Move

So we recently moved.  SOOOO far.... lol.  Just kidding.  Well, we did move, but this time it was only a block away.  

Our original place was an amazing furnished condo in a fantastic neighborhood in the heart of the city.  We were blessed with a super landlord, quiet building, & nice neighbors.  So once we decided to permanently put down roots in our beloved city, we shipped all of our "stuff" out here and it sat in storage for a few months while we looked for the perfect non-furnished place to rent.  

The search was pretty stressful.  I stalked the craigslist "for rent" section day and night.  I sent tons of emails to tons of landlords.  It was a tough search because we have 2 dogs & (understandably) not a lot of people want to rent to a family with pets.  And since our search was narrowly focused on our section of the city, I wondered if we'd ever find the "right" place or if we'd have to settle for something else.  I worried & I prayed.  And I prayed some more (see some of my favorites scripture verses below).  

After what felt like forever, we finally landed a sweet townhouse on the next block over.  The square footage is actually a bit smaller than our original condo (which was smaller than our home), but we also have a private garage with an attached basement area, so we really seem to have the perfect amount of space.  There's a lot of natural light that comes through a bunch of huge windows.  And there are TWO bathrooms!  We've never had a place with 2 bathrooms!  Upstairs is a bedroom & bathroom that we share with Grace.  And the main floor has a kitchen/dining/living room combo, a bathroom, & a bedroom that we use as Grace's play room/ our office. 

I love it here.  It feels like home.  We still have a lot of boxes in the basement to look through & haven't hung up anything on the walls, but I'm comfortable here.  I thought I'd miss our old place a lot, but I really don't.  I will certainly always have awesome memories from there & will always be grateful to have lived there, but I don't have an ache in my heart that I wish I could go back.  It's the same way with our home that we left.  We have a ton of great memories from there, but I have no desire to go back to it.  

I think I'll set a goal to get through all the boxes & get everything settled in by the end of the year.  We'll see how that goes...

:-)

Our living room.

Awesomely bright :-)

Looking down/out from our lofted upstairs :-)

Our bedroom

"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, 

for tomorrow will worry about itself.  

Each day has enough trouble of it's own."

(Matthew 6:34)

"Ask and it will be given to you;

seek and you will find;

know and the door will be opened to you.

For everyone who asks receives:

the one who seeks finds;

and the one who knocks, the door will be opened."

(Matthew 7: 7-8)

"Humble yourselves, therefore, 

under God's mighty hand, 

that he may lift you up in due time.  

Cast all your anxiety on him 

because he cares for you."

(1 Peter 5:6-7)