Accepted!

We got word very late last night that our offer for the home was accepted. YIPPIE!

We close on October 3rd.

The kids are excited. I am too.... and a little scared.

I'm scared of a mortgage again. I'm scared of making new friends. I'm scared of living in the middle of nowhere. But funny thing, I also am excited about them too!  I don't think I've mentioned that I also am so happy to have a basement to banish the kids to!

When we bought our first house, the previous owners had a horseshoe above the kitchen door. It was upside down. After we moved in Joel turned it right side up (did you know there's an up and down to a horse shoe? I grew up with horses and didn't know!) and told me that they were letting all the luck run out. (And being Irish, luck is something I SHOULD know about!) I always thought that was a neat sentiment.

When we visited our new house we noticed a wood structure at the end of our very long driveway, down by the road, on the property, that had two horseshoes turned right side up. I like to think they are holding all of the good luck for us!