two days and a month

This is the day when I committed myself to another. Really, to five "others". On May 16th Ben and I will celebrate our 13th wedding anniversary. No kidding. 13 years. It feels a little weird. Am I old enough to be married that long? I guess so!

Ben and I were talking this morning. We've been doing that these days. We wake up early to pray, read our Bibles together and chat. It's been wonderful, and I hope we continue. Anyway, we just commented that our lives seem to be filled with transitions. "When we get here" or "I can't wait 'till this is....." and "Once we complete this goal" seem to be what most of our conversations begin or end with. Don't get me wrong, we enjoy every moment of our precious life. I guess we are driven. And I guess transitions are what life is full of.

During one morning chatting time Ben told me about an idea he was unable, for days, to stop thinking about. I said "Spill it!". He did. It is a genius idea. It holds promise. It is an honest-to-goodness dream fulfilled! We had his brilliant thought checked out by our mortgage friend, and she agreed with us. This idea could get us into home ownership (again....oh how we've missed it!) before school begins in the fall. WHAT?! Yup. Babe is awesome. From this point things could go pretty fast. If things fall into place we will begin seriously looking to buy. We are not excluding houses that are involved in a short sale or REO. As these tend to take several months to close we've got to be ready to pounce!

What has changed? I guess we have. We know what we are made of. We've become wiser (thank God!), and realized that we need to follow God's plan for our lives. His plan looks different for me than it will for you. We have also learned to stick to our financial guns. Just because a bank qualifies you for a certain amount does not mean that you can afford the payments. No matter what the bank says. We have our own brains, I guess now we are using them!

I have no photo's to share. I think my next post will be font-less.....