Three Months

Three months out is turning out to be a much better place to be.  We are finally coming out of the fog, there is a tiny light to be seen in that long tunnel, and we have some vision (finally) for moving forward.

Our house has been torn down, we have met with a builder, and we have found land to build on.  All of those are great moves in a forward, positive direction.  We are in negotiations with the builder, headed to the bank in a few days to secure a loan, and getting ready to put our land where the house burned on the market.  All good things.

It is still hard to have basically nothing that is our own.  We have not replaced things for a few reasons.  We don't want to have to move it, we might as well have all of our stuff be new once we move, and we don't know sizes of rooms, etc to buy things.  It is humbling though to realize how little you really need and how much you really can live without.

MJ and I have set up a "craft room" in our basement as we are really itching to be crafty.  We have some scrapbooking and stamping stuff that people have so generously donated to us to get us started.  We will get down there soon to work and I am sure that it will be some wonderful therapy.  We so love scrapbooking and stamping and it will be good to get back to doing something familiar and enjoyable.

The boys are doing well.  Drew still has his moments and I will save that for another post.  I can't wait to have a home for them that is ours where the stuff is ours and we don't have to worry about them ruining anything or being careful with things because we are just borrowing it.  I can't wait for them to have a great yard for them to play in with their swingset and water table and all of the things that are familiar.

Our ultimate goal is to be able to spend some of the summer in OUR home and hopefully spend most of the spring with the excitement of watching it be built.  Our builder is saying we could be in as early as July 1 - we are keeping Aug 1 in our head so as not to be disappointed.

And so the baby steps continue.....