayer over the home and, Lord willing, you will be in your new home soon!
Sounds like you are incredibly organized for your move. Praying that God will continue to bless. The new place sounds like a huge savings both in monthly cost and in time for hubby.
Blessings,
~Margie
If your Real Estate agent isn’t worried I wouldn’t be either. We had a wonderful agent, Hannah and she is 20 years old. She did a great job. Keeping you in my prayers cause moving is a real pain. Dawn