Did I Mention...

that we are moving?

It is consuming my every waking hour. And those hours are many because the stress of trying to get out and get the house ready to sell in minus 2 weeks and counting is causing sleep depriving anxiety attacks. AAHHH!

Ryan's work is going to get us a place in Denver for the 6 months or so that we will be there, but they haven't told us where yet. The stress of not knowing where I am going to be living in 2 weeks is probably going to kill me. Although, I do know that we have been approved for a house instead of an apartment so that is a HUGE sigh of relief. I was not looking forward to spending the winter trapped in an apartment with a dog and a toddler. One of us would not have survived. I am sure of it.

Anyway, in anxiety and anticipation for finding out where we are going to be living I did a little research of my own and found the most perfect house for us. It has 4 bedrooms so there would be plenty of space for people to come and visit. It has a dog run on the side of the house for Malley. And a big fenced backyard that Sadie can play in and I can be worry free. It even is fully furnished so we wouldn't have to worry about moving all of our stuff (which is currently planned to go into storage). There is a gym 6 minutes away so I can get a little me time. And it is only a 15 minute commute to Ryan's work. It is perfect!

Now we are just waiting to see if Ryan's company will approve it, or if we are going to have to stay in a house of their choosing. If you love me at all, please pray we are approved for this house!!!

Endure to the End

It sounds easy, but don't let that step fool you. It is harder than it sounds.

A few weeks ago I heard a story about a man, who in his 80th year of life decided to have an affair with an old (and when I say old, I mean old!) girl friend and eventually decided to leave his wife of 50+ years. Shortly after leaving, his (ex)wife was diagnosed with cancer. She died a mere 3 weeks later. It begs the questions, "Couldn't he have waited a few more weeks?"

That's the question I asked myself this afternoon as I turned on my kitchen faucet and watched water flood into my cabinets while not a drop came out of the faucet. 3 weeks. My house only needs to stay intact for 3 more weeks.

We have been expecting to get a transfer notice from Ryan's job any day for the past 2 years. But it didn't come and it didn't come. But our house held out great! ...until about 6 months ago.

In the past 6 months we have:

replaced the motor on the garage door, replaced the springs and rebalanced the door: $700
installed a new furnace: $5,000
replaced the coolant in the air conditioner: $400
cleaned the air vents: $200
built a square foot garden: $200

Well, the transfer notice came. So, as we put our house up for sale and prepare to move to Denver in 3 weeks, you can add $188 (plus whatever it will cost to get it installed) to the list of repairs we have made on our house that we will not be around to enjoy.

Can you endure to the end? If you are my house, then the answer is NO!

(On the plus side, if you are in the market for a house. Come and check out ours! You can be confident nothing will break for a long, long time. We have replaced it all!)