Soooooo, moving has kind of thrown us for a loop.
I knew that things were probably going to be crazy.
I was right.
Things have really been crazy!
This poor little blog here has suffered but I will begin to get back into a posting groove now that things are calming down.
There is so much that I will share about things here in California including more about Brenner's job, new adjustments, the area and some of our highs and lows so far.
I will also share a lot more about our house once I get around to taking pictures of it!
We are finally settled in our new house and after 7 weeks of unpacking. organizing, rearranging and Craigslist searching, I think that our house is mostly put together and we are loving it!
If you follow me on Instagram then you will have seen some pictures already and know more about what we have been up to but even with that I have not shared all that I have wanted to.
So today, let's just start with a brief summary of our house and how we got it.
We arrived at the AF base on a Tuesday and we found our house 5 days later.
We thought we had found a place online back in December to rent but the owner changed his mind about renting the house after we had been talking with him for a few weeks and we were really disappointed. We decided basically to stop looking online at that point because it was a only a few weeks until we would be here and we knew that we would have time to look once we arrived.
We found one place that looked promising our third day here but when we visited it, we found out the house was on a small citrus orchard which we would be responsible for maintaining (yikes!) and that bees are attracted to citrus orchards, of which I am allergic (yikes again!) So basically that place was out.
That night, Thursday, Brenner got online and found a place that looked promising. He called immediately and the guy was not even finished listing the house and was surprised we were even able to see it online. He had just started listing it 20 minutes before!
He and Brenner talked and it sounded too good to be true.
Saturday afternoon was visited the house and agreed to rent it!
It literally has every single thing that was on our crazy wish list and more!
It is 6 miles from the base.
It sits on 10 acres.
It has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms plus a small bonus room.
There is lots of outdoor space for a garden.
There is a storage barn for our boat and other storage items.
It has free internet because it is housing station with the internet company.
The previous owners said we could have their chickens since they could not take them.
It is directly across the street from a lake and the lake access point.
It has a huge enclosed front porch that runs the lengths of the house.
And it was below our monthly housing budget.
Not only all that, but the landlord is basically one of the nicest guys ever and has done all sorts of upgrades in the last 7 weeks to be sure that everything is in tip top shape (such as putting in new wood floors, dry walling the garage, putting in new insulated windows and fixing up one of the bathrooms.)
Seriously, we could not have asked for a better place. We have humbled by God's provision and generosity.
I will share more pictures of the rest of the house soon!
Oh, and please come and visit us!
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