Here’s a question for you: are you taking in life or are you taken in by life? Everyone does a little of both, but you probably lean toward one more than the other. Though they sound similar, there’s a subtle difference between the two that can change the way you live. What’s the difference?
Well, we’re in our new house! Not everything is put away yet, but it’s livable and we can get both cars in the garage! So, I’ll close this series with one final lesson I’ve learned from this experience. What I’ve learned about marriage from buying a house is that it’s easy to let routine take over […]
While on vacation this week, I read a short blog post by Allison Vesterfelt entitled “The Difference Between an Ordinary Life and an Extraordinary One.” It was a great reminder that you don’t have to do extraordinary things to have an extraordinary life. It’s actually the little things that fuel an extraordinary life. Since she […]
Finally! All our stuff was packed. It was all on a truck, or jammed into a car. So I went back into the house and took a final look around. I walked through the empty rooms that had been home for twenty years. The walls were dotted with nail holes and tattooed with marks here and there. […]
“You have to be patient.” I didn’t like hearing that advice as a child and I’m not a big fan of it as an adult. It’s difficult to be patient. If you don’t believe it, check out the video The Marshmallow Experiment. We’re one week away from moving into a new house. We still have […]
“You’re not done yet.” This is what I’ve been telling myself lately. We’re very close to moving into a new home, and I’m sure some of you are tired of hearing this continuing saga. I’m with you. I’m tired of living it. Still, this experience keeps teaching me things about about marriage…especially this week.
If you live long enough you’re going to get a few scars. They are the badges of memories, stories, and life. I have a scar on my left palm that I got as a small child when I ran around a corner and into someone riding a bicycle.
Let me just cut to the chase here. One of the things I’ve learned from this house buying experience is that if you want to get from the house you have to the house you want…it’s going to cost you. Certainly there’s the cost of the new mortgage, but there’s also expenses like fees, repairs […]
Have you ever had a total stranger hand you a list of things they believed needed to be changed about something really personal to you? That’s what a home inspection list is. I niavely thought it would be smooth sailing after the contract was signed. After all, we had a buyer who wanted the house enough to sign a […]