Wednesday, March 11, 2009

I thought it would never happen.....

Its taken so long to get to this point it seems, but everything with the house is finally coming together. Andrew was officially approved for the loan yesterday afternoon and his dad will be loaning him the down payment money (and in case you don't know this, his other siblings were pretty much given homes when family members passed away so I guess to his dad this makes things fair). With the loan we will be given money for the needed repairs and new furnace, because we cannot afford the oil heat the house currently operates on. We have to make one bulk purchase at Lowes or Home Depot of all of the items that we will need to start working on the place, the bank doesn't want us spending "meager" amounts of money and making 50 trips to the store. I need to start working on a list of things that we will need.

People have been so great to him to by donating things they don't need to his house....its kinda funny how its all worked out. His sister got a new couch last week, so he gets the old one and she also has some bookshelves and a hutch for him. My neighbor has a water softener system from when our development was on well water that he is going to give Andrew. My parents have a microwave they are going to give him as well since his mom accidentally gave his to Goodwill a few months ago. Things are finally falling into place.

Its crazy to think with everything that has gone on, and that a year ago I could never have imagined myself where I am now. There are people who have doubts about Andrew, but I don't care. My real and true friends are supporting me through this, my family loves Andrew and thinks highly of him. I don't care if people think I made a mistake by being with him again, its what is in MY heart and not theirs. One person even went as far as to tell me that Andrew reminded them of a guy I dated a few years back (if you know me well, just think Doug....yeah, I mean honestly?!?!), but to me they only have one similarity, going to school to become mechanics.....so whatever. No matter what has happened, or what doubts either of us has had, I love him and this is the beginning of our life together. If I was the one who was having doubts I wouldn't be taking this major step with him and I would think that people who know me and my heart are certain of this. These same people told me that I could do better than him, he's just a farm boy mechanic and I'm "better than that." (Okay little rant there, sorry!)

But anyways I better stop before this gets any longer.....

3 comments:

Carrin said...

Follow your heart and do what feels right to you. Your true firends will support you no matter what!

Caitlyn said...

Yeah, I think women actually tend to date a lot of guys that are kind of similar in some aspects. We've talked about it. Anyways, congratulations! I'm so glad everything is coming together!! And thanks for having my dad be your Realtor. You've been a great person for him to work with!

Amanda said...

Carrin - Thank you, thats the idea that I am trying to follow!

Caitlyn - Yeah I remember us having that conversation when we were at the mall. Thank you for always being there for me even when you were thousands of miles away! And your dad has been awesome!!!