Update

Last weekend we 'moved in' to my parents home.

Today we closed on our home here, but we get tomorrow to load up the truck.

Matt will be 'moving out' this weekend to our new home that we hope to close on tomorrow at high noon. He'll only be 5-10 minutes from GFA, and he will be able to go home at night and do some work like painting, etc.

There is a lot of minor work that we plan to do before the family and furniture move in --painting, pulling up carpet and replacing it with ? (we're leaning towards laminate flooring again.)

It will be another 2-3 weeks of hard work. I feel bad for Matt because his back is hurting again. I think it was the packing that we did last week. Once we get the walls painted and flooring down, Simon and I will officially move in. It will be in stages, but we're almost there.

I guess the next couple of weekends or so will be 'extreme home makeover' for us. Anyone reading is officially invited to join the work crew. Come on, be a volunteer :) I think it will take a community to get us officially relocated!

The Good Life

Cutey.

Simon is living the good life.

Sorry that we don't have internet access right now. We are waiting until we move to fix our computer situation.

Here is a family update.
Hope to close on our home a week from today, October 21st!
If that goes well, we hope to close on a property in Carrollton the following MOnday, Oct. 24th.

Pending tomorrow's home inspection in Carrollton,

I guess I should be stressed. We need to be packed and moved a week from today. (We haven't started yet.) My toothache is still there. Woke up at 3:00 a.m. and couldn't go back to sleep b/c of the pain. I need to have extensive work done next week on my mouth, yes the week I should be packing. But, PTL the dental work, done in St.Louis by a GFA donor, will be free! And on the plane I'll be able to read and think and pray and not move much. I also finally decided on a home insurance quote and a new auto quote. Preferred Guardian is awesome (I hope) because they are going to save us $400 /year plus give us a much better than our current policy. Our home insurance will be the same as our current one which is great cause we expected an increase. The Lord is good. And, to respond to the first sentence in this paragraph, I am surprisingly not stresesd. Maybe crazy. Expecting some LATE nights next week, but that's okay.

I am a little sad that I just saw a new home on the market that is in the same neighborhood as the Cox Family, Tysons, and Walkers, I think. Bummer. (Kingspoint...I think it's in the neighbohood?...) Oh well, if the home inspection goes well tomorrow, then it's just another open door confirming the house we have a contract with. PLUS we are right across the street from a great place to sled on icy snow slush that we may get once in a good year. And, as Rachel pointed out, you have to get outside before 9:00 a.m. or it may melt.