We are moving...

I got a call from the property management people we rent our house from and the owners want to put the house on the market. :( It's been a great house for us size wise, but truly not a home we would want to own so...we begin the process of packing and trying to figure out where we are going to go. School registration starts in 1 month. 4 weeks.

We start scouring Craigslist and driving around the town where we live to keep our kids here, no such luck. We thought we might be able to squeeze into a 3 bedroom...the one we found was so small I don't think my bed would have fit in the master...and it's only a queen! There's no way we could put 3 teenage girls in one room there. lol

SO...we felt we had to make a decision pretty quickly. Mostly cuz we needed to get the kids squared away for school. We started looking in MLS for some homes in our price range. Which is fixer upper price range. :) We found one where? the town we both swore we'd never move back to after growing up from there. We both still have tons of family from there which can be good sometimes, can be a pain other times. But since we hadn't started the lending process or anything we have to figure out something else...and then a miracle, my wonderful mother-in-law. She has opened her doors and invited us in to stay until we can get situated so the kids won't have to leave school midyear. This is good because our oldest is a jr and this will be her third high school in 3 years.

We are totally in love with this house and have been looking at flooring, counter tops, etc and dreaming. I know it will be pretty crushing if we don't get it, but we are trying to pray that if God wants us to have it, it will still be here when we are able to. It's a low price and not in TERRIBLE shape so we are also realistic that it may not stay on the market long.

As with most areas of life for me, I believe we come in in the middle with lending. We don't make enough to get a loan with some programs and we make too much with others. And as we are self-employed...do banks really loan money to people over 30 years whose income is in technology and the real estate fields?? I have to trust and leave it all in God's hands. He will provide a place for us to live. He already has, but I believe He will give us one of our own when the time is right.

So anyways, we've just been busy planning, packing, renting storage units (yes, units plural), oh and working. Can't drop our customers or leave them hanging. The kids have already gone on to stay with Grandma so we can load stuff up and not worry about beds or meals...lol

Say a little prayer for us, I know moving has to be one of the most stressful events for a married couple-this is our 3rd time and we've been married less than 2 years. We have different ideas about packing and how it should be done-cardboard or hefty cinch sacks...hmmm not a hard decision for me but well...different strokes for different folks right? lol

I truly, madly, deeply love my husband and although we disagree about moving methods, at the end of the day, our love is just as strong (if not stronger) and I think we appreciate each other a little more than we did the day before (if that's even possible). I'm so happy and even though this is stressful, I'm thankful we live near enough to family to make all this happen and we can stretch it out over a few weeks and not have to do it in just a couple days.

So thank you to my wonderful Mother-In-Law for giving up the single life for awhile and allowing your home to be taken over by a family of 6. Thanks kids for understanding that if we didn't have to move, we wouldn't take you out of the schools you love and away from the friends you made this year. Thank you husband for being so awesome and amazing and for loving me even when I get cranky while moving, and thank you to God for blessing us in ways we don't even see sometimes.