I have completely neglected my blog this summer, because so much has been going on! Not only have we been busy, but I have personally been doing a lot of soul searching. I have been feeling very unsettled for a long time now, and I am so happy and excited to say that I finally feel peace about the direction we are headed. First, we have sold our house (well, we are under contract and out of the option period), and we are buying a house in Southlake! I have felt very strongly for a long time that our family belongs in Southlake, and I am so happy that we are making this move. I was growing extremely frustrated that our house was lingering on the market for so long, and just when I was starting to give up hope, we received multiple offers, including the one we accepted. Miraculously, we have made it through the inspection and option period with no issues, and I pray that things will continue to go smoothly.
Once we had a contract on our house, we had to move quickly to find a house to buy. Frank has been somewhat apathetic about the entire home selling/buying process, and he urged me strongly not to buy a house impulsively and to wait and make sure we found something we would love for a long time. With that in mind, Southlake's market is crazy, so I knew we would have to make an offer quickly, and most likely at full asking price, to have any chance of getting the house we wanted. My top choice house had already received an offer, so we went out that Thursday to check it out. I loved the house, and Frank hated it. I started to think we may not ever agree on a home and I started to panic a little bit. That weekend, I went with my sister to look at 7 additional houses, and we absolutely fell in love with one of them. I was afraid to get my hopes up because I had no idea what Frank would think, but luckily he fell in love with it too! This house had been on the market for 11 days, and it had already been under contract once, but that contract fell through the night before we went to see it. I really feel like we are destined to be in this house. The iron gate on the driveway already has a "B" on it. The address is 926 Emerald Blvd, which is so crazy because my first AOL screenname was Emerald629. And the house came back on the market at the exact perfect time to allow us to swoop in and take it back off the market. The house is on a huge corner lot in an established neighborhood in Southlake with big trees, gorgeous detailing, and a pool! We are so excited about this home, and we are hopeful that it will be a wonderful place to watch Frank and Lily grow up.
In the midst of all of this house madness, I have quietly resigned from my current (and still very new) job and accepted a position at another firm. I start the new job on August 4th, the same day that we are set to close on our house. This job will be less hours (about 75% of full time) and more money--I simply couldn't pass up this opportunity. I am very excited about this change, and I hope to stay at this firm for a long time.
There are a lot of changes going on in the Bernardo household, but they are all positive changes, and I am so excited for the next chapter in our lives.
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