Well, it was back to work today. As always, it was just as hard as ever. Saturday we had an awesome time at Kate and Seth's house. They are such great hosts! It was so much fun to get to hang out with our friends and get to meet some new people too! We feel so lucky to have found some great people that we can count on here in Quincy.
Sunday was so wonderful to get to celebrate with my whole family the love of my grandparents. We were able to see some family members that really, I only ever see at funerals. When were kids we used to take a lot more trips to Iowa. Allen and I were talking, and we better find out when all of the family reunions are so we can go. Luella , a dear old church friend of the family's is 83 years old and she said something to me that makes a lot of sense. She asked why we always wait so long to get together, it's either an anniversary or a funeral and by then it's too late. She says we need to be with eachother as often as we can. "Don't wait,"she said. How true!
Well, there was an ad in the Hannibal paper last week that I about fell off of my chair when I read it, 3+ bedroom, 2 baths, stove, refrigerator, dishwasher, walk-out basement, detached one care garage, $550 per month. Which is actually $10 cheaper than our little place now. Well I called the number and left a message , two messages, and didn't hear anything back. I called a few times this weekend and again this morning with no luck....so I just figured it wasn't meant to be, but today she called me back! She's going to show it to us next Tuesday at 5:30. She has no problems with "a couple of pets", and the place has central heat and air, all electric appliances. We have all of this criteria we have come up with for a new place to rent in Hannibal so we can be Missouri residents again, closer to the family. This house fits ALL of the criteria except one...location...it's in a good part of town, in the fact that it's not a dangerous ghetto part of town, but it is right off of the main road through Hannibal...yikes..so we won't know until we get a chance to look at it. The thing is about renting is, that we will never find a place that is absolutely perfect, b/c that's how it goes when you rent, when we buy we will get that "perfect" place, but for now while we are still saving towards that down payment, there are some concessions we will have to make. So , I have tried to come up with all the good things about the house , and it's location. Meanwhile, my hubby , the negative one, is coming up with all the bad ones. Ying and yang, that's us, then after we look at the place on Tuesday we will be able to come to a decision. We will keep you all updated! PRAY FOR US! :)
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