After a sermon at church where the minister talked about how God is with us during our times of stress and we need to just let him have control, I got to see some examples of how God provides stress relief through humor and human silliness.
We went to look at a couple houses that are for sale near where we really want to be. The first one was not in any condition to be shown. There was actually dog poop on the carpet and nothing had been staged or cleaned. This was a lower priced home that could have been really nice, but the owner hadn't taken care of it or thought out the decor very well. My husband made the realtor and I laugh when he said "nothing says country like dog poop on the floor and a rack of guns on the wall." We would have to offer the people a really low-ball offer so pretty much marked that home off the potential list.
The next property that we looked at was very pricey, and we told each other that it would have to be perfect for us to even consider making an offer. It was immaculate, staged well, and upgraded to the max. I knew that it was too good to be true and my suspicions were correct as I noticed that the master bedroom had a relatively small closet compared to the amazing bathroom area. We explored a bit and found the closet down the stairway next to the master bedroom and it was a huge closet, the size of a bedroom. The basement was decked out with a wet bar and nice entertaining area in addition to the master closet. As we continued to look, I realized that the home only had two bedrooms. How on earth anyone put that much time into this home in renovating it and making it look amazing and they didn't add another bedroom or two is beyond me. We were so sad that the house wouldn't work for what we were looking to grow into, but found joy in knowing that we weren't going to be paying that much for a house. Once again, we were just laughing about how people around here seem to put money into the wrong aspects of their homes. It kinda reminds me of the person who drives a Mercedes but lives in a run down double wide. The priorities for homeowners needs to be more about structure and size and flexibility of the homes, not the fancy tile backsplash.
My husband has been working nights, so we really cherished our time together while he was awake. He and my son spent about 5 minutes laughing at each other while eating supper. A baby's laugh is the best! We also laughed about how many blueberries he ate today. He had to have eaten about two pints total of blueberries... and it showed up in his diaper later like nothing I have ever seen from him. I got to wrap up the day hanging with my cousin-in-law, who lives next to us. Being around her family is nice and a reminder to me to slow down and enjoy the people around you.
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