i might have a friend...

There is a lovely couple at our church who introduced me to their daughter Amber sometime ago. She and her family live in the Chicago area and Amber's mom (Judy) wanted us to meet because she thought we were alike and would click. Amber and her husband stopped at Starbucks the other day, as they were in town for Old Fashioned Days and to visit (I think) with family. We are facebook friends and have been communicating through comments and status "likes." She does not realize this because we really don't talk but Amber has been a great encouragement to me as of late. Knowing I have someone in the area who shares in my faith and seems to be amazing makes the move feel less lonely. I know that this move will be difficult on a lot of people because change is just plain hard. At times I feel I romanticize this move simply because I desperately need a change at work. When it really comes down to it, I know that a part of me will be broken hearted... because we may not come back. We have no idea what the future holds.

Thank you, Heavenly Father, for providing for my every need... and for loving us through friendship. Thank you for Amber, who though I barely know her, has encouraged my spirit leaps and bounds. It seems Your gracious Love knows no limit.

Oh how He loves us.

:)

p.s.

tim lied.

those apartment pictures?

not ours.

:(

we'll have a much tinier yard but we still get a patio.

ohwell...

update.

big news:

we got an offer on the house.

!!!!!!!

if all goes well, we will be closing on the 15th of October. we would move the week of the 9th (we're not yet sure if we'll pick a friday or a saturday to move). the scary part about that is it usually takes 30-60 days to transfer someone... hopefully they can get it done in 30... we are in between district managers which makes the whole situation even harder... but hopefully since my boss has worked in chicago he can make it happen!

there is a starbucks in highwood and it is 1/2 a mile from our apartment.

let's pray that happens...

more updates to come.

spanburg home.

okay so here is my news:

we think we've set a date for our move.

it's not official yet... we should know in about a week

but tim put a hold on an apartment!!

i am super sad to live far from my good friends & family

but i also am terrible at this limbo deal and am ready to get on with it, already

it's also no fun having a husband who leaves a few days every week

tuesdays i'm good

(lacey has been coming over and i'll never tell you what we've been doing)

wednesday nights after youth group i'm completely worthless

ready for him to come home

so this apartment is fantastic. it's in a nice neighborhood. it has a door that you have to have a key to get into or (i believe) be buzzed into by one of the tenants. it's sort of expensive but doesn't look like it was remodeled in 1962. the best part is this:

originally we thought we'd have to live somewhere on the 4th floor. that's all they had available because one of their buildings was being remodeled. having a daschund means we'd have to carry nash up and down 4 flights of stairs everytime we took him to the bathroom... and i don't even want to think about hauling groceries. great exercise but i know that would get old. this building is still undergoing some construction in the hallways (so they won't look so nice just yet) but we can move into the apartment and i'm confident it will be worth it to deal with the construction during the day. the most awesome part about the first floor is it has a little yard! which means nash can still go out on his stake and lay dead in the grass... and letting him out will be so much easier. we'll have to train him not to act like he's going to kill everyone who walks past with that ferocious bark of his, but it will be worth it. he needs to get over that. this apartment is also slightly bigger than the one on the fourth floor.. and you can get to the patio via our bedroom.

!!!!

very excited.

not to mention that i am so ready for a transfer.

so without further ado, here are the first pics of our place

this is our place

and here is nash's yard

the patio...

you all can come visit and stay i don't know where.

hah.

and so our tentative move in date is october 9th

we will know for sure next week!