Relocation Update

It's been a while since I've posted the personal facts of my life. I've been very involved w/ my fashion blog lately and movie reviews always seem to be cranking themselves out...but my own little journal has been sadly neglected.

Anyway, life does go on and this is the current lay of the land: We are SO ready to move! Though looking out of my windows still tugs at the ol' heartstrings, I have resigned myself to the fact that it is irresponsible to stay. Goals and finances demand that we downsize and so we are preparing to do so.

Though moving out west is still in the metaphorical hopper, we no longer are focusing on that. While we have jobs, we know how important it is that we keep them. Therefore ,after much consideration and pro-con weighing we have decided to move into Lebanon (where my husband works), at least temporarily. This should save us money in a variety of ways. First of all, my husband will be just around the corner from his job. Secondly, there are lots of savings to be had by living in town-from the proximity to shopping to the variety of cable/internet/cellphone service providers. And lastly, we will have more time to devote to hobbies and one another since we won't have 20 acres waiting to be maintained. The only downside to this decision is that we will probably be too far from our current congregation and will therefore have to change. But if there is anything I've learned from the numerous time I have moved during my childhood, congregations are basically and comfortably the same wherever you go.

For the next couple of months we are planning to get the property prepared to sell and posting it for the last time on Craigslist. If we get no hits by the fall, we'll list it w/ an agent. Our ultimate goal is to move by the end of the year. And I don't think that's unrealistic. I'm hoping we will be able to rack up enough from our house to put a few bucks in savings and rent a nice little place on the northwest side of Lebanon (Coles Ferry area) until we decide where we'd like to purchase again. I like the idea of having a small yard, a finished house w/ no work for us to do, and watching my husband develop his artistic abilities more fully. I'd also love to travel extensively and would gladly forego alot of my current conveniences to do so. I've really become attatched to the idea of showing my kids the world before taking on any more heavy responsibilities.