Monday, January 17, 2011

Hope Trumps Fear

It's been six months since we packed up all our earthly belongings (which weren't many since we sold them all on craigslist and ate dinner off of cardboard boxes for several days...but I'm getting ahead of myself) and drove our ill-advised selves and our unwitting brood of children, the youngest of whom was a fresh three months old, from California to Michigan to start this crazy adventure. And by "crazy" adventure I mean "absolutely insane/no one in their right mind would ever dream of doing that/you people must be smoking some serious crack to even consider such a thing" adventure. And that absoluely insane/no one in their right mind would ever dream of doing that/you people must be smoking some serious crack to even consider such a thing is that we bought a house off of the internet...without ever having seen it. Oh yes we did. No, I am not making this up. And it's not just a house, no sir. It's a "fixer". Oh yeah, I know. I KNOW.


Hopefully, every ridiculous, mind boggling, holy-cow-that-cannot-be-true thing that led up to today and whatever strange, amazing things lie ahead of us will eventually be layed out here in black and white for your general amusement (with the side benefit of making you feel like an absolute friggin' genius in comparison to us goobers) but for now just know that it worked. Somehow, it is wonderful. Not everything is great or happy or clean or pretty all the time, but it doesn't have to be. It just has to be Good, which it is.

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  1. I'm so going to use "Somehow, it is wonderful. Not everything is great or happy or clean or pretty all the time, but it doesn't have to be. It just has to be Good, which it is." as my new motto, it describes my life perfectly! Thank you and I look forward to reading all about your great adventures!

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  2. Thanks, Coren! This whole process has been so fun and exciting, but also really hard, in that good way that makes you say "Wow, God must really believe in me." It's been such a time of growth, and I hope I can find a way to share that with everyone :)

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  3. I found you via FLOB's Friday hop. I had to start at the beginning with this story. This is the first time I have found a new blog and read their entire archives.
    Gotta go as I have more of your blog to read.

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  4. Aww, she doesn't look that bad! lol

    (but totally crazy to buy SIGHT UNSEEN. we walked or drove through dozens before buying our glorified tent)

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  5. Like Bernie I've decided to start at the beginning. Can't wait to catch up on your adventures. My husband agreed to our current house without ever stepping foot in it, but I can't imagine neither of us having walked through it first.

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  6. Looooooove.
    Also, did your first post honestly not include the word "turd"?

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  7. I don't think I've ever read the why's and how's of your adventure. Looking forward to doing that now though!

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  8. I think you win the award for best first post ever.

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  9. hahahah can I just cut and paste Cari's comment?!

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  10. This is fantastic, now I must peruse the rest of your entire blog beginning to end, I must.

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  11. I just decided to reread your entire blog. Because it would make a great book. And I hope you dedicate it to me, because it was my idea.

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