Boxes and boxes and boxes......

Hugh and I are moving!

For the past year and a half Hugh and I have been going back and forth about moving. We would like to live in a different neighborhood but we essentially have no clue WHERE we want to go. We tried to sell our house last year for six months. We were unsuccessful and once the contract with the realtor ended we simply took it off the market. In the past few months we'd tossed around the idea of leasing our house and leasing one for ourselves. It seemed like a good solution since we aren't really sure where we want to live other than we're ready to not live here. Our pseudo plans took a backseat for our Europe trip, so we tabled the discussion until we got back.

A few weeks after we got back a great opportunity came to our attention. An aunt and uncle of mine had purchased a house and then after 3 weeks they changed their mind. They moved back to their old house and were looking to sell/rent their "new" house. Hugh and I went to look at the house and we both really liked it. It's larger than our current house, it's a one-story, the neighborhood is excellent and it's on a half-acre lot. We immediately put our house on the market for sale/lease and now.....two and half weeks later we have renters. We move out in two weeks and there's a TON of stuff to get done. We spent this evening packing up our books and game room. We've hired movers that work by the hour so our plan is to have all of the boxes ready to go in our dining room and only to leave the big stuff upstairs. Hopefully it'll work out to our advantage.

I know this may sound silly but one of the reasons I'm so excited is the size of the backyard. Our dogs aren't going to know what to do with all the room they're going to have. Hugh will be about 15 minutes from work instead of an hour and I know he's going to really enjoy that. Since I'll be the one with the commute to work I'll get my car back full time. Currently we switch vehicles everyday since Hugh carpools. It'll be nice to not have to take everything out of the car or truck each evening. :)

Alright, Hugh's been watching t.v. (he's actually sleeping) for an hour so I think it's time to put him to bed.

Have a great weekend!

Jenn