On October 1st, we arranged to look at a house here in Murfreesboro on Red Oak Trail

 

 

We walked through the house and then we enjoyed traipsing through the trails on the wooded 3.5 acres

 

 

As we walked, we kept looking at each with the “we love this place” look!

 

 

Afterward, we found a spot along Main Street and waited for the MTSU homecoming parade to begin. This year marks MTSU’s centennial year!

 

 

 

 

 

We also had the opportunity to watch the game from a private suite (which was pretty sweet!) and we invited Bob, Lynn, Sam and Kate Chappin to join us.

 

 

 

After praying about the Red Oak house, we decided to make an offer and asked God to put an obstacle in the way if this wasn’t His plan. We made our offer, they countered, and we accepted.

 

Back at Choctaw Trace, we began to frantically get items together for a yard sale. We sold furniture and toys; we gave several items to Goodwill and took about 3 or 4 loads to the dump. Our sweet realtor, Martha McDermott, came over and advised us on what to replace, paint, move, clean out or add. She also sent a knowledgeable home inspector, Jerry Black to advise us on the best way to tackle the overwhelming task of stripping the kitchen wallpaper and painting. We wasted no time on the transformation of Choctaw. Trevor and Morgan came up and hauled off our old, nasty carpet. Joe, Steve Bunner, and Grandaddy began laying the laminate flooring downstairs. A huge thanks goes out to Steve for spending two very long days, away from his family, at our house helping get the flooring finished!

 

 

Exactly three weeks after we looked at the Red Oak property, Ms. Martha pushed a FOR SALE sign into our yard. Now our prayer is for a buyer!

 

 

 

Meanwhile, through all of this, we attempted to have “school”. Some days our lessons have been on why you get a home inspection or square footage or just learning how to pitch in and help pack. October is one of Joe’s extremely busy times at work. All of his responsibilities regarding the filing of the 10-Q are mentally draining on him.

The big kids and I took a “house break” on the 21st and traveled to Memphis to see replicas of two of Christopher Columbus’ ships, the Nina and Pinta. Columbus’ men worked and slept on the deck of the ship. The ships had no extra space and certainly no luxuries like a table or bed. Needless to say our tour took less than an hour due to the size of the ships.

 

 

 

 

We also bought monorail tickets over to Mud Island. The kids had fun jumping over the scale model of the Mississippi River.

 

 

 

 

Chloe has just finished studying the US-Mexican War and will now be doing an 8 week study on Tennessee’s history. So it was perfect timing when I discovered that the James K. Polk home had an exhibit on the US-Mexican War. The kids and I loaded up and took a field trip to Columbia. We toured the house and grounds first and then viewed the exhibit. It was exciting to see Chloe connect Polk to the US-Mexican War.

 

 

 

 

 
GOD bless you,