Blessings Come Unexpectedly

My husband and I are bright people - however, after this weekend, I'm convinced that we may be a little slow...

Background: Our kids go to a private school. (Our public schools are terrible). Anyway - there is ONE public school in our district that is excellent. We were planning on buying a newer house and were naturally looking for one in that school district. Problem is, there is nothing for sale that we could (or would) buy. We have been stressing for a year over how in the world we would get the kids into that school. Well, guess what happened?

Blessing 1:
We found a lot...a CHEAP lot...in a subdivision that is in the school district. If we own property in the district, the kids are IN!!! We're buying the lot.

Blessing 2:
We will have an investment property. We don't want to build on the lot. We're going to sit on it (no subdivision restrictions on length of time to build) - hopefully it will appreciate. Regardless, its an investment.

Blessing 3:
Now we are free to buy the home we want without restricting our search to the school district.

Blessing 4:
Our kids will get to go to the same school as most of their friends.

Blessing 5:
We can invest the money we're paying for private tuition into their college funds.

I am SO happy, I can barely stand it. What kills me is that we didn't think of it sooner. I mean, when we were told of the lot for sale I thought, 'why in the world did we not think of this plan before?'. I guess we've been so stressed out about it, we just weren't thinking clearly. Lord knows I've not been thinking clearly for years - I've been too consumed with work.

Work is just getting in the way...I've got to make a move.