More Houses

We now have looked at 11 houses, and tomorrow we are going to up our total to 17 (if all goes well). We have looked at some houses in the eastern suburbs...ok for the record they aren't exactly suburbs as some of the area even has an Atlanta address. So, it isn't as bad as Gwinitia...or Cobb heaven forbid I live there (see my sarcasm), it is just more suburban than Midtown. OK, so as I was saying, we looked at some houses just a bit east of the city, and saw 2 that were OK, but nothing that we HAD to buy. Last week we looked at a more urban neighborhood in the city, and found one house that is super cute...Jessica calls it the "Green House". It was adorable, but we aren't completely convinced that it was THE house. It could be, but we still need to look some more. Tomorrow we are going to look east of the city again which should be interesting...just this week 4 new houses went on the market, and they seem to be just what we want, not too big and not too small.

I actually had been having some anxiety associated with moving closer into town into the more urban neighborhood, but after looking at houses down there and meeting a neighbor and reading their community newsletter I feel a TON better. That kind of makes me feel funny, because the info I found out would probably not make most parents feel better. Dave and I laughed as we read the community newsletter that boasted 35 arrests since last April, involving drugs, burglaries and prostitution. And why would we want to live here, we asked? But those things happen everywhere, even the suburbs, it is just more over tin the city. It is also nice to know that there is a strong, active community that will fight against things that seek to destroy the community. That is one thing that attracks us to the area.

Who knows. I still desire to be close to our church community and so we do not know how this will play into our decision. I think that if we live outside of the city we will just have to be much more intentional with our time, so as to not get too comfortable in a life that on the surface might look neat and clean.

It will be interesting to see what the Lord has in store for us. I look forward to seeing what February holds.