In an effort to spend more time keeping this up, I am back. I am in one of those moods where I am bouncing off the walls in joy. We are moving!
For anyone who doesn't know, we have been in an apartment for two years and it has to be the crummiest way to live. If you are ever desirous of being stacked on top of people like sardines, where you are able to hear people going to the bathroom, shaving, arguing, or just plain living, then apartment life must be for you. It is definitely not for me! I am so tired of listening to other people live their lives around me and so completely tired of living my life knowing that other people hear me living, that moving is actually looking like something I WANT to do.
I am actually for the first time in my life relishing the upcoming packing, unpacking, lifting, arguing with people and sweating my buns off! I don't seem to care if no one gets along because I will be happy knowing it is all to be back in a house. I don't even mind the sweating as we will be moving and it not be around Thanksgiving! (Inside joke)
Moving will also allow me to do a little spring cleaning. I have been doing this slowly but surely, but I can only imagine all the junk I will come across that will get disposed of in some form. I imagine that we will also find stuff we thought was long lost and be excited to find as if Christmas had come early!
Even with all the trials that have occurred in the process of locating the perfect place for us, I must say that it was worth it. The let downs that we have encountered through the process of finding a house, have made us both appreciate this house more and the experience feels ten times better knowing we made it through. I can't wait to share more news with you from our house and I can't wait to share the experiences that we have while there. And even more so, I can't wait to have my family and friends there to share in our joy, so start planning the house warming, or in our case cooling since it will be so darn hot anyway!
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Finding Time to Blog
Why is it the average person doesn't seem to blog regularly? I was reading a friends blog for the first time today and noticed they blogged in spurts. Of course, then I thought about my own blog and was mentally smacking myself for not blogging more often. This of course, made me wonder why the average person doesn't blog more regularly and I started to evaluate my own reasons.
I have spent the last three months looking for a place to move. Mind you, our lease doesn't expire until the end of July, but I have been so ready to move for the last eight months, that I started early and wanted to have all my proverbial ducks in a row. This has required most of my extra time and therefore, all of it has been spent scouring the Internet looking for just the right place. And my diligence has paid off!
Of course, we have to factor in the long hours at work. I work full time and I rarely have "down" time at work and am unable to spend time surfing the Internet and accomplishing all the necessary tasks at work. (Hmmm, you think I get paid to surf?) When I am not working my regular 40 a week, I tend to work OT and that is always nice when the check comes in seeing that I do not get paid to blog...yet!
Then of course, after that hour long drive home, I have all the wife/mommy responsibilities. You know cleaning, cooking, and spending time with the family. I am not the average person; I like spending time with my kids and husband. I also like having a clean home and cooking, but never to excess!
By the time you climb into bed half asleep already at 10:30 there is little time to blog. With summer here, and the kids away for a couple weeks, I have managed to find more time doing some of the things I rarely find time for. It has also helped that lately, my wonderful husband has taken to performing some of the required activities at home. I have felt very blessed to have some spare time and am obliged to make note of that so he knows how much I appreciate him. After all, the only way he truly knows how to communicate is with a computer, but that is another blog in itself!
I have spent the last three months looking for a place to move. Mind you, our lease doesn't expire until the end of July, but I have been so ready to move for the last eight months, that I started early and wanted to have all my proverbial ducks in a row. This has required most of my extra time and therefore, all of it has been spent scouring the Internet looking for just the right place. And my diligence has paid off!
Of course, we have to factor in the long hours at work. I work full time and I rarely have "down" time at work and am unable to spend time surfing the Internet and accomplishing all the necessary tasks at work. (Hmmm, you think I get paid to surf?) When I am not working my regular 40 a week, I tend to work OT and that is always nice when the check comes in seeing that I do not get paid to blog...yet!
Then of course, after that hour long drive home, I have all the wife/mommy responsibilities. You know cleaning, cooking, and spending time with the family. I am not the average person; I like spending time with my kids and husband. I also like having a clean home and cooking, but never to excess!
By the time you climb into bed half asleep already at 10:30 there is little time to blog. With summer here, and the kids away for a couple weeks, I have managed to find more time doing some of the things I rarely find time for. It has also helped that lately, my wonderful husband has taken to performing some of the required activities at home. I have felt very blessed to have some spare time and am obliged to make note of that so he knows how much I appreciate him. After all, the only way he truly knows how to communicate is with a computer, but that is another blog in itself!
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