Amazing things happen all around us. In January, our landlord telephoned to see what our plans were regarding the expiration of our lease the end of March. At the time, the wiring for the new house was scheduled and we were fairly confident we could have the house close to being finished within the two months, if all things went well. We decided to go ahead and terminate the lease on schedule. (We're such optimists!) Bruce left for Utah right after the electrician finished and when he returned, not only had nothing been done, but we were delayed another four weeks after that getting the inspection passed on the electrical work. This, of course, meant that we couldn't move forward with anything other than the painting of the outside of the house. Our friend of many years, Todd Wilson, came out the end of February and helped Bruce do just that, but at the end of that project, with the electrical inspection still not passed, the framing inspection to go, and the inside of the house still looking like it did in December, our hopes of getting it to a point of moving in by the end of March was pretty silly. We told everyone we knew we were going to be homeless the end of March and put out feelers for a temporary place to stay. Several people came forward with offers, including our friend from church who lives in a 2-bedroom condo, our sheetrock contractor (who didn't even know us), and a woman I work with who owns a house in Waikoloa that would be available at precisely the time we would need to move (her tenant of 8 years had just given notice). Because the renter had been in the house so long, they knew they would need to re-carpet, re-paint, etc. so they offered the house to us for the same rental price and allowed us to bring the dog (which normally wouldn't have been allowed). They also said we could have the place as long as we needed it, month-to-month. What a tremendous blessing! We moved in last weekend and now all the pressure is off for getting the house done - except, of course, for the pressure we put on ourselves. Here are the pictures of the new house (not the new rental) so far.
