Going once...going twice...

Not sold!

Well, I thought we sold the house this past week, but I was sadly mistaken.  On Friday, we received a very unwelcome phone call from our realtor stating that they "buyers" were pulling out of the contract.  The supposed "buyers" were pre-approved for a FHA loan.  I even had a copy of the pre-approval letter!  Somehow though they couldn't come up with the 3.5% down payment. So onward and upward...at least that's what I'm trying to tell myself.  I just buried St. Joseph in the yard.  So now it's time to get this house SOLD!

After much deliberation, we are still keeping our reservations for KC this coming weekend.  We have contacted a realtor who specializes in the downtown area.  So hopefully we will have more of an idea of what/where we will be living soon.

Our Thanksgiving holiday was very nice, but we spent a good part of the days running errands and doing chores at our house in between visiting relatives, visiting Grandma in the convalescent center and being on-call for work.  I didn't even partake in the Black Friday shopping as usual.  It was a different holiday, but still very nice...just not quite as relaxing as it usually is.

I'm very thankful for all the family and friends in my life.  I hope everyone had a great holiday!

If you like it, then you better put a ring on it...

...and so he did!  Finally!!!!

With Chad set to leave this past Monday, I had made reservations for us at Charlie Gitto's on The Hill.  We had been there once...a few months ago...with the Travers family and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves!!!  So since Chad and I had only spent time together with the basement remodel lately, I wanted us to have some normal couple time.  He surprised me Saturday morning by informing me that he had booked a room at the Four Seasons St. Louis!  This was a complete surprise, but I didn't expect anything.  I was too busy painting basement trim at the time.  Ha!

We decided to check into the room before we went to dinner.  It was a phenomenal room.  Chad did an awesome job!!!  There was even champagne in the room...and it faced the Arch. Check it out!

He surprised me after we got settled and "popped" the question!  Yay!!!!  Then we were off to dinner.  He surprised me again when we arrived at Charlie Gittos.  They already knew that he had proposed!!!  He had called the day before to inform them.  He must have been pretty sure of himself.  ; )

They made quite a fuss of it all, which was super nice and flattering.  He even made sure we got the waiter we had the first time, Tim.  I whole heartedly recommend Tim!  The Travers family had even called ahead and had a bottle of our favorite wine sent over to us!  How sweet!!!  They are such a great family!

Tim made sure that we got an extra special serving of our favorite...creme brulee!

 It was truly a fabulous night!!!  In the morning we woke and ordered room service.  It was a superb break from the basement work that we had been enduring...but had to go back to Sunday morning.

This past Monday, Chad left for a month of training in Madison, WI.  I have completely mixed feelings about this.  I'm soooooo happy for him!  He deserves this new job more than anyone I know.  He's worked so hard for it!!!  But I miss him terribly!  He'll be home on Thanksgiving pending the Wisconsin weather.  Keep your fingers crossed!!