Just Waiting on God's Plan

I really believe in God's timing. What is supposed to happen...will. 

I haven't always been that patient.  Most of the time I am not patient at all.

But in the past few years I have really tried to exercise the virtue of patience and trust the Lord to open and close the doors as needed.

What now?  Moving.

We have lived in our house for 41 plus years and really like it.  Just about every room has been painted, remodeled, re-floored, updated.  There have been new windows, new roof, new siding, and the addition of a sunroom.

Landscaping has changed with the addition of landscape timbers, transplanted plants, new vegetation added, bricks carried for a new patio and walkway to it, a flagpole set on the circle close to two new flowering pear trees, and a fire ring in the backyard.

So why would we even consider a move?

Because Hilary, Blaine, and the kids live an hour's drive south and Megan, Matt, and the kids live 20 minutes further south from that. 

Once again..why consider a move? 

Because we drive that route several times each week.

Often we leave the house around 7 and don't return until late in the evening.

Just this past week we were at one of their houses or the other or both for 4 of the 7 days and in Lafayette another day as well.  Moving would eliminate lots of travel time,  add some sleeping time, and allow us to spend more time at home rather than on the road.

Problems?  Maybe that is not the right word....maybe concerns would be better.

Why move when we are comfortable here?

Why move when our house and ground here are paid for?

Why leave a place where we are comfortable and have friends that we can call for help if needed?

Why uproot ourselves and start over again with a new utility service, heating, phone, internet service?

Plus what type of house would we want?  One floor?  New?  Older with character?  AC?  How many bathrooms?  A garage?  Outbuildings? Larger kitchen?  More closet space?

Then there is the location.  A perfect location would be one between the two houses, but that is hard to find. It would be pointless to move to an area where the drive to either house is more than 15-20 minutes.  A shorter drive than 30 minutes to Lafayette would definitely be a plus as well.

We have thought we found a few places to consider.   One with a Cutler address had no garage and no outbuildings.  No place to store anything.  Like a mower.  Like yard tools.  Like anything.
 One was prefectly located a few miles south of Pyrmont, but it was too expensive.

Another one was located just northwest of Pyrmont with an easy drive to the Mulberry-Jeff, in the country with an outbuilding, but before we could go to see it, it was sold.

Another one looks perfect, the pictures are great (especially the seat in the walk-in shower), there is land and two outbuildings, but it is a 30 minutes drive to Hilary's and even more to Megan's. It is closer to Logansport than to Lafayette.

Yet another house was perfect---but in Monticello.  Why move only 20 minutes from home?  Kinda defeats the purpose.

So the quest continues.  As I said before, I firmly believe that if we are to move, a house that we really like, in the perfect location, for the right amount of money will drop into our laps and a buyer will appear for our house and land too.

Until then....just happy to be here in our home.  I am also happy that Gary doesn't mind driving at all hours of the day and night while I sleep in the car!