This isn't the post we thought we'd be writing at this juncture in our home restoration/renovation project, but here we are. After just finishing up the inside of the house, it was put up for sale. In eight months, we've managed to redo an entire house's interior, and although we thought we'd be making a lot of transformation to the exterior as well, that just didn't happen. Time is now in short supply and what has been done is all that we can do. It's a strange feeling to know that the house is finally ready for us to start living life, and to also know that our life won't be lived here. We took care and time to do our best to make this house something for us to enjoy and feel comfortable in for the foreseeable future -- choosing all the things that made us happy -- but sometimes life has plans that don't keep us on the most obvious path in front of us. The reason for our move to this central Oregon location is the very same one taking us away from ...