It All Just Works Out

I've said it before that I love my life.  I love it how, in the end, things always seem to work out just the way I want/need them to.  I won't go into details and give examples...the following post is proof enough :)

Last summer, I fell in love with a house that was for sale.  It was in one of the new-ish neighborhoods and pretty much across the street from where Kat will eventually go to school.  Just down the street from the house is a group home.  When Joel is done school, the next step will be to have him live in a home.  How perfect would it be to be able to just walk down the street, pick him up and bring him home for supper?

Besides the location, I fell in love with the house itself (obviously).  It is a two story house with four bedrooms upstairs.  The master bedroom is HUGE and runs the entire width of the house.  It has a huge walk-in closet, a full master bath and a gorgeous bay window.  The main floor has two living rooms, a dining room and an eat-in kitchen.  The backyard has a massive covered deck, a completely fenced yard (a bonus for us because our current yard is not) and a dog run.  The bonuses to this house just go on and on.

Before we could put in an offer, the house was pulled off the market.  I have not been able to stop thinking about the house.  From the moment I walked into it, I knew it would someday be mine.  The only obstacle was getting the current owners to move out of it :)  Throughout the year, I have been tempted many times to knock on the door and ask them if they want to sell, but each time I would chicken out.

Two weeks ago, through completely legitimate means, I was able to figure out who the owner is and obtain her email address (I don't feel like explaining it all right now).  I took the plunge and emailed her to ask if she has thought about selling again.  I waited on pins and needles for her response.  Within hours, she messaged back to say YES! she has been thinking about selling but just wasn't sure.  She took my email as a sign to push her in the direction she's been hesitant about...moving out east.

We emailed back and forth for a day or so and quickly realized we must be sisters separated at birth because we were on the same page about everything!  We then took our relationship to the next level and became friends on FB.  The day after that, we upped the anted to talking on the phone (to set up a day when I could go and tour through the house to see the changes she made).  Four days after starting our "relationship", I went over to the house.  I couldn't help but smile as we hugged each other, even though we didn't really know each other.

My dream house will hopefully be a reality before Christmas :) Like I said, I love the way things work out in my life.  I get the things I truly want :)