Refridgerator

So...what type of fridge do you guys have?  We've been shopping around, annd I love, love, LOVE the French-doors style.  I like that the freezer is on the bottom and is roomy.  I like having the fridge on top with the double doors, that way I don't feel like I have to open the entire fridge to get something.  What do you guys use or like?  I've looked at the side by side ones, but the freezer just seems WAY too narrow!  I've looked at the freezer on top models, but those freezers seem so puny compared to what we'd use.  Both Tim and I love to cook, so we typically keep a FULL fridge and freezer.  I stock up on meat a lot, so I really want a roomy freezer.  What make/models can you guys recommend?

Riveside-Bound!

Well, I guess I can REALLY say that we have a house!  We'll be moving into Riverside within the next few weeks.  I think we are at the point now that we feel we can be EXCITED!!!!  We've been to Lowe's and a few appliance stores to price things.  Talk about making decisions!  I still think planning a wedding is WAY more easier, not to mention more fun than this.

Anyway, we have our FINAL walk through today!  We'll be measuring all the rooms again, and planning out the colors for the rooms and such.  I can't wait to get started.  We'll be painting and ordering new carpet before officially moving in, so I imagine we won't be in our new home until the first week of July - just in time for Nathan's 1st birthday. 

We've been scouting out appliances.  We'll need to purchase a fridge, stove, and washer & dryer.  I am not too particular about the washer & dryer since they'll be in the garage.  I am having the hardest time picking out the fridge though.  This is the stove I REALLY like.  I like having the 3 burner sections.

Can't really settle on a fridge yet.  I REALLY wanted a the French-door style fridge with the bottom freezer, but the cheapest one I have really found are about $1300.  I've been looking at the side-by-side ones, but the freeze just seems so NARROW.  Any advice on what fridge you guys bought and like?

Well, will post pictures later as we move in and get settled.  Thanks for praying us through all our housing endeavors!

Waiting

Let me start off by saying that buying a home has to be the most stressful thing you may ever do in your life.  I've been reflecting a lot on our adventures the past 2 months.  There is nothing compared to the experiences of purchasing your first home.  It has been more stressful than planning our wedding.  It has also proved to be more stressful than birthing children.  I think Tim has been way more solid than I have throughout this whole process.  I have been so proud of him.  He is truly the godly head of our household.  I am ashame to admit, but I have crumbled quite a many times since March.  We are at the last stretch.  We are 99.9% there, even though I feel like there is a chance we won't the the house anyway.

Tim and I were talking and he reminded me that God is in control, no matter the outcome.  If we don't get the house, it wasn't the home we were suppose to have, and we'd praise the Lord for keeping us from being outside of His will.  If we do get it, the Lord knew all along and He is receiving glory and praise from our obedience to trust Him. 

Trusting in the Lord when you can't see is very difficult.  Have you ever had one of those "trusting" exercises where one member was blindfolded, and you had to trust your partnet to lead you through an obstable course?  I used to hate those, but that is exactly how I feel right now.  I can't see the end result, or understand the trials we've been going through.  The only facts I know is that 1) God is in control, and 2) what God has choose to bless us, Satan will sought out to destroy.

Jesus, Bring the Rain

When I'm SUPER stressed out, I feel like this song can always lift my spirits.  Sometimes when I get too focused on my situations, I need to ask myself - What's this momentary "hardship" in light of everything Christ did for me?  If what I am going through will bring any praise and any glory to the Lord, I need to welcome it.

Here you go, from Mercy Me - Bring the Rain

I can count a million times
People asking me how I
Can praise You with all that I've gone through
The question just amazes me
Can circumstances possibly
Change who I forever am in You
Maybe since my life was changed
Long before these rainy days
It's never really ever crossed my mind
To turn my back on you, oh Lord
My only shelter from the storm
But instead I draw closer through these times
So I pray

Bring me joy, bring me peace
Bring the chance to be free
Bring me anything that brings You glory
And I know there'll be days
When this life brings me pain
But if that's what it takes to praise You
Jesus, bring the rain

I am Yours regardless of
The dark clouds that may loom above
Because You are much greater than my pain
You who made a way for me
By suffering Your destiny
So tell me what's a little rain
So I pray

Holy, holy, holy
Is the Lord God Almighty