if we build it, they will come

when i was a kid, i saw Field of Dreams no less than 20 times. robby says he saw it probably 6 times. maybe 20 is a stretch, but either way, i saw it a lot. the point is, that the whole premise of the movie (believe! have faith!) is coming into play in the future of our house project.

as everyone is well aware (well, except perhaps our country's leader), our economy is in a state of major uncertainty. the mortage crisis is obviously a major part of this uncertainty. robby and i secured a great rate for our mortgage. and we thought we had everything worked out to get the money for our addition project. ... this is where Field of Dreams comes in. it turns out everyone has tightened their lending standards and will no longer allow equity to come out of a house based on its future value. (i.e. after the addition is complete) so we are having to go back to the drawing board on how to pay for it all!? this is a little stressful, but we are going to use what we have to get the addition framed and dried in, and then hope and pray that if we build it, the money to finish it will come.