The Move

I haven't been on the computer much these last three to four weeks. We bought a house and moved in March 26. We had some friends available to help us move our main stuff that afternoon so we could sleep in our new home. Within an hour and a half of signing the papers, it was raining. Then that weekend it snowed! Just the week before had been upper 70's weather. You can pretty much count on the weather changing to the worse when it comes time for us to move. It is a fact that has been proven many times!

We worked slowly on getting stuff out, moving the dressers one night, the couch the next nice evening, ect.... Then I hurt my back. Sitting down was terribly (still is) painful. Once I sit down the pain in my lower back starts radiating outwards and down my legs. Then when I try to stand up it is even more painful and I have to walk hunched and slowly straighten myself out. I was able to go to the chiropractor a couple of days ago. It helped in some ways and made it worse in other ways. I might go back tomorrow if I'm not better. The only thing that takes the most pain away is to lay on my side. Not very practical when your homeschooling in the mornings and working on moving in the afternoons.

We moved to this town/state 4 years ago this month. We have rented the same house until we bought this one. Yesterday a dear friend of mine helped me clean the old house. We started around 11:30am and finished at 7 pm. We wiped down all the walls, fixtures, cabinets, swept, mopped, you name it we did it. It looked so sparkly clean today when my husband and I showed up. We had a few last things to do today and then we took our keys back. So now it is official. I no longer live there. Kind of sad, Ezra was born while we lived there, a lot of memories were made in four years. In fact that is the longest we have ever lived in one town or home before.

Tomorrow is a new day and I'll not have to worry about trying to move everything out of the old place. Now I can turn all my attention to our new home. There is still much work to do, but I look forward to personalizing this place and seeing how I can arrange everything.

Some nice things about our new home: five burner gas stove top, double built-in ovens (one is convection), a more open floor plan, single story (yeah! no move stairs!), two fireplaces, a lot more storage, the laundry room in the back of the house (away from the front door!)... so many nice things I can't even mention them all. I can't believe we finally own our own home again. I am truly grateful for what God has blessed us with. I am also so grateful for the many dear friends that I have made in this town. I love them all so very much and thank them for all their hard work and the time they gave up to help us! God is so good!