Today was a rough day. I’m posting this post first and a nicer one next! I’ve listed our home for sale. I’m listing it for sale by owner. We’ve been trying to obtain permanent financing for well over 9 months now with no luck in obtaining a loan. I’ve literally been through maybe 5-10 lenders per month and explored every single option out there and there hasn’t been one approval yet, so it’s time to move on. NOT by choice and I’m NOT fully giving up, but we at least need to start advertising it now. I find it hard to believe that god thinks this is the best for us. (???) This home was built by all of us and it is “perfect” in our eyes and what we’ve always dreamed about. We’re hoping for some sort of miracle in the next few weeks because we’re exhausted and we simply can’t handle this much stress anymore. We are fortunate that we were able to do what we did and that are family is as healthy as we can be. If our home sells, we hope it does soon and wish to make some profit (chances are very good that we will), invest wisely in something much less expensive. Then… we’ll be able to do more activities and take more time off! Part of us finds this hard to swallow – I’ve felt like falling apart these past few days, but I know that whatever does happen, it will be for the best and we will make the best of the outcome. I’m impressed with myself that I didn’t start crying til after I was done creating the flyer and began to post it – I didn’t think I could make it through the flyer, but I did. So… we now try to have a glimpse of hope that some affordable financing comes along soon! I’ve prayed for over a year on this, so I don’t think I’m being heard. (and I can be pretty loud. oh well. ) 
Here’s a few pictures that I’m using for our flyer.
Other than our recent decision, my next post has helped me tonight – creating a digital scrap of Tiffany! Let’s move past this post…
