Our Old House, Community Fun, and Old Books

Last week, on the very same day, we got an offer to buy our house and another offer to rent it. We're negotiating to sell and it looks like the deal's going to go through, so I'm really excited. Hopefully we'll have that off our backs in a few weeks.

We were down in the old community working on the house last Saturday and decided to stop by a community event we used to go to regularly. They had a fire truck, armored vehicles, and a tank that the kids could look at and for some of the vehicles, they were allowed to get inside and mess around. There were lots of booths, mostly full of things the kids don't care about. And there were some blow-up bounce houses and slides.

You know what's funny, though? We were there for a couple hours and the biggest draw for all of us was a used book sale going on in the courthouse. We spent more time there than anywhere else including the tank or the bounce houses. I'm pretty sure that makes us weird, but it makes me really happy that my kids all love books.

And even though I really love our new home ... I love our old home too. There are a lot of things I'll miss about it. But I'm also grateful to be where we are now.