I am in denial about how long we have before we move.  I cannot believe that in about 80 days we will be on the road.  Tony and I have been planning everything out.  What we need to fix and replace.  When I told out landlord that we were moving they kinda go a little defensive and picky about the house.  I explained a few things in the house that had broken or whatever and she tried to tell me it was our fault and we would be charged for it.  Even though it really wasn’t our fault.

I am concerned that we will spend money to fix and replace things for them to come through and nit-pick all this stuff that is wrong, our fault, and charge us for it.  Should we just not fix, replace, or paint anything forfeit our deposit and not worry about it?  I mean we are going to have to replace all the led light bulbs and those will be expensive, also all the mini blinds and some other things need to be fixed.  We just don’t know what to do.

We bought our leather couches about 5 years ago and they are still in really great condition.  There is only one spot in the back of the small couch that has a little scratch.  We might be able to get some leather furniture dye and fix it but it wouldn’t be necessary.   Our couches are the only things that we are really keeping.  So glad we decided to go with the leather couches.    I wonder how long they will last.  LOL!!

….and sometimes not so many rentals out there in our price range.  Even though we are renting I keep trying to find the perfect house to live in.  I want one that has the PERFECT sized kitchen and one that has a decent sized back yard.  I want one that will have space for us all and maybe a little space for my crafts.  LOL!!  I have even seen a few with a deck off the master bedroom, how sweet is that.  I would have to get an outdoor chair, or two, that I can sit outside after the kids go to sleep and enjoy the sunset with a nice cup of coffee or something.  I am looking forward to the idea of more time for family, more time for me and Tony. 

WOW, I have so much to talk about.  The next 3 months is going to fly by I just can’t  believe it.  I have been doing all my researches, looking for a place to live and making sure my kids are registered for school.  I have been trying to sell all of our stuff on Craigslist and other various sites.  It is a bit annoying though because I can’t find the perfect site to sell on without getting spam.  Have you had any problems with Craigslist?  I keep getting spam emails “responding” to my posts.  There is a link to axis ht, which I know is now a fraudulent website but it is so random to send me an  email with a link to that information.    If I don’t sell all of our stuff in the next week or so, I will be donating it or throwing it away.

I have some super happy news to post about but I am running late for getting ready for work.  I will post about it later today.  Let’s just say things are moving in the RIGHT direction for once.

It has been about a year since I did Yoga and I must say I miss it.  I felt so wonderful after class but I was never disciplined enough to do it  at home.  I would really like once our life calms down a bit to start taking some sort of exercise class again.  I will probably have to get another one of those Wellness Mats that I loved so much but it will be well worth it to take Yoga classes again!! 

I think I may have Tony convinced to move in August or close to it.  I know we can’t move until we have the money BUT the money he wants to have is 2 months of bills saved.  That may not happen, at least not 2 months.  I know we will have the money for the movers, the money for our travels out there, and money to move in (deposits and such) but that EXTRA money, I just don’t know.  I mean if we have jobs going out there then we shouldn’t need to have that extra saved in order to move.

I have been aggressively selling our stuff.  We got a quote the other day for movers, and for their bare minimum move which is 2100 pounds it will cost us $2100.  Based on the stuff I told him we are moving we only have 1550 pounds so we can afford to go over by about 550 pounds.  This is good because I think we decided to take our king sized bed.  We originally decided we wanted to get rid of all beds but when I crunched numbers and realized how much we would or would not have saved I realized we may not have an extra $800 just to get us a new bed.  I would rather spend that on 4 new twin sized beds for the kids.  The 3 lil ones sleep on crib mattresses now and they are getting old and used.  They will NOT be brought with us.  Nicki sleeps on a futon type mattress, she will be happy to sleep in a regular bed when we move.  LOL!!

I will probably contact the movers today and add that bed, see if it still keeps us under the 2100 pounds.

I just can’t wait to go, I have already started packing……can you tell my motivation and excitement to go???  LOL!!