Mindy's Non-Adventures

    Father forgive me, it's been 53 days since my last blog post. How many Hail Mary's is that? Oh wait, I'm not Catholic, and it's JUST a blog. Anyway... in the last month and a half, we've managed to finally move (sorry for the split infinitive!) AND sell our house!  I thought that once we got a contract on the house, our work would be done. We'd just sit back, wait for the closing date, and take that check to the bank. Really, where do I come up with these lies? I truly am delusional sometimes. I spent nearly every weekend from our moving date to our closing date in Greenville doing all the things that needed to be done to close the sale. I'd gone from being a guest in my own home to living between two!  And I can't even complain because our selling process went about as smoothly as it can go. As soon as we hit the buying season, we had a serious offer, then a little back and forth and suddenly we're under contract. Then the back and forth...

     Selling a house while homeschooling and having 2 kids and one baby in the house is life consuming. It disrupts the rhythm of our lives. Whatever we're doing has to be dropped at a moment's notice whenever a potential buyer wants to see our wonderful deal-of-a-lifetime house. This in and of itself is not so bad. Whatever, it's part of the deal of trying to sell your house in this market. What DOES drive me crazy are the people that are not serious about buying or they have NO IDEA what they're looking for.  I think people have watched too many home renovation shows because now everyone wants a brand spankin' new Mcmansion at a dollar menu price.  I see our home more as a Mchouse at a value meal price. But so are the days we live in...     Okay, I'm done with my rant. Now to ask the tough questions. Last night at dinner, some friends and I were chatting about why it is SO HARD for some people to believe that God is in control. Notice the ...