We Are About To Be Tweaked!

Our address is about to change and in a couple of months you

will find us here ~

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Our trip down to Texas was not just a vacation, but it was a visit to 

see if we wanted to accept a job opportunity down there and make the 

big move back to the Lone Star State.

It was a tough decision to make.  We have lived very happily in our cozy
little cottage for almost 20 years.  But the time was coming when I knew
that things must change.  My Mom's diminishing eye sight due to
macular degeneration is making it hard for her to live alone.  And I have
been running two households for the past several years which is hard on me
too.  We have been looking for the ideal house that we would be perfect
for all of us to move into.  Yet no matter how hard we have looked here in Idaho,
we have found nothing that would happily suit all of us.

We even thought of building a house that would perfectly suit our needs,

but then another door opened for us and we contemplated ~

Is this the right move for us?

So I spent quite a bit of time here, praying, reflecting and asking for guidance.

There would be so much to do.  Pick up and move three adults and one little

dog 1,800 miles away.  Sell our business which would effect other families, not

just our own.  People who were not only employees but also friends.  What to

do about a little rental house we just purchased last year and how will it

effect our tenant who has been the most perfect tenant one could ask for?

I just kept praying for guidance and wisdom to make the right decision.

I did my best to be open to new possibilities and TRUST that I would

be shown the right path.

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And I also kept researching this little city.  I fell in love with it's history and

beautiful historic neighborhoods.  It is not too big and not too little ~ it's

just the right size for us.  You can explore some of it's history here ~

Victoria, Texas

and here for a historic home tour ~

Victoria Texas Historic Home Tour

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Our good friends Clayton and Myra introduced us to their favorite

realtor, Luann O'Connor who held our hands and walked us through 

finding the right house for us now in what is a very tight housing market.

Thank you Luann for being a delightful and very professional aid to us!

If you ever decide to move to Victoria look no further than Luann:

Coldwell Banker The Ron Brown Company

I so wanted to find a historic home in Victoria like we have here

in Boise.  Unfortunately, finding a historic home with a bed and bath

on the first floor for my Mom was not possible.  In fact, everything that

I had looked at in the historic neighborhoods had sold.  So we looked

at lots of other possibilities.  There was one that backed up to the Victoria

Country Club.  David was hopeful on this one because golf is his passion

  I liked the pool and spa in the backyard.  Although not historic, it might

 be a possibility.  But, no first floor bedroom and bath.

However, I came back to this house I had looked at on

the internet before we arrived in Texas

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It is a midcentury traditional home in the College Park neighborhood.

It's a rambling one story surrounded by huge old live oaks.

The floor plan is split bedrooms, so Mom will have some privacy

and we will too.  Her bedroom has French doors that open out onto

the large and lush garden.  I think she will love it.  

With Luann's help we wrote up an offer which the seller's have

accepted and we close on June 14th.  

I am also pleased that our new house was on the Victoria Historical

Home Tour just last month.  Our new house was built in 1948 so it's 

now an antique!  Love it and can't wait to get involved in Victoria's

effort to preserve and promote it's historical treasures.  And of course there

will be some tweaking, but just think of all the fun I will have sharing

that with you.  You can read about the historic home tour here ~

26th Annual Victoria Historic Home Tour

Mom's house will be going on the market and my cottage will as well.

It will be sad to say goodbye, but we are excited about our new lives

in Texas.  We are looking forward to sharing this adventure with us

and hope you will too.  

Happily Joining ~

Tweak It Tuesday

Wow Us Wednesday

Bentley ~ you will have your guard dog duties in Victoria too.

The last time I went to visit our new house, the neighbor's cat

was on the roof of our garage.  There are cats and squirrels in

Texas too so you will be very busy indeed!

Big Hugs,

Susan and Bentley