Out Of Our Hands...

How funny am I? A couple days after posting our dream house I am posting about a new house, that is well closer to the $300k range than the other one. No this one is not $300, but it is $220k. It is quite a large house (you wouldn't think from the outside) with 7 bedrooms and 3 or 4 bathrooms. I have only seen the downstairs of it, and it is GORGEOUS! The only "problem" is that it doesn't have a garage or much land. The upside is that it is GORGEOUS and in town.

I'm talking about Bug's in-home daycare provider's house. I think I may have mentioned before that she and her family are moving to Texas come summer? Well if not, they are. She has also asked if I would be interested in taking over the business and buying the house. Interested? More than that! The only bad thing is that I think it will be very had for Nick and I to get a loan of that amount right now. We have a LOT out there right now, and while I would be making double of what I make now I still think that getting a financial institution to go along with the whole plan might be a bit difficult. I'm not giving up hope though. I feel that God has put it in my heart to be home with my daughter, and presented us with this opportunity for a reason. So what are we going to do? We are going to pray that God make it clear what we should do, and have faith that he will provide a way no matter what.

(P.S. You may have noticed the inclusion of spirituality in this post....I'm working on becoming a more spiritual person for the New Year...I need to be a more rounded person, better person, and feel that this is what I am lacking and in turn will make me whole)

Daycare Saga

We absolutely love Bug's daycare. The problem now is that they will most likely be moving to Texas this summer. Our provider's son goes to college there and her daughter was just accepted. She had mentioned this to me earlier this year to see if I would be interested in taking on over the business. I told her that I might be, it would depend on the circumstances. She wasn't sure if she wanted to run it from TX, or just sell the house.

This past week she let me know that they were planning on selling the house. The house is REALLY nice, but with it being so nice, they want a pretty penny for it. Too much for what we can afford right now. I was thinking about asking her if we could maybe do a rent to own sort of thing, but I'm not sure. It is a little on the big side for what I'd like too. (7 bedrooms 3 baths)

I was just doing some random searching online for homes in the area, but more in town. I found a house in town that I LOVE and it has 10.5 acres with it. Are you kidding me?! I think this would be perfect, but it's going to take some convincing on Nick for him to warm up to the idea of being "in town". It would be perfect for a daycare though!!! Who knows what will happen...I might just be dreaming a dream, but I'm living in the moment of it. :)

Back to daycare...

So I'm a little stressing out already because that means we'll have to find another provider for Calla, and she LOVES it there with those kids and Miss.M. and Miss. K. I don't want to go have to go through that whole worrying about how she is doing, etc. again. Why couldn't they just wait one more year, because by then I'll be able to bring Calla up to work with me for their preschool program. I'm still not sure of my thoughts on bringing her to an all day preschool at age 3, but I have some time before I have to actually decide that. I think I'll let Calla be the judge on that one.

I hate to think about any of it...so I'm just going to pretend it isn't happening, and see how far that will take me. Any guesses? lol

Highchairs

I have been scouring the internet for highchairs this whole morning. See we had one picked out from Target, and mom gave us a gift card for Christmas to buy it. The problem? Well the Target reviews weren't that great so I looked around at other sites for its reviews and they were just as bad. I mean it is a BEAUTIFUL highchair, but it lacks a lot for the cost. So I found a different highchair that I think we will agree on.
PROS:
*Wood (we want wood not plastic)
*Very attractive
*ON SALE 50% off

CONS:
*Ages 6+ months

So this is what I am thinking. The money that we can save by buying this highchair we can afford to get a portable highchair that grows with Calla into a booster seat. I think it is a really good idea, but are we just being stupid buying two? I mean the way I am looking at it is using the portable until Calla can sit up on her own then just keep the portable in the car for when we go someplace and use the wood for home. That makes sense doesn't it? Plus it would save on wear and tear so that they would both last longer for future children to come. Am I making sense? Please leave some comments or vote on the poll to tell me what you think we should do. I haven't told Nick about this yet because he isn't home, but I'm pretty sure he'll say do whatever you want. So gimme some input, PLEASE!