IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

if you were anywhere NEAR us today, you would have felt the joy radiating off of bobby and me.

about two years ago, in absolute faith, we stuck a FOR SALE BY OWNER sign in front of our house not knowing quite what to expect.

fast forward through the sale of our home, a cross-country adventure complete with truck fire and creepy clown faces, a one month stay with virtual strangers who i met online (who are now some of our very best friends in the whole world), the dark dark days of the walmart era, the complete miracle of the dream job, and you find us here today,

the proud new owners of a beautiful, perfect-for-us, texas hacienda LOL. yep, that's right. we closed on our new home today. it wasn't supposed to happen until monday but our realtor called and said everything was done and we could close earlier if we wanted. for the first time in what feels like FOREVER, we actually DIDN'T have to wait. what a concept!

it's been quite a ride...and while it's been agonizing at times, i wouldn't trade one moment if it meant that i had to give up 'here' and 'now.' because 'here' and 'now' feels GREAT!

let the home makeover begin...now, can someone get hold of ty pennington for me? hee hee