Movin' On Down...To The East Side?

Let me just begin by confirming that I am alive. My blogging skills have slipped through the cracks, but I have a good excuse. We're moving!

Kevin and I decided to put the house up for sale in mid January. My thoughts were, "OK, we won't get anyone looking until April. If we get a buyer we will hold off on moving out until school is out." Not how it worked out. Our house sold in three weeks without a sign in our yard. We had it on the MLS, but I thought with this market it would still take a while. I think the timing just confirms to us what we knew was right.

So, now where are we going you ask? Well, let me explain the way I know best by making a long story longer. Our plan was to rent for a little bit and build again since it is a great time to build. However, Kevin is now building model homes in Idaho for the few months and is gone several days a week. In an effort to prevent our children from having a psychotic mother and a wife who wants to bail for some personal time as soon as Kevin comes home, I chose to move to my parents basement. Some may say such things in defeat, but I, however, am looking forward to it all. I am am not disillusioned to the reality of the situation, but I will have a full kitchen, a walk out basement, and Spencer has a really good buddy right next door. Oh yeah, and a little help upstairs if needs be. Plus, isn't the real party always down in Utah County? After Kevin is done with this project we will just reevaluate and go from there.

Speaking of Spencer, we will be pulling him out of his current school and moving him to the school by my parents. He is sad but is handling it really well. I think he takes courage in the fact that he has a friend right next door. Thank heavens. Olivia is oblivious. She has some idea we are staying with Nana and Papa, but I am more worried for them than for her.

At this moment, I am a single parent and living in a house with naked walls and shelves. I have done just about all the packing that needs to be done and just waiting for the furniture to get hauled out. I am blessed with happy children, and I believe that has made all the difference with my sanity. I recognize the Lord's hand in that as well as Noggin and the Disney channel. I should be dusting off shelves and wiping down baseboards but I just bought a bag of freshly baked cookies from Albertsons that I should probably just polish off. If I am doing that, there really can't be that much left to do, right?