Saturday, March 2, 2013

9 moves in 10 years....here we go again!

 Can't believe we are doing this again!  Chad has the wonderful plan of paying cash on a house soon, so we buy and sell foreclosures to build equity.  Sounds all fine and dandy until you have to move.  It also bugs knowing that I can't really decorate a space the way I want.  However I know in the long run it will pay off.  This house had quite the story when we bought it off the court house steps.  Lets just say the previous owner made special "adult" movies up in the playroom and was nice enough to leave a bunch of the props.  Scary to think what people do behind closed doors.  After blessing each room multiple times, cleaning carpets, painting, the house was as good as new!
We LOVED this house in Bedford--right by the pool, nice backyard, perfect music room, more house than we needed. When inventory was low we decided to put it up on the market at a pretty steep price to see what we could get for it.    After a few months of showings and no offers, I decided to pull it off the market for the holidays because I was getting sick and tired of cleaning!!  Literally the day we were pulling it off, a couple came to look at it and made a great offer that we couldn't refuse although I was tempted.  We only had 10 days to pack and find a rental before we were to head to Dallas for Christmas.  This was my house for a week straight.  Pure chaos!

and then add a one year old whom we call "Tornado of Destruction" on top of it
This is me moving day.  Natasha and I caught the flu bug the night before the movers came.  I was in the bathroom all night and the whole time they were moving boxes. Kind of a nightmare
Since I can't get any of my videos to work, I want to post a few pics to remember our house by.  Loved my little music room.  I always had beautiful flowers hanging from the porch so I could look out at them during lessons.
My couch that fit perfectly in this giant room that probably wont fit another house again.  Still never decided what to cover my wing back chairs in.  Those poor red target chairs are on their last leg.

office/sunroom/playroom

Our new rental we luckily found in the same neighborhood.  Its nice and small but seriously the paint color makes me want to lick the walls.  I can hardly take it.  At least Im not inspired to decorate which saves money.
Jace and Brenna are having one continuous slumber party!  Yep they get to share a room for a while until we find our next house.  It only takes twice the amount of time to get anyone to sleep around here but I figure it'll make for some good memories.
Enjoying not having to have a perfectly clean house right now!  Excited to see where we end up next.  Being married to Chad has been quite the adventure ;)  As much as I complain, Im proud of him for always working and learning how he can make a better future for our family.