Its been a pretty uneventful day, work wasnt too awful, which is leaps and bounds better than awful :)

We received an email from my outlaws that they have accepted a purchase offer on their house, and if all goes the way its going, they should close by the end of July. That brings up a bunch of mixed emotions. I adore my outlaws, and call them outlaws more in jest than anything else.

My father in law is one of those 'salt of the earth' kinda people. Ya meet him and immediately your in like with him, at least I was :) My mother in law has taken some getting used to, but she is genuine, kind, and really has her heart in the right place. I am blessed to have such great family. When I first met them, I was not even dating their son....yet. I think I scared the hell out of my mother in law with my madonna wanna be style, and loud mouth. My father in law didnt let my looks scare him much, and made me feel comfortable the very first time I met him.

We have alot of memories in that house. My children have basically grown up in that house, as well as me too, in alot of ways. When things were strained with my own family, my inlaws had no hesitation to comfort me, love me and in alot of ways helped me with my issues concerning my own family without even knowing that they were helping me.

Its been hard to keep in mind that this is the smart move for them. My father in laws health is not what it used to be, and he is not able to take care of the house the way he likes it to be taken care of. I know by taking this action, my inlaws are definately taking care of themselves.

They havent made arrangements yet on where they will live, they are on a waiting list for a retirement village. In joking I have mentioned that we will soon have a 3 bedroom apartment available if they need it :) always trying to keep things light and humorous. I am just glad that they are taking action to take care of themselves instead of waiting until its more than they can handle. I admire that.

These things have been running through my mind the last few days since we got the email, thats why I figured it best to get it written down so its not swirling in my head too much. I can be such a worry wart sometimes.

postive things about this whole thing:

Inlaws, if all works out with the retirement village, will be very comfortable, and have a great community to live in

Father in law can focus on enjoying things instead of constantly puttering around fixing things all the time, and worrying about if he can fix it or if he has to pay someone else to.

Mother in law will have a bunch of new neighbors to make friends with and be her social butterfly self.

A new place to create new memories.

so, really, life is good :)