We did it!

Wow I can't believe I haven't written since August! A lot has happened since then! I was getting ready for a week's vacation with the family - which turned out to be wonderfully restful, relaxing and fun! My husband and I were conceding defeat once again, that we wouldn't be able to finish our house. Well, September rolls around, the kids start school and BAM our house is being worked on! Long story short, we got a great reference who came out with a great price and was able to start right away! Passers by couldn't believe how fast the second floor went up! (We couldn't believe it either)It was just so nice to see our kids' faces when they came home from school! It was a dream for all of us that was finally becoming a reality. Time has passed and the initial shock has worn off but we are all still very excited to move forward. The outside of the house is finally finished after 7 years! We are planning on taking a break through the winter and moving slowly on the inside because of birthdays and Christmas. We hope to be fully moved in by the Spring.

This was going to be my year...

I had some crazy idea at the beginning of 2012 that this was going to be a great year. We were working hard, enabling us to pay down some credit card debt. We were able to send our daughter to camp and our son to another country. We applied for the permit to continue working on our house and obtained certificates of occupancy on the work we had already done. Our jobs were good, the money was coming in. Our community is great, we have wonderful friends surrounding us and our kids seem happy. I still believe this is our year, but with extenuating circumstances, we are nowhere near where we were just a month ago. It's important to remember that life is going to have it's ups and downs. Unfortunately we are in a "down" moment. I still feel very fortunate and know that things will get better. I think I will take my kayak out tomorrow on the lake just across the street and revel in the beauty and appreciate the small things.

little bit of good news

When everything around me seems to be going wrong, one little glimmer of hope peeked through yesterday. When the housing market crashed in 2006, so did our dreams of finishing building our house. Thankfully we made great progress in the year prior, but the second floor with our bedrooms got put on the back-burner for now six years! Well, yesterday, we were issued the building permit to finish the house! I'm so excited even though we barely have the money to do it! It will be good for us to have this project again. Building a house can put a ton of strain on a marriage but my husband and I work pretty well together. Plus this gives us something to look forward to - a finally complete house.