Sunday, April 3, 2011

The House Situation

We came back home and back to reality. We have been talking/thinking about moving for a long time. I think maybe 1 1/2 years now. You all know our situation so I won't bore you with the story again. We know our time is running out in this house and we will need to be out of here soon. We have looked at houses, but not seriously. As soon as we came home, I started looking for places. We paid a lot each month for this place- way more than it's worth, so if we can get into a relatively cheap place, still live on the same budget that we've been on but save a lot. It means we will have to move into something much smaller. Our goal is to save enough between our monthly savings and our extra jobs to purchase another home in 2 years. It's very do-able, but it means a lot of sacrifice. We have looked at a couple homes and we don't love any of them, but oh well. We applied for a house and are hoping to get it. It's a condo that has a pool included in the HOA (so it's the kids pick as well). I am still looking around. If you know about any rentals in the Desert Hills/Bloomington Hills/Little Valley areas with 3 beds and 2 baths, let me know. I'm sick of looking! It's also hitting me that we are leaving. I sort of get attached to homes and I love this house a lot. I wanted to stay here forever. I'm kinda over that part and I'm trying to be good about it, but I know I'll shed a few tears. I'm still kinda bitter but I also realize there's no sense in being that way. There's nothing that can change the situation. There are a lot of positives in moving. We'll be by our schools and the kids school, we'll save hundreds in gas, and we'll be able to plan for a house (as we are hoping to build). We will miss our friends over here and I worry a lot about Tyson leaving his best friend. I am expecting some really hard weeks. Oh, and I HATE moving! Half of our stuff is going into storage and the other half is coming with us. I have to organize that and if our applications our accepted, we will be into a new home in 3 weeks. I'm not sure If I can mentally handle all of it. I guess if I can have seizures nearly everyday, still hold down a job, take care of three kids, and complete SUPAF all at once I can do this too. I need a cheer leading section though. Any takers?

1 comment:

Cynthia said...

I remember something from church and conference about(general idea was) big blessings coming after periods of great challenge. I'm sure a lot of those blessings must be coming.