Our Money Pit

I haven’t seen the movie, but I’ve heard about it. A couple buys a house and renovates it. It turns out to be a money pit and though I haven’t seen the ending, I can imagine a lot of their sanity and a little bit of their life got sucked out in the process.

How do I know? Because I feel like I’m about to star in the movie.

We bought a big house over a year ago before the market took a nose dive mostly because it was a good investment, so we were told by wise counsel…so we thought. Though we had our doubts at the very end and wanted to get out of the deal, we couldn’t.

Don’t get me wrong, living here is a big blessing. There’s tons of space, but it’s not our dream home and after a year, the renovations (which have mainly been to the yard) have sucked the life out my hubby. As for me, the lack of interior renovations and decor has zapped my morale as well. Throw in a very zealous decorator/designer that wants to get our house ready to sell and we’re talking major renovations.

It has hubby and I wanting to throw up our hands and say, “We surrender. For sale. As is!!!” We don’t have the time, money, resources or know-how to get this house up to the level the decorator thinks it should be and our Realtor and many others we asked for guidance never looked at the cosmetic enhancements we’d have to make get it up to the competition and sell this puppy.

Which brings in more doubt and second guessing as to whether or not this was indeed a blessing from God or were the “signs” a warning from God to stay away! How many times are we going to have to learn this lesson? And how will we really know if it’s an obstacle God wants us to overcome or a warning to stay away?

I’m clueless.

My question to you: How do you know?

We really felt good about the decision to buy this house and thought the obstacles were just that…obstacles. And maybe they still are. But I’m not sure we’re willing to lose our sanity to find out!