Hold your breath. Make a wish. Count to three. Come with me ...
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Hold your breath. Make a wish. Count to three. Come with me ...
-Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
It's happened...I'm a homeowner!!!!!
Wanna hear the best part.....I was praying that I would receive my earnest deposit back as this process has really strapped my budget in the recent months and getting those funds back would go a long way to helping recover some ground. Car needs repair, pets needs their shots coming up, etc.
Well, I sat down at closing and got the blessed news that the funding program's opening estimate for expenses were higher than needed allowing me to not only get back my earnest money but a sum equal to all that I had paid out of pocket along the way!!
I get to start over in my new home with my bills caught up and a little savings on the side!!
And here all I did was made the next right decision, a step each day towards my goal, let go of the outcome and left the result up to my Higher Power.
I'm working my recovery because it sure is working for me
Thank you friends for your blessed support along my journey.
There will be more to come as I continue down my path, I'm sure, but this last leg has been quite a triumph!
Now, even moving my belongings and menagerie of pets again seems less daunting.
Smooches,
Alice
It's happened...I'm a homeowner!!!!!
Wanna hear the best part.....I was praying that I would receive my earnest deposit back as this process has really strapped my budget in the recent months and getting those funds back would go a long way to helping recover some ground. Car needs repair, pets needs their shots coming up, etc.
Well, I sat down at closing and got the blessed news that the funding program's opening estimate for expenses were higher than needed allowing me to not only get back my earnest money but a sum equal to all that I had paid out of pocket along the way!!
I get to start over in my new home with my bills caught up and a little savings on the side!!
And here all I did was made the next right decision, a step each day towards my goal, let go of the outcome and left the result up to my Higher Power.
I'm working my recovery because it sure is working for me
Thank you friends for your blessed support along my journey.
There will be more to come as I continue down my path, I'm sure, but this last leg has been quite a triumph!
Now, even moving my belongings and menagerie of pets again seems less daunting.
Smooches,
Alice
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Such an amazingly awesome feeling, huh?! A week into the new house and I am beginning to feel like I've been here forever. Well, at least until I go see all the boxes I threw in the garage.
Congratulations!
Congratulations!
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Wow! Congratulations! And this:
Really spoke to me....thank you!
- Sylvie
And here all I did was made the next right decision, a step each day towards my goal, let go of the outcome and left the result up to my Higher Power.
- Sylvie
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My heartfelt congratulations Alice. I'm so happy for you. I remember so many hard dark days when you were very broke & afraid & freaked out about numerous weird living arrangements. I'm so glad you & your crittters are HOME 
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Thank you all for the well wishes!!!
It's still slowly sinking in.
I picked up another moving trailer today to move my things. The guy at the shop asked how many times I've moved since he remembered me. I recounted all my moves since arriving from New Jersey in 2009. It has become a real part time job for me going one place to the next. Only a couple more legs in the journey left and we'll be putting down some permanent roots. I will be so excited to empty out my storage unit of all my furnishings. It will all feel new and exciting having not seen it in so long!
You all kicked my behind from the beginning. You are the reason that I believe as I do. That I can't control the world, but I can control me and what I do with my one amazing life. I can take care of myself even if that sometimes means going without a few things a long the way to get where I want to be.
I think of Barb's amazing twists and turns and miraculous events that led her forward and even back to school.
I think of Anvil's sudden uprooting from one rental to another until that moment where she and Hank wondered if they could really buy a home on the lake.
I remember when TC was in the tiny apartment with no furniture and just little D and G to curl up with and the joy it was to bring a flowering plant home to bring color to the place.
I think about you all and how your stories inspire me.
I certainly carry with me the hope that my story will inspire someone who is fearful of leaving a toxic relationship with an addict because they don't think they can make it alone. I hope they can read back through my journey and see that someone else did it and maybe come to believe they can to.
(((((GROUP HUG))))))
Alice
It's still slowly sinking in.
I picked up another moving trailer today to move my things. The guy at the shop asked how many times I've moved since he remembered me. I recounted all my moves since arriving from New Jersey in 2009. It has become a real part time job for me going one place to the next. Only a couple more legs in the journey left and we'll be putting down some permanent roots. I will be so excited to empty out my storage unit of all my furnishings. It will all feel new and exciting having not seen it in so long!
You all kicked my behind from the beginning. You are the reason that I believe as I do. That I can't control the world, but I can control me and what I do with my one amazing life. I can take care of myself even if that sometimes means going without a few things a long the way to get where I want to be.
I think of Barb's amazing twists and turns and miraculous events that led her forward and even back to school.
I think of Anvil's sudden uprooting from one rental to another until that moment where she and Hank wondered if they could really buy a home on the lake.
I remember when TC was in the tiny apartment with no furniture and just little D and G to curl up with and the joy it was to bring a flowering plant home to bring color to the place.
I think about you all and how your stories inspire me.
I certainly carry with me the hope that my story will inspire someone who is fearful of leaving a toxic relationship with an addict because they don't think they can make it alone. I hope they can read back through my journey and see that someone else did it and maybe come to believe they can to.
(((((GROUP
HUG))))))Alice
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