Happy birthday, Beck!

First, yes, I did see Twilight.  However, that’s another story and I’ll elaborate in another post when I have gathered the pictures I want to show you.  So, stay tuned.

Second, and more importantly, I reread my post on Wednesday and realized I did it again!  I started to focus on the bad.  I guess that’s human nature, isn’t it?  Yes, I’m still frustrated, anxious, and depressed.  However, even though I feel like that, I know I have a good life.  I also know I’m not the only one going through something difficult.  I know I have friends and family members going through their on tough times and I’m sure they’re feeling similarly to or the same way I did/do.  They may even be feeling it more than me because they may be going through even tougher times than me.  So, I’m going to recommit to looking at the positive and being grateful for what I have.  It’s funny that this realization came in the face of the toughest adversity Corey and I have faced with moving….

We’ve been working with two banks to get our loan.  The first bank is waiting for something to happen because of the changes in their regulations, which may end up taking a while.  So, we were really pushing hard with the second bank.  They were very optimistic and said they should be able to approve us.  However, upon looking through our file and with the changes in their regulations over the past month, this morning they told us we were denied.  This was the offer we were shooting for to help us with our move tomorrow.

Needless to say, this morning, Corey and I were very stressed and had a lot of anxiety.  And to top it off, our backup plan fell through, so it looked like we had no options.  We started looking for other avenues.  (Thank goodness for the Internet!)  The best option we could find isn’t available until December 1.  So, what to do until then?

We looked at putting our stuff in storage and staying in a hotel.  We’ve even had a few friends offer to let us stay with them.  We didn’t want to burden them and with our cats, it would be rather difficult.  We were willing to kennel the cats if we had to, but we didn’t really want to.  So, we kept looking for other options.

Finally, Corey and I decided to talk to our landlord and see where he was at.  When I called him, I was nearly in tears.  I’m not sure if that made the difference, but he was more than willing to let us stay until the 1st.

At this point, we’re still hoping that the first bank comes through by the 1st, but if not, we have somewhere to go.  And, we can stay there until the first bank comes through as it may take a month or so for certain things to happen.  So, we’re not out of the running with buying the townhome we want.  And, this place that we may move to has a “rent to own” option, so it may end up working out better for us.

Anyway, there are a whole new set of frustrations that come because of what happened today, but overall, I feel good.  I know most of you know I have a firm belief in God and I know He is the reason Corey and I aren’t going to be homeless tomorrow.  True, things didn’t work out the way we wanted them to, but things are working out and I know they’ll continue to work out for the better because of Him.  So, for that, I’m grateful!

Right now, I’m dealing with a lot of feelings.  First, there’s frustration. When we started looking into buying a townhome, we were pre-approved for our loan.  But, that was before the economy tanked and the real estate market started getting an overhaul.  Long story short, lots of regulations have changed with a few of the banks that we’re working with, so what we qualified for before based on our credit/income, isn’t the same now.  And, because the buying process wasn’t finished, nothing was locked in.  So, we’re having to jump through all these hoops just to get the loan.  (At least, this is what we’re being told.)  We haven’t been disqualified yet because we keep being told to do one more thing….

Second, there’s anxiety. We have to move Saturday and there’s no ifs, ands, or buts about it.  We’re being told that everything is moving along and we’ll be able to close no later than next week.  So, are we going to be homeless for a couple of days?  Or, is everything going to work out just in the nick of time?  I don’t know and it’s very nerve racking.

Third, there’s depression. Why does it seem that we always have to jump through hoops to make things happen?  This depression doesn’t just come from our townhome purchase; there’s a lot of history and other things going on right now that support this line of thinking.  Corey’s a very private person, so I don’t talk about all our problems on my blog.  Just believe me, though; we’ve gone through A LOT and are continuing to go through A LOT!

I guess the hardest thing about this is trying to find another place to live that we can afford in such a short notice.  However, we do have a backup plan just in case something happens and we don’t get this townhome.  It’s not what we want, but it’ll do.

Thanks for letting me vent and thanks for all your support!  We could use some more to help us through this next little bit.

Happy birthday, Meagan!

Here are this week’s words:

1. Countervail: to be of equal force in opposition; avail.
2. Crass: thick; coarse.
3. Cursory: going rapidly over something, without noticing details; hasty; superficial.
4. Cynosure: something that strongly attracts attention by its brilliance, interest, etc.
5. Dearth: an inadequate supply; scarcity; lack.

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I hacked Jennifer’s blog to say thank you to everyone who wished me a happy birthday. I appreciate all the sentiment and invite you to send any and all gifts (you have them, I assume ) to Save the Internet.

I will now return you to your regularly scheduled blog programming.

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Happy birthday, Honey!

I finished my blog’s new look.  I decided I liked the layout of the old theme; I just wanted a change in color and stuff like that.  So, I meshed my old theme with one I found.  I’m pretty proud of myself.

Updated: I changed the background because I decided the last one was too busy.  On my home computer, it looked awesome.  However, when I looked at it on my work computer, the background seemed to overpower everything else.

Tomorrow is Corey’s birthday and he’s not one for making the day a big deal. Usually, we don’t do much by way of presents and this year was/is no different.  He simply wanted to go to a movie and share a chocolate cake with some of his favorite people.  So, since his birthday is on a Sunday, we decided to go see the movie yesterday and tomorrow we’ll have chocolate cake with the Vigues.

Both of us were actually pretty excited to see Quantum of Solace.  I know Corey liked it a lot and I really enjoyed it as well.  I love Daniel Craig’s portrayal of Bond.  In fact, he’s my favorite Bond, not only because of his portrayal, but also because of his hotness! He’s closely followed by Pierce Brosnan as I don’t really like the older movies as much as the six newest ones.  (Jared, I know that’s sacrilege in your mind, but you’ll have to deal with it. )  I think I like Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace so much because their storylines are connected, whereas all the previous Bond movies are just independent stories.

After the movie, we were both pretty hungry, so we went to PF Chang’s.  PF Chang’s is one of Corey’s favorite restaurants, whereas, it’s one of my least.  (I’m not one for Chinese food.)  I decided not to make a huge fuss, though, since it was Corey’s birthday celebration. Very nice of me, don’t you think?

I normally eat the lettuce wraps as my entree because I can’t find anything else I like there.  Yesterday, I decided to be courageous and I tried the Coconut Curry Vegetables.  The tofu and the veggies were really good, but the curry was a little too much for me.  Even though I didn’t enjoy the food as much as I would’ve liked, I still had a nice time because we were doing something Corey enjoyed and we were spending time together.

Anyway, I think Corey had a good night yesterday and I know eating chocolate cake with the Vigues tomorrow will make his birthday the best.  Happy birthday, Honey!

The official trailer for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince came out today.  It looks awesome and I’m really excited! You can see it on the big screen with Twilight.  Woo hoo!