Too Easy

This is a picture that is very similar to the house we are going to build. We won't have the widow's walk on top or all of the second-story porch, but otherwise it will look a lot like this. The color will also be a bit different. We are going to go with a light khaki or a dark cream color. Things are working out in a way that I cannot believe. The developer called us yesterday and told us about what the architect had said about approving our house. The architect he was using actually said we should paint it dark brown , or just paint the middle dark brown and do the wings in white. Well, I saw a red flag there and thought to myself "This is just not going to work out." The developer said our architect, who is one of my best friends, should call his architect and discuss the house with him. I said okay, but was already getting disappointed and thinking we were going to have to look somewhere else. I told my friend/architect who this guy was and she told me they had fired him from her company she works at because he isn't even a real architect and didn't even have a college degree in architecture. Well, Brian felt like we should let the developer know since he has been so nice to us. We figured we would call him and tell him and he would probably say, 'Well, thanks but he is the one I am using for this job.' Much to our surprise, he apologized profusely and said he had no idea and said he was not going to use this guy. Wow. Then, as if that were not enough, he asks if our friend/architect would be interested in taking the job. Double wow. I called her last night and she is interested and is going to call the developer today (per his request) and talk to him about it. Now, my only big concern with this neighborhood was that the houses would not blend well. With my friend doing the approvals , and knowing how tasteful and how picky she is, that concern would be completely gone. If I could have written the way I wanted everything to turn out, I would not have even dreamed it would be this great!! My friend is supposed to call me after she talks to the developer and let me know how their conversation went and if it goes well, we will be making an offer this week! This has just been amazing. All we really had to do was make that first call and then we just sat back and watched God work from there. I know that there is still a chance that maybe their conversation won't go well or something, but I predict that it will go great. We wanted to be sure that we built this house in the right place, and so far everything is pointing to 'Go'. We are going to do a little extra praying and after that we will move forward with our plans. I just hope my poor architect friend doesn't feel pressured to hurry on our house - she is really busy with work right now and I don't want to put any additional stress on her. I am allowing myself to get excited about this, though. So- I hope she calls soon and tells me that the conversation with the developer went well!