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We MOVED & Happy Birthday Mom!!

8/10/2013

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Sorry for the delay.  For any who were wondering after my last update on Monday the 29th what happened, it has been a whirlwind since then!  We received a phone call at 11am on Tuesday the 30th that we would be closing at 3:30pm that same day!  The last I had heard on Monday was that we may be delayed a week because they thought we might be in a flood zone (we aren't) and would need to get another survey ordered!  Argh!  So I hadn't really started packing very much.  Well in 12 hours with 6 people plus Nicole's friend, Morgan, and her mom (what a life saver!), we packed virtually the whole house in one day!  The next morning, on the 31st, Tim went and got a moving truck with his friend, Tom, and with him and Nathan's friend, Josh, and some other friends (brothers), Steven & Daniel, we packed that truck up in a flash.  Tim's friend David and his 3 sons came towards the end and helped us finish loading the truck, and then everyone caravaned to our new house to help us unload!  We were done by like 6pm that day, and Tim even worked that evening!  Our landlord let us wait an extra day to turn in the key so we could go back and clean (so we can get our deposit back!!), so we spent the whole next day cleaning!  My friend Marie showed up with lunch and a helping hand, thank God, and a truck because it turns out the odds and ends we left on Wednesday that I thought were just 1 car load were actually a car load plus her truck load!  :-) 
I have a confession to make.  I really didn't want this house.  I thought it would be too small.  I felt badly for Nicole because she has a to share a bathroom with the boys, and she's always had her own bathroom (well, except for the year we spent in the RV with 1 bathroom!).  I can't explain it, but I just couldn't get excited about it.  It wasn't that I didn't have a peace about it being the right place for us - I just didn't think I would like it.  But now that we are here - I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!  I had been praying the whole time that if it was not God's will that He would put a block in the way (which is really easy to do these days in this housing market!), and I was very surprised when we actually closed.  It just goes to show, God knows what we need WAY better than we do!  The first morning we woke up here I had a joy I can't even explain.  The next morning was the same thing!  And that 2nd morning Tim said he wanted to go around the house with all six of us, room to room, and pray over each room that it would be a blessing to all who entered, etc.  It was such a special prayer time for all of us.  Very cool!
So a little over a week later brings me today.  My mom's 80th birthday!  My parents and sister drove up to celebrate (and to see our new digs), and we just had the BEST time together!  I'm so grateful for my family!  Here are some pictures from the event.  The first is of mom skyping with my brother, Dan.  The 2nd is of the birthday girl just looking cute .  The next pictures are self explanatory (well, with the exception of the cat - yes we obtained a kitten a few weeks ago - isn't she the cutest?!):
There is a verse in the Bible that I have been meditating on all week:  Ps 16:6 The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.
On top of all this, when we sold our house and went on the road 3 years ago, we were on a TV show called Daytime where they interviewed us about the whole experience right before we left.  Well just this week, the producer contacted me and said they were wanting to do a follow up segment "where are they now"? with us, so we are scheduled to be on their show on Sept 18th.  Well, maybe we'll just be taped then - I don't think they are a live show.  Anyway, I'll keep you posted on that!
Thanks to all who prayed for us and have been such a blessing to us.  We are eternally grateful.  God bless!
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Julia G.
8/13/2013 03:03:42 am

Congratulations on the new digs!! And happy birthday to your mom :) Jodie - you are such a blessing. I enjoy reading your blog and your honesty (about not wanting the house). God is so good and so faithful!!

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    Tim and Jodie have been married since Nov. 5, 1988.  Tim is a retired Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and retired city of Tampa Firefighter.   Jodie is a happily laid off IBM/AT&T 21 yr veteran employee. So I guess you can say they're both retired, but still super busy!  They have four wonderful children:  triplets Nathan, Nicole, and   Noah born 11/16/97 and Nicholas born 5/16/99.  Nathan is at Trinity College, Noah is at Florida Polytechnic University, and Nicole is at USF.  Nicholas is an EDM (electronic dance music) creator and hoping to make a living from that!  We love and are so proud of our kids!

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