Signing papers today

This afternoon we will be signing the papers for the sell of our trees. I'm still a little nervous about this process - be we will be replanting the land as soon as the land has been cleared - and they are only taking the pines, they will not be taking any of the hardwoods (which take much longer to grow). This is land that has been harvested many times (it used to be owned by a timber company), so that makes me feel a little bit better.

We are still having a hard time figuring out what we are going to do about our house. In the last year, building material costs have continued to go up, so it would cost more to build another house. For the same house, it would probably cost us about the same as what we paid - even though we went WAY over. Everything will work out though. God will provide! One of the main things that I think about is the fact that this house is big enough for us to raise our family in, no matter how many kids we have (3-4 being the max that we want). However, I know that if we decide to sell and move - God will provide us with the perfect house for now, and if it isn't big enough, he will provide for us later also.

Then I wonder if we should build on our land. It is about a 30min drive from work, and about 15-20 minutes farther out of town from where we live now. It is far enough away from town that you wouldn't want to have to run errands once you got home, and on the weekends we probably wouldn't want to leave the house. It is too far out to 'run' get something to eat, and it still be nice and hot when we get it home. No pizza delivery! No quick trip to a gas station for milk. Etc. But we have LAND! We would have plenty of room for our house and anything else we could imagine. I'm even hoping that one day, if our kids decide to live in the same town, that they could build a house right there on our land and be nice and close to us. Of course, we have no idea what the next 20 years will bring - but it is a nice thought.

Anyway, we will be harvesting the trees this month. I'll be paying off the credit cards with the money, and praying that we can keep the balance down.

On another note - Eric has an interview today (in 30 mins). I pray that IF this is the right job for him, he will get it, if it isn't, then the right job will come along soon.