Merry Christmas!-Big Changes-Crazy New Year-2019 Will Be Amazing!!
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, 12-22-2018 at 05:27 PM (33009 Views)
Hello all my lovelies. I just wanted to share some exciting news. It has all happened so quickly that this is the first time I have had to stop and breathe. So my mother in law fell back in late October. She is a widow and lives about an hour from us and about 1/2 hour from my sister in law. We were all worried about her since she is so far out. We (hubby and I) had considered moving her in with us when my father in law died 2 years ago but she seemed very happy on her own and we did not want to offend her.
Now with the fall we were all worried. I discussed her moving in with the hubby but he did not know how to bring it up without offending her. We went out to visit and pick up lunch. Hubby went out to get her little grocery list. I just brought it up to my mother in law about moving in with us. I told her to not take it wrong but the fall scared us and also that she must get lonely now that Pops is gone. I told her we were not intending to buy a bigger house for another year or so but we could move up the time line if she wanted to come and live with us. She was actually quite happy with the idea. So we started to look for a house we wanted.
Fast forward another few weeks and I found a subdivision that was building and fell in love with the model home. It is huge and has all that we are looking for. Sent the virtual tour to my MIL and she also loved it. We are buying the house together and we are selling our respective homes. So we picked her up one day and took her to see it. We knew it was the one for us. We saw the home and within a week put down the earnest money and applied for a loan. That was 11/27. Within a week we had all the documents to the loan officer. Within a few days we had approval. On the 18th of December we went and picked out all our upgrades and colors. The lady at the design studio said she had never seen someone's approval happen so quickly. Usually it takes 2 months from start to going to studio but we were there in 3 weeks. So we will be breaking ground soon on the new house and it should be done in about 4 months!!!
So now we are rushing to get things ready to put our current home on the market. On top of that, I recently went work from home. So things have been so non stop busy. I am excited about the new house. I am happy things are moving quickly but never dreamed it would all happen so fast. You don't realize how much has to be done. And I am a total type A personality so I like planning and preparation. This has been a whirlwind experience. I have not let it derail my eating habits or exercise habits. If anything, I have to be careful not to lose any weight as I am constantly moving with repairs and packing and what not.
So, that is my super exciting and happy news. I am so excited for the upcoming year. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas or any other holiday you celebrate and a super, happy, healthy, and successful New Year for 2019. Keep being the fabulous people you are and keep rocking those sleeves. For my friends waiting to be sleeved....your time is coming and I look forward to watching you blossom! Big hugs my friends!!