made it through another year of getting the taxes done!
a month of living in restricted quarters in the lab, going along fine, but really looking for the light at the end of this particular journey.
We heard back from the bank. Now bear in mind that the initial building that we were looking at was a 'bank-owned' property, so we approached that bank with the loan being a part of the offer to buy process. once we had an engineer go through the building, the $ we offered would have bought the building but we would have to have a 'bottomless' purse just to get it up to code, much less do the extras that we would like to do...so we withdrew our offer. at that point, I knew in my heart that the bank would find some means (however really legal it was) to turn us down for a loan. And so it was!
No problem, those who 'mess with' God's children will have this brought back to them.
Besides with all that's going on at the house with the new family, we are much needed here for the immediate future.
It might be that we stay here until they are able to purchase the house, then we will have the $ to take the next step in our journey of being in the Will of God and living our lives according to His Plans.
One must be content in the place you are put until it is time to move on.
Don't get me wrong, I do have moments of doubt and self-pity...but writing this out really puts things into perspective....it could be worse, but what really is so bad about our current situation? we have a dry house, food on the table, gas in the car, orders coming in for our business, clothes on our back and the bills are paid. with a smaller house (LOL!) to take care of, I'm able to work on my painting and knitting again. As DH has said, we packed the utility trailer such that you do have access to your creative outlets, unpack and work on them, there's no better time than the present.
So I spend my weekly days having specific time with our Lord, then alittle creative time in the mornings and then afternoons, part time home-based work for a local company. Evenings are spent with a cup of coffee and DH, reflecting on the day, before getting out the knitting to relax the mind.
Taxes done...now on to reorganizing all our paperwork. thinking about doing the scan/computer store/shred...hmmm, is this the way to go?...save everything on an exterior hard drive instead of the C Drive of the computer....have to mull that idea over and chat with my computer guy for his opinion.
oh, well, enough for the moment, get a little more done on the packing boxes and then some painting time!
Amen!
