1. My father-in-law is on a 42 day cruise - aboard a container ship - to the Mediterranean. We refer to it as The Love Boat. There is a nifty website we can check to see Where in the World is Grandpa. Pirates beware - he will throw his Kindle at you.
2. Evie is trying to crawl, right now she looks like she is breakdancing. And she is moving backwards. Forward progress can't be far off. Have mercy.
3. And, drum roll..... we are moving. Again. House no. 4 and we aren't military.
4. Locally- meaning still in the DC metro area. Closer to school. Closer to husband's job. Closer to having a smaller mortgage.
5. There is a long story here for another day. But while I'm kinda excited, I'm really really sad to leave this house. We have a great house with great neighbors, we are settled in here in many ways. But looking ahead at another 20 years of private school tuition (and college) for 4 children is forcing us to rethink our lifestyle (which apart from our mortgage is pretty modest, but there's always room to cut, no?).
6. Where are we going? Well, we don't EXACTLY know. I do know our next home will be significantly smaller. Yes, I realize our family is getting bigger - thanks for pointing that out. We'll be purging some items, none of those items will be children.
7. I have been in the throes of home staging for the last couple of weeks. Which would be no problem if I didn't have the daily debris - dishes, laundry, general picking up, papers galore. Every room is 80 percent ready. The other 20 percent is in total upheaval.
8. One thing is for certain...I cannot move until I pick my new paint colors. It's both an oddity and a knack - I'm a color scheme fiend. The swatches are painted. The colors are picked. The choices - well, you're going to have to wait along with my family.
9. I am definitely going to make one of these very soon (like when the house is clean), thanks to Elise for another brilliant mini book idea. If you require a shortcut (and I might) she sells mini book kits in her etsy shop.
10. Snow is coming. We'll be hunkered down here. There is plenty to do indoors.
The End.
