913 Kilby Station Rd

Well, we have finally moved in and have all of our services connected- tv, internet, phone, power, water. It is so nice to have a house again. One that we can decorate, and clean, and cook in. Thankfully we have some time over Thanksgiving to begin the process of after unpacking. Everything is getting out of boxes, but it is nowhere close to where it needs to be. We still need to hang pictures and frames. We really need to put a shed out back, install some more closet shelves for space and all the fun it's-my-house stuff.
I must confess something though. We we packed up all of our books from the old house, we took all of the screws from the bookcases and put them in their own bag inside of a larger bag. Makes sense right??? I will never do that again. We lost the so very important bag and had to go find new ones. I forgot why I dislike moving so much. Too easy to lose things. But, here are a few pics. I will try to to better with the blog now that we have our internet back. :)
Have a great Thanksgiving!

Our New Home

The beginning of the settling in and placing everything were it needs to be. And of course Jackie is relaxing with Tumnus.

The back of the house- still need to
add a shed and a nice outdoor dining table.

And what is a home without
lots of crazy stuffed animals?

New Job and update on house

Well the new job has definantly kept me busy. Teaching in the public school is a very different joy than teaching in the alternative setting. I love the new job and the kids are great. I have plenty of annoying kids of course, but they are half the fun and trying to get them to listen and behave. But more importantly our house is coming together and hopefully we will be able to close sometime in the beginning of November. I think we will be doing some painting and little decorating prior to moving since we only get plain white on the walls and we want some color. We are hoping to start moving things in on our long Thanksgiving weekend. But here are some updated pics.

The front of the house obviously.

Living room with gas fireplace.

Office

We couldn't post the other pics because it was raining outside, and well...we dont have lighting yet so the shadows are awful. We will post more as it comes together

Foundation is In!

Last Saturday we discovered that our foundation had gone in. The news from the builder is that we should be ready to move in by Thanksgiving. We are so excited.
On the current home front, we are in the process of working out a contract. A lady who has shown interest for a month or so has finally provided us with proof that she can get a loan. Keep your fingers crossed for us! Here are some pics.

This is the front of the foundation from the street.
913 Kilby Station Road.
Side view from the left
The back of the house from the wooded edge of our lot.
This is what our house will look like before the siding...sometime by the end of August.

Gid is good

I left work yesterday with a message to call Jackie's principal back. After talking to him I accepted a postition as a special education math teacher at Spotsylvania High School. I will be going up there on Monday to sign my letter of intent. I am saddened at having to leave my current job, but am excited about the doors I now have opened in the public school system. But the saving we will have in gas being able to carpool together and with another employee in the area are wonderful. This has been such an answer to prayer. It is hard to remember that God always provides for his children, especially the many things He has given me in my life. I will post more later as I hear more information.
Praise be to the Lord
His servant

Two days

I have almost made it. I have two more days until my summer officially begins. Well one if you leave out the field trip to Kings Dominion. It is officially work, but hey there is a little fun there too. Then I get to relax a little bit, but only a little because I still have two class I'm taking for the summer. I did finally get called for an interview in Spotsylvania County High (jackie's school). So know I am just praying and waiting. Hopefully, I will hear soon so my current school isn't in a bind.

Almost summer

The school year is finally dragging on too long. Jackie is finished on the 13, but I must lug on until the 26th of June. On top of that, I am taking 4 graduate classes. ahhhhhh. Where are the summer of my childhood, when I could just ride my bike to the pool and go swimming for hours on end. Ah yes, I am a grown up now and have to wait for a vacation.

Weekend Update

Good evening,

The waiting game has begun. We have had our first showing of the house, but we are trying not to get too excited about any showings and the market is great right now. We know that it will sell in His time and all we have to to is wait. We have until the sheet rock goes on on our new place until we have to worry. That is not for another 4-6 months. So right now we are just in waiting. If it sells before our other house is ready, we have a place to stay and will just put our stuff in storage. We looked at final plans last week and added a fireplace and moved a window. In the coming weeks we will meet and discuss colors and carpet. The only downside I can see right now is that if we don't sell our current place, we will have designed a great house for someone else.

The Current and Future State of house.

Lot from street

Back of lot

I went by the lot last weekend after signing the contract with the contingency of our selling of 1213 N. 24th St. It is just a bare lot right now, but I also have a few pics of what the house will begin to look like as it goes up.

What the front of the house will look like, plus some siding of course.

Back of house.

What did I sign???

Good evening, me and Jackie signed what is to hopefully be our new house contract this evening. Even though it is contingent on us selling our current house. A little bit about the house...it has no foundation as it is not built yet. It is located in Ashland, Virginia on Kirby Station Rd (913 to be exact). Don't google it yet because remember no foundation yet. We have until the sheet rock goes up hopefully in the next 3-4 months, to back out if our house isn't selling. But all we can do know is pray and see where God leads. I will try to keep the post more up to date and get some pictures of the empty lot and the house as it goes up. Love you all and God Bless

Time to post again

It's been too long since our last post and hopefully I will be able to do a much better job at posting in the future. Well me and Jackie are busy with school and hopefully I will be joining her in Spotsylvania County Schools. She is loving being a school counselor, yet as we all do have days where here kids drive her crazy.
For those of you who don't know we are looking to move to the Ashland area this summer (pray and crossing our fingers that our house will sell). We met with our realtor this afternoon and discussed what all we have to do with the house to help it sell. Which we hope will happen soon since we already know the house we want in Ashland. It is new construction and have tentatively put a contract in with the contigency that our house here sells (who can afford two mortgages anyway). But as things move along we will keep you posted and try to get a few shots of the new house as it goes up. Talk to you all soon.

Brandon