Monday, July 14, 2008

Spontaneity

We had no plans for the weekend. We had thought about it all week..."what are we going to do this weekend?" Well, after an uneventful, lazy Saturday morning, we decided to be spontaneous. We walked to downtown Redmond, then hopped on a bus to downtown Seattle. From there, we hiked down to the waterfront, and caught a ferry to Bainbridge Island. After hoofing it around Bainbridge for a while, we were ravishingly hungry, not to mention a bit overheated (it was mid 80's on this lovely cloudless day). We popped into a small cafe, and made the mistake of being seated prior to looking at a menu. It was a yummy meal, but we walked away with a weeks worth of food budget out of our pockets...Ouch! (Did I mention we have suddenly become a frugal couple?) We walked back to the ferry docks just in time to walk on the 7:10pm ferry back to Seattle. After a hike back up to the bus stop, we hopped back on the bus headed home. We made one last spontaneous stop getting off a couple stops early to grab a blizzard a DQ for the warm walk home (hey, we already blew our budget...what's a few more bucks!?!). Ah, a very nice day!


A token picture taken just for the purpose of posting on this blog (i.e. proof)

Friday, July 11, 2008

Not this time

Well, turns out that the home owners accepted the other offer (they had three, of the three, two were good (ours was one of the good ones, but I guess not good enough)). They wanted to keep us as a back up, but we didn't want to be kept on the hook, so we just said "no thanks." It is a little disappointing, but we have been praying that God's will be done, so we are content to keep our eyes and ears open so we can continue to follow His lead. I guess the only sad part is that Doug put his car up for sale so we would have extra cash for the purchase of the home, and today he has to deliver it to its new owner. Again we are praying that God's will be done, so maybe this is all part of our Creator's grand plan. Doug says "when you pray for open doors, the open doors don't always lead where you expect them to go."

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Birthdays, 4th of July and more

Time sure flies when you are having fun! June flew by with our cruise, then a visit from Atlanta friend David, then a week long celebration of me getting old. Woot! I actually worked on my birthday, but I brought in cupcakes to celebrate. The real celebration took place at mom and dad's where we splashed in the kiddy pool, ate out at the Wok About Grill, then came home to homemade cheesecake with fresh picked raspberries...YUM!!


Then July snuck up on us. Johnny got older too (Happy birthday from afar!). We celebrated the 4th of July with friends at their house on the lake and enjoyed good food and lots of fireworks (so many that it was nearly 11:30pm by the time they got to the "big ones").

The Thursday before the 4th, we peeked at some houses, and to our surprise, we actually liked them. Our favorite one was an older home with tons of squarefootage (K and J...I think we would have more than enough space for you to stay on furlough). So, today, with stomach(s) churning, we put in an offer. We won't hear back until Friday as the owner is out of town at the moment, so until then just know that we will be on pins and needles.