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NSBR (non-scrap book related) alert!  

Two and a half short weeks ago we put an offer in a house up on Sanford Lake contingent on us selling our house.  The sellers accepted it.  So we put our house on the market, had a handful of showings, and even and Open House.  Two and a half weeks later we get a phone call saying that there was another offer on the house and that the people didn't have a house to sell.  So our offer was now off the table.  I got quite upset about it yesterday but am doing much better today.  When I feel myself getting upset, I say a little prayer.  It's funny too because I told myself that I wouldn't get upset if we didn't get this house....I guess I wanted it more than I really thought!

We had met the sellers, they learned about us, we showed them pics of the boys, talked about what we would do if we lived at that house.  They got to know us.  I know it's all business and none of that matters, but I'd like to think it does.  But it doesn't.  Their house sat on the market for over 400 days.  400 DAYS with no interest from anyone else but us.  We put an offer in and two weeks later someone else puts an offer in.  Another thing we learned is that the people who put an offer in, the lady is in a wheelchair.  It's a great one-level home for that, but she'll never use the lake - it's a big hill to get down to it.  We would have used the lake.  I keep telling myself that it just wasn't meant to be and God has something else in mind.  I have to trust in Him.

Our Realtor just left - she took down the sign in our yard.  She gave me a big hug and felt about as bad as I did that this all didn't work out.

On a bright note, our house looks amazing.  Toys put away behind closed doors, beds all made, laundry done, windows clean, siding on the house clean, stuff we have been meaning to do for awhile now is all done. Time to sit back and relax.

Sunday Standout!

I have to admit that I was not in the greatest of moods before I saw the
Sweet Shoppe blog this afternoon.  I'm so ready for my hubby to be home
- it's been a very long weekend without him.  Now that I surfed on over
though I am in a great mood!  Did you see my Christmas Countdown
calendar?

Happy Scrapping!

Snow, snow, and some more snow!

The snow started yesterday afternoon around 1:30 and didn't stop
 until after I went to bed last night (and I went to bed at midnight). 
All in all, we probably got about 5-7 inches of snow.  It's cold out
too - I have slippers on and my feet are still cold!  Tell me why I live
 in Michigan?  Anthony loved watching the snow fall yesterday. 
I caught him a couple times just looking out the windows at it. 

Thankfully, school was not cancelled.  Nathan really enjoys going to
 preschool (and so do I!).  I did have some fun though on the way
 to school - I am driving hubby's car for the weekend and I'm not
 used to driving it in snow.  It was a little different than my van. 
I am also thankful I don't have to go anywhere else today - hopefully
 the streets will plowed soon! 

Hubby is gone this weekend to the Detroit area for a curling event.
 If you don't know what curling is, check this out:  US Curling.  It rocks. 
Ha, just had to say that.  So......that means tonight after the boys go
to bed I'll have the entire house to myself to do whatever I want to
do.  I may just turn on some music and scrap my little heart away! 
Of course, after I do Jillian Michael's 30 day Shred.  I will be doing
Day 6, level 3. 

I hear someone waking from their nap....time to wrap this up!