One Week!!

Only ONE WEEK until we move!!! Can you tell I'm excited? I can't beleive it's really coming. I will actually be living with my husband again!!

I've got my plan for the next week worked out. Getting all the last minute stuff packed up and cleaning and all that. I hope this week just flies by.

I'm not sure when I'll have internet access. We may have to stay with DH's grandma for a while. The people who are currently living in our house don't seem to be moving out like they're supposed to! So we'll have to see how that goes. My MIL will be just up the street though and they have internet access, so I'll be sure to update as I can. And then once we actually move into our house we'll have to get everythign set up, but DH assures me I will at least have accelerated dial-up. He knows my internet is my adult interaction ;)

9 days

9 days until I move!! I dont' think I've ever been this excited to move before. Well, maybe after we were first married and we moved to Springfield so I could go to school. But that's one move in 7? 8? and that's been a while. So it's about time I looked forward to a move :) The closer it gets the more nervous I get. All the doubts, what-ifs, and worries. I know a lot of that is Satan whispering in my ear, but he sure is hard to ignore. I know I'm doing what God wants me to do though, and regardless of how this all turns out, I'll always know it's the right decision. So, in 9 days I'm moving. In 9 days, I'll REALLY be married again. In 9 days, I won't be sleeping alone anymore. In 9 days, my kids will have their father again. In 9 days, we will be a family. In 9 days, a new beginning starts.

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My new bed

Funny thing happened once I got my new bed here (I mentioned it a few days ago). I realized that what we had thought was a king size mattress turned out to be a California King! DH had always said he wanted a Cali king b/c they're bigger, but I learned a couple weeks ago that though they are 2 inches longer in length, they are 4 inches shorter in width. I decided then and there that the extra length was not worth the reduced width so we would stick with a regular king. So imagine my surprise when I put the new mattress on top of the old (I don't have a box spring or frame and right now no way to get rid of the old mattress) and discovered that the new mattress is 2 inches shorter on length but 4 inches wider! And now we know why none of our king size sheets ever seemed to fit right.

Yay Genesis!!

Genesis picked a new skill the last few days. She's slidding off the couch feet first, instead of just lunging off head first! For months now, whenever she's with me on the couch when I go to put her down I've been turning her around and slidding her off, so I guess I've been "teaching" her how for a while. but I was still amazed when she did it all her own! Now if only she would learn not to sit backwards right on the edge!

Apparently I give my son tobacco!

DH was talking to Asher yesterday about working on a farm. DH used to help with tobacco farming when he was younger and was telling Asher about it. Asher responded with "I don't like tobacco (yay for Asher, but hey, we've never talked about the dangers of tobacco....). When Mommy puts it on my tongue, I spit it out (what? I don't give him tobacco?). I like vinager though!" And then I had an AH HA! I'd been spraying vinager in his mouth for excessive whining, and two days ago instead of spitting it out he swallowed it and asked for more, b/c now he likes vinager, so we switched to TABASCO. So I had to explain the differance between tobacco and tabasco, lol. I can just see him telling strangers that he doesn't like it when Mommy puts tobacco in his mouth!

Beds and Moving

I'm so excited! I got great deals today on new beds for me and the kids. Well, new to use. Right now I have a King size mattress that sits on the floor and it is completely falling apart. You can literally get INSIDE the mattress, I know b/c my boys have done it. And Canaan is sleeping on a crib mattress that we slid under Asher's bed every morning and pull out every night. We don't have another bed, or the room for another bed. So lately I've been cruising local Craig's lists and today I came across a King size mattress in good condition for $50. I offered $35 and he countered with $40, so I took it. I also found wooden bunk beds with mattresses for $100 and I offered $75. I sent both offers at the same time, really not expecting to get either of them, and definatly not expecting both, but the lady with the bunk beds called me and said they'd take $75. So we all have "new" beds now. I'm have a bit of a panic attack now about spending the money, but DH says absolutly do not worry about it and to get the beds. They are desperatly needed and money is actually goign to be even tighter later on. So now is probably best. I think since we're moving in less than 3 wks we'll just put the bunk beds in storage, it seems kind of pointless to set them up just to take them down again. Plus it will add something else new and exciting to the move. Put I think I'll probably take my mattress now, thank you very much, lol.

Also, a little update on the moving. My mom's boyfriend decided a moving company was going to cost too much, but I'm hoping he'll pay for the u-haul. And now I'm hoping even more so since I just spent $115 of our moving money. Sigh. And we need somebody to drive the u-haul, or even just drive the kids while I drive the u-hual but I would really rather now drive a 24' truck. I'd probably run over somebody. But I'm sure we'll get it all worked out and we'll be there soon enough.

I've been getting some good packing done. Actually packed 4 boxes today. woohoo! It may not seem like a lot, but really, I've been packing for months, so there's only odds and ends and stuff we use left to pack basically. Is it weird that I'm actually glad we won't have a moving company? It actually was seeming to me like it would be more of a hassle. I was goign to have to pack all the clothes (instead of just moving the dressers while full), find out how to fit everything we'd need for a week or more in a car of unknown size to get us by until they deliverd the truck, I was worried about how to pack bigger stuff that doesn't really fit in boxes, but that I didn't think a moving company would want just floating around (I have no problem just throwing in the back of the truck, lol), what I was goign to do with the kids while they loaded up the truck, ok, so I still have that problem, lol. But really, I'm relieved that we're just renting a u-haul.

Now I'm just biding my time and trying to get the last few details ironed out (like how to pay for the truck and who's going to drive it! Nothing big! lol)

We have a house!! again

DH put a deposit on a house today!! If all goes well we'll be able to move in in 3wks. We're working on getting all the moving details figured out. My mom's boyfriend might even spring for a moving company! How cool would that be? I'll try to keep you all updated as we get things ironed out.