Our new house

Many of you know that we are in the process of purchasing a house in ABQ. If you thought, "Whoa, didn't you just sell your house in KS?!" You're right. We did. We closed the sale of that house last Friday. If you are curious as to how this happened, here's the timeline:

Wed (or so): We are supposedly going to close escrow on Friday. We were supposed to close the previous Monday. Then it got moved to the previous Friday. Then it was either Tue or Wed. At this point, it's scheduled to close in 2 days. I don't truly believe we will close, but maybe we will. But regardless, I've been looking around online tracking houses for about a month. I've noticed the good bargains sell in a week or 2. Then, I find this house.

Thu: I show Sandy and she loves it. Everything, except for the pink carpet that is. But we talk, should we put an offer on the house? We'll try a low offer and use the listing agent just to see how that works. We won't make this a big deal but just try and gain experience. We figured we'd try this approach in the fall or winter when the market slows down.

So we call the realtor and drive over there. It looks pretty nice so we give a verbal offer.

Fri: We figure this won't amount to much and go on with our lives. Only to find out that they are interested enough to want us to make a formal written offer so that they can counter offer. I figure that they will counter and we'll say no, can do. That was fun and good experience, moving on.

As we are working on the paperwork to submit the offer (always so much paperwork!) which takes a while, we find out that someone else is going to submit an offer too. Good. Now we're definitely not going to get the house. That was fun and good experience, moving on.

Sat: Sandy is getting worried at this point that we might actually get the house. I keep assuring her, don't worry, we're not going to get the house. They'll take the other offer. I helped officiate a funeral this morning, and we didn't think twice about the house...until we got home and found out that they pretty much accepted our offer as is. What?! No counter offer?! How could that be?! The offer was so low! We're not ready to move again! We just got settled into the parsonage!

But God had other plans for us. He wanted to give us a good deal in a move-in ready house in a nice neighborhood, real close to church. We're always getting better than we deserve. He is good, always. Chateau Lee will be open for guests this summer. Please come and stay awhile...