And.... uh oh!

Well the tax credit came and went. When we started this adventure the new tax credit extension had just been announced. We put our bid in about 3 months ago praying that it would be enough time. Unfortunately it did not work out.

So what's next guys?: Well, we are talking with our contacts and seeing what the situation is. We don't want to lose any money by pulling our bid, so we want to see what happens with that.

And after you find that out?: We will go from there. We truly do like this place a lot. In my mind it is still our number one choice right now. We will continue to look at other opportunities though. Keeping an open mind is key right now.

What if you stick with this one?: I have a few ideas to throw around. The first is, since the tax credit is gone, a lot of Realtors are offering a $8,000 in your hand type special. Meaning we still get our 8 grand just in the form of our payments not cold hard cash. The second would be to pull out and offer a lower bid. The problem with this is we would have to play the waiting game again. Is that worth it? Number three is to just stick to our guns and wait it out. We are getting an incredible deal already so it may just be best to stick with this!

Feelings?: I am taking everything a little more hard than Meagan. She is a big believer in everything happens for a reason, as am I. That being said, I'm not understanding what the reason is right now. I think once the disappointment wears off I will be better.

Any other questions?: If you have anything else to ask please do. We will be posting our progress AS SOON AS WE KNOW ANYTHING. The one thing I am actually happy about is now that the Tax Credit is over, maybe we will stop getting 10,000,000,000,234,757,389,469 questions each day. I understand everyone would like to know what is going on. We would too. But when we find something out, we would first call everyone immediately, and second post on here. Especially if you are immediate family (Mom) :)

As for the wedding, everything is on track and we will be getting more serious about planning as the one year to go mark is here.

Other plans: I am currently working on my second promotion in 2 months. By the end of the week we plan to have a meeting set up to get that taken care of. Meagan's school is coming down the home stretch so she has been busy finding a summer job. It's odd because by this time of the year she is usually stoked to be getting off. But I think her time off through the middle of the year has gotten her back into focus and a routine.
We also plan to take a trip to visit Meagan's dad, step mom, and siblings in Austin sometime in the summer. I am not sure if I will be able to make it but at least Meagan can get out of dodge! She deserves it.

She has been my steady ship through all these rough waves. And each day she reminds me of how happy she is that we are house hunting and planning a wedding. That just makes me love her even more and proves to me that everything will be ok.

Welp, that's all I have ya'll. It was a lot but figured it get's everything taken care of. Leave some notes. Peace!
Blake