My dream home...

This was our first house.

We were 25 & 26.

We had lots of money saved.

Made a choice to build.

It didnt come easy, as nothing does.

He was a bricklayer foreman at the time for a friend.

The hubby had a bright idea to set up a corporation for small jobs

which had made no money yet.

Within a couple weeks of us setting the corporation up & signing the BIG contract his boss (knowing we had no children) asked him to "hold off" cashing just 1 check.

Then it turned into 2 then 3 then 4 then 5 then 6 then 7.

So $1000s later it was time for the house to start.

The hubby quit his job, he wasn't getting paid.

Said our house would be the first job of the new company.

I almost died with anxiety. What did we do?

The hubby did everything he could with the new house.

The foundation, brick, flooring, etc.

We saved nearly $50,000!

The house was HUGE!

He worked like a dog.

He always did except this time it was for himself!

We were SO proud!

The business was off to a great start!

This went on for over 4 years.

We decided to build again.

Put the house up for sale.

I got pregnant with the triplets.

The layout wasnt good for triplets we thought so more incentive to move.

The business slowly declined.

They were born.

The house sold by the time they were 3 months old.

Someone else would enjoy my beautiful kitchen...but I would have a new one.

We moved so we could build again once the business "picked up" again.

It got slower & slower & slower until there was NO MORE work at all.

Thank God we sold our house!

We were in an 1100 sq feet 2 bedroom apartment with triplets.

We are a family of 5 used to living in 3600 sq ft with 5 bedrooms.

NO sight of building for years.

We would figure out how to manage.

This is just what we did.

There was a ranch style condo unit in our complex with a front yard.

It was only 1000 sq ft. We would lose 100 sq ft!

We moved to it. It had a yard for them.

We are healthy! We are happy!

We work really hard for them. We are re-building our businesses.

Holding on to our marriage.

And looking to the future.