we have a new home!

After a whirlwind trip to Nashville this weekend,
we officially have a home waiting on us when we move!

We left here Friday @ 5 p.m.,

drove to Knoxville,

slept for about 6 hours,

drove from Knoxville to Nashville before 10 a.m.

We found the house,

drove around the block and beyond several times,

met with our new landlord (Robert),

toured the inside of the house,

decided we could make it work,

met with Robert's wife to make things official,

grabbed lunch & hit the road home and made it back about 10:30 last night.

Whew!

It was a quick trip, yet productive so we're happy about that.

The house...

*sits on a corner lot

*has a perfect front porch---I'm picturing 2 black rocking chairs with throw pillows, a fern hanging basket, and rectangular planters with gorgeous flowers!

*2 bedrooms---one for us & one for an office/room with a sleeper sofa for guests

*1 bath---pretty decent sized with a linen cabinet
*large eat-in kitchen---I'm a little nervous about not having a dining room, but it was a concession we had to make

*large foyer---I think we'll put our piano there along with my tiny black Pedestal table which should fit perfectly

*lovely fenced-in backyard---it's rectangular with a tall fence so it feels pretty private. I'm invisioning lots of garden parties! We'll be on the look-out for some small storage building to put yard tools & camping gear in.

It's not perfect by any means, but we're not buying it-just renting.

This is what we keep telling ourselves over & over.

We're too used to being in buyer's mode!
The biggest downfall of the house is the lack of storage.

There is no pantry, but lots of cabinets & drawers in the kichen so hopefully that will work out.

The are 2 closets in the master bedroom & 1 in the 2nd bedroom, however they are teeny, tiny.

There is a large shelf in the cabinet where the washer & dryer will be so that will give us a bit of storage too.

Because of the lack of storage, 2 things will happen...

#1: A massive purging operation will soon be under way.

We have plenty of things that we don't need.

What better excuse to consider what we really use & need & part with the rest!

#2: We're going to have to get creative with how we store things in our new place...I've already got some ideas (some of which Chris is skeptical about)!

We're also entertaining the idea of renting a tiny storage unit for larger items that we just won't have room for would like to have in close range.

I was bad & took no pictures of the inside of the house while we were there.

However, here's one shot of the kitchen from the internet.

Overall, we're very excited!

Please just continue to pray along with us that our house here will sell soon.

We will feel far more excited & ready for the move when that happens!