House looking

The time has come. Arnold and I started searching for a new house. For those who don't now the story our landlord came over the weekend of my birthday in October and said that he was getting married and instead of giving us a lease we had to move out by April 2010. We were devistated. It's been hard to deal with lately.

I started looking as soon as we got the news and we have been looking at random houses for a bit now. We found a few and checked them out, and did drive bys but nothing for sure.

This weekend we had our babysitter, Rachel, come over and watch the kids after church. It was perfect. Arnold and I managed to check out a few houses.

The first house is on our short list (keep in mind we are renting not buying. It is the top 2 levels of a townhouse. The first level, basically like a basement, has a closet, washer and dryer, bedroom with sliding doors to the 'backyard' (about 8 by 10 feet of space) and the bedroom has a full bath attached to it. Then there is the access to the garage. The second level (which is with the rent) has a kitchen, large dinning area (these are the only parts of the house not carpeted), as well as a large family room. The third floor is the bedrooms. It was 3 bedrooms but the owner before this one created 2 large rooms. One bedroom (which we thought was the master bedroom) has a full bath and is huge. The second bedroom (which is the 'master bedroom') has a half bath and is MASSIVE! It's crazy. We really like the house. For the rent ($1100) for the 2 floors with the option of renting the first floor for another $300.00 is looking good. We would use that floor for an office/music room and it would give us access to the backyard. But we could start saving for a piano again. I would be so excited.

the second house we checked out was the main level of a house. There was usage of the backyard but the backyard is used mostly from the guy who owns the house. He is a contractor and uses it for storage (the back half of the backyard was all 2x2's). The basement had laundry but he didn't want us to use it if we had animals (the girl in the basement is allergic to dogs). The house was as small as Sue's (the house we lived in before moving to the campground). There was a bit larger living space but the kitchen looks like a walk in closet (and has about as much space in total). It was not something we were interested in at all. We did manage to talk the guy down to $1300.00 plus utilities. But nope. I don't think we would live there. The hard part is that it is in the school area we need for Kyler to stay in school.

I e'mailed off the first guy a few questions but when I checked my e'mail this morning I had an e'mail from someone who saw my add on kijiji about wanting a house in the Pharmsay/St. Clair area. they said they have a 4 bedroom house that is up for rent in March. So I'm waiting for a responce. I'm kinda getting excited about all the options out there.

Please say a prayer that God will help us with what we should do. It's hard to figure out but we want what is best for us. Thanks