The girls love to play house. One gal is the mom and the other is the daughter. They even have baby sisters by using their dolls. It is the cutest to eves drop on their conversations. These conversations are usually a reflection of our mother daughter relationship. I realize I say the words, "honey" and "baby" a lot!
Today is Nov. 4th and I am amazed at how fast our fall has flown by. We have done all things fall including jumping in leaves and eating lots of candy. It is even more surprising to me because when I packed up the house in August to de-clutter, I packed away our flannel sheets. I guess I didn't think I would need them... wishful thinking the house would sell before the cold weather flew in. I was wrong! I long for my warm flannel sheets that are packed in a box at my Mom's house. Guess that just gives me a reason to purchase another set!
This leads me to officially type our moving announcement. I know the majority of the world knows this but I haven't put it anywhere on the web yet. And the story goes something like this... In the beginning of August Robert was offered a job to work for his brother Tom in Eagan. Robert wasn't very happy at his current place of employment so his gave it some major thought. It was the topic of many conversations and those conversations included all of our family. Finally after a week of talking he finally decided that he would be happiest quitting his job and starting a new adventure working for his brother in the shipping business. This decision of course also meant that we would eventually have to move our family South of Isle two hours. There were many pluses and minuses to staying and going but the pluses did outweigh the minuses. Robert gave his 2 week notice and he started his new job on August 26th. We put our house, as well as our land, on the market over labor day weekend. We have received a ton of interest on the land which is currently not listed on the MLS. Hopefully this hunting season will draw more attention. The house hasn't held much interest and frankly I don't think it will this time of year. We are listed on the MLS with Tara as our agent. As of now we are toying with the idea of reducing. And, of course, we know that we are coming up on the holiday season where properties sit on the market collecting days on their MLS count until spring. So with that in mind I am also thinking of taking it off the market around Thanksgiving, to give it that MLS break and put it back on in the spring. We are also open to renting our home if it doesn't sell which means we would most likely have to rent in the South Metro. However if the land sells we could buy something! Lost?! Whew... at least we have made the first step, the new job. Next, we have decided to stay in district 196 for schools, so that means Eagan, Rosemount or Apple Valley. And, I have also visited InverHills Community college for RN program information and options. So now we wait... patiently. In the mean time I plan to work on my resume's and hopefully start interviewing for jobs. I got some great advice from my sister in law Petra which included interviewing at multiple places to boost my confidence as well as give me experience so when I land that dream job interview I will rock it! I also plan to interview for two types of jobs... nursing and PR... just to see what shakes out on both ends.
And so the story begins with no end in the near future but our official move date is set for August 2014 so Hadley can begin school in district 196.
