Permits finally????

I'm not sure if I will regret saying this or not but Brent talked to Quadrant Homes today and got the "A-OK" that they will indeed be submitting for permits on Monday! We're not exactly sure what that process will look but we know that we SHOULD have permits by the 15th. Hopefully shortly thereafter we will be able to lay foundation and then get this ball rolling. Like I keep saying once we lay foundation the process should fly by, it's just been this wonderful waiting game of permits and loans that is tripping us up! Thanks for all your support. As my Uncle always used to say "there is a new adventure coming and I know it is going to be a good one!" Although he passed away several years ago, I couldn't agree more with his wisdom, especially for this situation! Stay posted...more to come (and hopefully some more picts soon too)

Exciting news:non-house related

Ever since the first day I met Brent I shared with him about my experiences when I taught down in Jamaica back in college. i truly believe that there was a piece of my heart that got left back there. I have always told Brent I would love to go back, but it has always been nothing more than a dream. However, my dear friend Jen (maid of honor) had an opportunity 2 years ago to go down to Jamaica through an organization that does dental work for kids down there. She said that there was another aspect of the trip that included work in the schools. Last year she got to go on this trip. She of course had the time of her life and the 2 of us always joked about how cool it would be if Brent and I went. Well, we have been praying about it and talking about it tons and have made the decision to do it! So Brent and I will be heading to Ocho Rios, Jamaica Nov. 7-14, 2009!!!!!!! We will be working with SuperKids, Great Shape! Inc. We will be working in a school teaching reading, computer skills, art, music and sports. Of course I will be mostly teaching reading and Zepper will be mostly doing sports and maybe some music! We are ultra excited and are very grateful for this opportunity. Of course there are a lot of unknowns at this time but we came to realize that the timing will never be "perfect" but this is pretty darn close to it....the house will be done (God willing!!!), I am able to get the time off of work, no kids yet (and even if I did get pregnant sometime soon I would be less than 5 months along), and our finances are finally in a pretty ok spot. We will of course be asking for continual prayer support and as the time gets closer will ask you to pray about whether or not you too can financially help out. Right now, we just wanted to share the exciting news!

I'm already getting relaxed just thinking about it!

Errrrrrrrrrr

This past week has been nothing but frustration. We learned on Sun. that there was a slight glitch with our leader and Quadrant. We weren't too concerned as we figured we could just get it straightened out on Monday. Well through the course of a LOT of phone calls made by Brent, we finally realized what the problem was, which was much bigger than anyone had thought! Turns out our lender issued us the wrong kind of loan. Brent has been working like a crazy man trying to get it all figured out and getting them to make it right. We think we are on the right track now and will now hopefully be able to start the permitting process THIS week (yes I know I sound like a broken record with this statement). We know that God has a plan in all this and it is in HIS timing but I must say the frustration is building up. I admit, I'm not a patient person and so the fact that God is contining to show me and teach me "Let it go Brittny. I am in control. My plan is better than your plan. TRUST ME!" is driving me batty! So stay tuned....i'm sure one of these days I'll actually be able to post new PICTURES indicating we actually have the start of our house!

Waiting game

We are anxiously awaiting the call from our Sales Manager informing us that permits are in and we are good to go to lay foundation. It has been a rather boring week in the house process. Brent has taken care of a few more details with our loan, we locked in our rate at 5.1%. We were a little disapointed as when we started this process we were quoted at 4.875% but sadly the interest rates have been heading up for the past few weeks so we figured we didn't want them to go any higher. Although they could go down again, I'm not into taking risks so we went ahead and locked it in! Even at 5.1% we still feel like we are getting a rather good deal compared to what things were a few years ago. We're just ready to start this process but know that even in the waiting, God has a plan! Patience just isn't one of my strongest points!
Oh yeah and Happy May!!! Hard to believe how the time is flying!