The Big Move!

Life is downright CRAZY right now.  We're moving from Versailles to Hamburg.  For those of you that have not yet attempted to move with children...AVOID IT LIKE THE PLAGUE.  From one mother to another - avoid it at all costs!  If it's unavoidable or you seek it in your best interest - send your kids to their grandparents, send them to camp, send them to the sitter's, send them ANYWHERE except your house!  Despite my rantings, my darling girls really are some of the most well-behaved children and I cannot fathom the thought of even attempting to move without the help of care-takers for my children.  My mom was SUCH a huge help with the girls.  They went to "Camp Grandy" Friday night and stayed until Saturday night.  It was soo nice to be able pack boxes, not to have them unpacked behind you.  :)  Eden is a really good un-packer, I've found.

The amount of pure junk that one can accumulate in the span of only 3 years (OK so we did add two children in those 3 years) is amazing!  I have spent the last week with clutter-free as my goal.  It's really easier said than done when you run into a box of "sentimental items" that you've kept for that day when you're all caught up on your scrapbook.  You know, the scrapbook that doesn't even include the birth of my 2nd child yet or my first child's 1st birthday yet!! lol  But some things you just can't throw away.  Or at least I can't.  Then there were other things that I did throw away.  LOTS of other things.  To be exact - we took 8 large boxes and 4 large trash bags to good will.  I'm pretty sure we went through about 20 bags of trash.  

Despite all that, I'm thinking when I go to unpack that I'll be de-cluttering some more.  The boxes that Christian packed weren't nearly as clutter free as I might have liked.  He's not as good at throwing things away as I am.  Never ask "Should we keep this?"...as his answer is always going to be "yeah, why don't we keep it".  lol

Change is always difficult.   A creature all it's own.  A chameleon of sorts.  Never know how its going to make you feel.  I have hated this house for probably 2/3 years we've lived there.  We've tried selling it for nearly a year.  It's falling apart and feels like it's been sucking the life out of us.  Even still, as time draws closer to leaving the money pit (as affectionately named) there are a few twinges of the heart strings.  It is the home I've brought my babies home to.  I'm just glad that they're young and this isn't too stressful on them.  We're not having to move schools per say.  Eden is going to be leaving her beloved "school", but may have been doing so anyway come fall for preschool.   

I'll be working from home and though I'm SUPER excited, I'm feeling extreme pressure to make it work.  I'm the guinea pig of the department and will be doing a pilot program of telecommuting from July 1st - October 1st.  I feel pressured to make it work and make it work well so that 1- I can continue doing it and 2- others behind me may be able to do it as well.  

So to make a long story short - we'll soon no longer be Woodford County Citizens, but Fayette County Citizens.  That's something I thought I'd never say.  Growing up in Versailles - there's such a stigma that Lexington is a "big city".  Mostly, it has a wal-mart and more than 2 sit-down restaurants.  lol I know this is what is best and I'm praying that God helps us to make the most of it.  I know it'll be better for the girls and I'm praying God will use it to better every aspect of our lives.  

Lexington, Look Out!  Here come the Parsons!