Houses and Thankfulness........

So I know it's been a while since I last posted, and I keep thinking how much I love to blog, but I always forget.

So here it goes....

The past couple weeks have been pretty action packed, emotionally filled, and hectic crazy for us.  We have been all over the place, including vacation.  We went to lake Tulloch with some very dear friends, and we had a great time! Then we came home to the daily grind and things have been non-stop! I signed up for a couple sessions of personal training to start getting back on track.  It's been going well and now my sessions are over.  I feel blessed to have the trainer that I did, as she really helped me see working out in a positive way again.

For the past 4 weeks or so we have been looking into and getting as much information about the real estate world.  We have out weighed the pros and cons, and the pros win! lol.  We are casually looking into buying a home and seeing where God wants us to be.  The beginning process has been pretty fast, and we are not getting our hopes up for anything, as we want to make sure we are making the best possible decision for our family.  Let me list you some of our pro's and our con's.  (Mostly because I'm a list maker and they make me happy)

PRO's :

• Investment
• Saving our money on rent as everything our there that is more than a 2 bedroom is ridiculously expensive and we can't afford it.  
• We can have write off's! 
• Having a safe, homey place to bring home our babies.  

CON's:

• Having to pay for everything ourselves. Even repairs.
• What if one of us looses our job, especially Justin. 
• It being a little further away than we would like, commuting. 

Ultimately there are way more pro's and con's, and i'm sure for those of you who have already bought your own home, you would say we shouldn't do it.  We feel very at peace with this decision and we are getting educated on what everything means and entails.  We have and are still doing our homework. 

  

Aside from all of this....I am just feeling over all blessed.  I have also realized that I have not pushed myself to my full potential.  Through different various occurances through different people in my life, this past week has shown me really how truly blessed i am.  I am the only one who is holding myself back from anything.  I used to have so many excuses of why things were bad, and crappy.  Not anymore.  I am in control of everything around me, what happens to me, what I do to others, and how my life plays out (well God has the upper hand in that one).  I won't go into specifics of what has happened, nothing bad, but just huge reminders of what I have.  What I can be.   I feel thankful for those things that have shown me reality.     

With that said, my daily goal, is to keep a thankful, fulfilled heart everyday.  There are so many people in my life I look up to and I'm reminded of that when I see those special people.  Mostly Justin.  He is the biggest influence in my life, and I cherish him to the core.