My Parents are Saints.

My parents are truly Saints. We still haven't found a home and from the looks of the inventory where we are looking, it could be a little while. Not only are they letting us live with them until we find the right house, they are also acting as babysitters while we do the looking. A few days ago, I found our camera filled with the pictures below. Looks like when the cat is away, the mice play! :)

We are running out of steam when it comes to looking at homes. We get listings everyday and try to see them in the evenings. There were a few nights in a row that we were out looking at homes until 11 p.m. We have placed two offers on homes. One was a traditional sale of a new home that was just built, but after the builder countered our offer, we went in to check things out again and realized they had cut corners on many areas, so even though it was new there were quite a few things we would want to replace after moving in the home. We decided not to counter their offer. We placed another offer on a foreclosure, but the whole time the offer was being written I had this feeling that it wasn't right. I ignored it, and then decided to go over to the home again and check things out a day after. I had that same gut-wrenching feeling that this was not the home. I called Joseph and told him, and felt so much more peace about it after. I think the realtor we are working with is probably ready to ditch us right now, but that's okay, we want to find the right home. We've considered the idea of building with a semi-custom home builder where we choose one of their plans. We may go that route, but it would be nice to find an existing home. That seems to be where the better deals are and it would be nice to already have a lawn in, etc. We'll see. In the meantime, my parents have been very patient and have encouraged us not to rush. We feel rushed because it's hard to bombard into someone else's life and home, but hopefully it won't be too long. It's nice to have a familiar place to stay, where we don't have to lock ourselves into a lease or entangle ourselves with other commitments until we find the right landing spot.