So much time has gone by...

So much has occurred since my last post. My hunny came home from overseas and is now out of the military.

My grandmother suffered a stroke and is no longer able to care for herself nor are any of us able to stay home full-time to care for her, therefore she was placed in a nursing home...the one place she absolutely dreaded. Unfortunately, there weren't any other options in which she was qualified, so it is what it is.

My oldest son has recently turned 16, which was bittersweet...I so proud of the young man he's growing up to be, yet it saddened me to realize just how quickly these past 16 years flew by. I feel like he should only be in 3rd grade -not 10th.

We're in the final stages of purchasing a home using a VA home loan...never will we do this again. We had heard the VA underwriters were though and picky,  we just never could have imagined them to be this picky. The property we're trying to purchase has a barn out in the field and we had to get it inspected and check for termites. Our Realtor spoke with all the loan officers he knew and none of them had ever heard of such a thing needing to be done. So this home buying experience has been quite stressful. Therefore, I told my hunny that we better live in this house until we're super old and gray, lol! As I post this we are expecting to close on the house in 6 days. Wish us luck, we may need it.