Why hello my favorite month. I absolutely love November. The weather is cooling off but not freezing… There is a great family holiday in the middle… It’s Nate’s birthday… It’s my birthday… It’s one month before Christmas!
Last week we went to clean up our AR house, so it was a week full of cleaning and painting. We got home, went to sleep, and immediately got up and went to Falls Creek with some church people to do the same thing there. We were soar and exhausted by the time Sunday rolled around….. but, I will say that we got a ton of things done.
I was a little upset when I caught my breath on Monday night because I wasted a whole week of my favorite month cleaning. Ugh. But now, I am in my full November happy place…. as I sit here at work wearing my uggs and a fleece…. and have resolved to think positive.
When we met with our new realtor to re-list the house (for the third time), we got some bad news. We knew it was going to be bad, but weren’t prepared to hear that we are going to have to bring around $12,000 to the table when our house finally does sell. I went through a crazed panic phase, a pitty party, a “why are you letting this happen, God?” phase, and an all out ugly cry when we drove away from the house a week ago today…. but since then Nate and I have really stepped back and remained positive. I keep telling myself that November is going to be a great month. Keeping positive about everything is key…. I learned this from the mission house.
We have resolved not to stress about this situation and just go through it. We still have each other and as my dad says, “It’s just money.” Our positive attitudes have been great this week (we’ll see about the next few) and it has really made a difference. Control your mind… control your emotions… control your situation. Beth Moore reminded me this week to make decisions out of information, not emotions. I need to etch that in my brain somewhere deep ;)
I have personally been teaching myself to wait on God for a while now and am adding this house situation to the list. Even after all of the mess with this house the past two years, I still love it. It will always be our first home together and we can’t wait for someone else to be just as blessed by it.
This is a picture of us being positive :)
We are confident that God is in control and that He will come through for us…. and that November is going to be a great month!
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