It certainly has been a long time since either of us have been on here. There have been SO many changes - I'm not even sure where to begin. I guess I'll just dive right in. In addition to our chickens from the last post, we also acquired a puppy in April. She has been a handful, as puppies are - but surprisingly well behaved. She rarely barks or whines. We named her Kali - the goddess of creation and destruction. This morning, she wreaked destruction on the shoes I wore at our wedding. Sigh.
We also decided to move. And by move, I don't just mean we packed up and moved down the street. We moved over 2500 miles away. To the hottest place on Earth. Ok, maybe not the hottest, but certainly close. The week we chose to move just happened to have temperatures in the high 90's, low 100's. We are now living just outside San Antonio, TX. We are still waiting for our house to sell in the beautiful state of Washington which means our rather large family is temporarily staying with the family of my husband's army buddy.
Selling the house was a big decision. The location was great - just 1 block from the Elementary and Middle Schools and a few blocks from the High School. The street was quiet and the neighbors were AMAZING! But - we honestly didn't have enough room. Both in the house and outside. We had 6 humans, 2 cats, 1 fish and 1 dog crammed into 1297 square feet - and most of that was the living room. The house was poorly laid out and seeing as it only had 3 bedrooms, we had a 14-year-old and a 7-year-old in the same room which led to a lot of arguments and headaches.
The last week of June I ended up putting in my last day at my job and worked full time on the house. We painted, cleaned, painted more, sanded, installed trim, tile, painted...if you can imagine it, I'm sure we did it.
Before and after of house.
Kitchen
Bathroom
By the time we got done, the house was completely different - and beautiful. We didn't want to leave. But we had already made the decision so we woke up early on the 19th of August, packed up our few remaining items, said goodbye to our awesome neighbors and hit the road. For 5 days, we drove; from the time we all got up and had breakfast until we couldn't focus on the road anymore and needed a break. We made it down to Texas on Sunday and school started on Tuesday which left us one day to finish registering and buy school supplies. Whew!
Now comes the hard part. We both need to have proof of steady income before we can buy another house. We also have a few bills we would like to have paid off before we buy again - which means we need our house to sell first. So for the moment we are just waiting, going bit stir crazy and questioning our decision to come down here. I know in the long run we will not regret haven taken this leap - but right now I have to keep reminding myself of that fact. It has made me realize more than ever before how very fortunate to have my husband by my side. If I had made this crazy decision by myself, I think I would have had a mental break down already. Fortunately my husband is patient, kind and loving - and most important has a great sense of humor which is invaluable during stressful times. Even though things are tough right now, together we will get through this, find a beautiful house and have a great time building a wonderful memory.
And hopefully we will remember to keep this blog updated on regular basis....
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