Matty B and Sierra C

House #5, affectionately dubbed “The Yellow House”:

The bank countered our offer with a price that was a long shot away from our budget and we were downhearted.  The Seller’s agent explained that we could not go that high and the bank responded “this file is CLOSED!”  (Just like that I think, she said the lady was not very nice).

So just like always, we picked up and moved on…..  (side note – my gut kept telling me that we were not done with The Yellow House.  I had felt SO STRONGLY that it would be OUR house).

House #6:  A little smaller, GREAT price, updated throughout, SWEET kitchen….quaint.  I could imagine us living here!  No time to waste, we place our offer.  And then we wait…..

In the meantime…the bank asks regarding House #5, are we going to counter?  We tell them no, again (!), and it goes to a second review (!?).  There’s still a chance!!!!   Wahoo Wahoo Wahooo!  And…..

THEY ACCEPTED!!!  Party dance!

We close this coming Friday!  So now we are gathering up all our cleaning supplies and paint and elbow grease…ready to tackle.  God has truly blessed us – I hope we can consecrate this house to Him.

More pics to follow after we begin work…

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Sadly, house #4 had a massive leak somewhere underneath it.  It was not meant to be I suppose.  Since we are movers and shakers (or something) we have already moved and shaked on to a new house (the rebound is quicker every time!).  House #5 is CUTE & YELLOW (though someone got a little carried away and painted the sidewalk (?!) leading up to the house yellow as well), like all the rest it needs a little ELBOW GREASE and PAINT (of course), we LIKE IT.

We placed our (pretty darn good if I may say so) offer…about a week and a half ago.  It is a short sale and has yet to even reach the bank, as the seller has suddenly gone AWOL.

When one of our offers is finally accepted I don’t think we will be able to manage our shock.  I still feel really strongly that God is leading us to buy a house rather than rent….what does He have in store for us???  Stay tuned…

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Once, I went to driving school for half a day (beware the photo radar, Phoenicians!) and when I came home, my husband had created this little ditty.

100 point to anyone who can name all 8 ‘instruments.’

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God has blessed us financially this year.  Blessed our darn socks off!  Back in August we began to cultivate the idea of buying a home, since rent is almost as much (sometimes more) as a mortgage payment here in Phoenix (who knew we had such a sweet deal in T-Town…$500/month!) and the housing market is stellar (if you’re buying…not so much if you’re selling).  Anyway, Mama A (aka “our realtor”) has shown us about 1.7 billion properties in our hunt for the perfect home.  There are 4 stories to tell (so far) in this process:

STORY #1 – Cute home, not so far from folks, great price, needs a bit o’ work, awesome backyard, FELL IN LOVE….went back for a second (ok, third) look and…it was already in the arms of another man.  Much weeping and gnashing of teeth (plus an awesome temper tantrum from yours truly).

STORY #2 – Cute home in my childhood neighborhood, scary colors, a little small, lots of potential, good price, FELL IN LOVE….went home to make an offer and….status changed to pending.  A few more tears (but no tantrum this time).

STORY #3 – Cute home, NW Valley (close to church, neat!), not much work at all, sweet backyard with pool, price at our max (tightening of chest…and purse), decorated every room in my head, FELL IN LOVE LOVE LOVE….put in an offer!  Counter.  Counter.  Deceptive agent (I thought we were buds, Mike!) shops our offer and….a better one comes in.  So many tears. Redoing of make up, picking up of bootstraps.  Return to search a little bitter and jaded, but…

STORY #4 – Lovely home, lots of room, pool (!), spa (!!), crazy doors, lots of fans, awesome price plus other financial blessings, some work (but fun stuff, mostly), love the kitchen, FALLING IN LOVE (slowly this time, don’t want a rebound, don’t want another heartbreak), put in offer!  Still waiting.

…..House up North could you be ours?  Will we one day paint your walls, fill your cupboards, swim in your pool?  Lord willing, let it be so! 

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If you’re looking for the amazing site with Matt’s drum recital flyer, it’s been moved over here:
 http://bohlingfamily.com/matt_old/

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