Can you believe the holidays are here!! Thanksgiving is a week away! Where has this year gone!? Wasn't it just yesterday we were celebrating Thanksgiving and Christmas? It is so amazing how time can fly so quickly when you aren't looking!
Aaron starts his job this Sunday...we are gearing up for the weekend! Since Thanksgiving is in LA this year we decided to travel to Little Rock tomorrow and on Monday go straight to Vidalia and not come back to Dallas...it will save us 400 miles.
Because we are going directly to LA from AR we had to find someone to watch the kids for 11 days!! Yikes! Thankfully our friends the Tully's will be able to watch them until next Wednesday, and after that our neighbor’s little girls will take care of them until we return (one week from next Monday)!!!
We have never been away from Merlin & Lucy for that amount of time! I know they will be okay, but they both have abandonment issues (Merlin especially). Whenever we are gone for a few days you would think we had left them for good...they follow us around for days. Almost as if they are making sure we are really there and not going to leave again!
I miss them so much when we travel...I have to be honest when I say the thought of moving and not have a place for them to stay with us really is causing me stress. I may not seem stressed on the outside but it is there...silent on the inside!
There is a kind family that is offering us there spare rooms & extra living room until we sell the house, but they don't have a fence for Lucy & don't want Merlin on the inside...that means we would have to find Merlin & Lucy a place to stay (with strangers) until the house sells and we buy a house. Now this couple's daughter-in-law has offered her fenced in backyard for Lucy (they have a black lab) and that would be fine if Lucy can get along with their dog.
I don’t' know... I really don't want to split us up! I can't explain it, but there is something deep inside me that can't bear the thought of moving to a strange place and not having my kids with me... I know they would be close, but it is already going to be so traumatic for all of us...this might be the straw that breaks the camels back!
I am sure there are some of you who think I am being crazy, but I am sure there are some of you who can relate! It has been really hard...I have to be so careful not to get so discouraged about the house not selling... we haven't even shown it once! There is a deep dark part of me inside that thinks we are making a mistake moving to LR...perhaps the house not showing is a sign!
However, I know we are doing the right thing... I believe God has given us the opportunity and we need to have faith and trust. It is just so disheartening when you haven't even shown your house once in a month!
I have to be so careful what I say to Aaron... I don't want to discourage him! Please pray for me...I really need the encouragement right now!
Okay...well I must get off this thing...I have so much to do today! We are leaving for LR tomorrow morning and won't return for 11 days....I need to get the oil changed in our car...rotate the tires...clean the house because there is a realtor tour set for next Tuesday (hooray our first showing)!! Lots to do and not a lot of time!
I don't think I will be able to update the blog until we return from our trip....so see you in 11(ish) days! :o)
Aaron starts his job this Sunday...we are gearing up for the weekend! Since Thanksgiving is in LA this year we decided to travel to Little Rock tomorrow and on Monday go straight to Vidalia and not come back to Dallas...it will save us 400 miles.
Because we are going directly to LA from AR we had to find someone to watch the kids for 11 days!! Yikes! Thankfully our friends the Tully's will be able to watch them until next Wednesday, and after that our neighbor’s little girls will take care of them until we return (one week from next Monday)!!!
We have never been away from Merlin & Lucy for that amount of time! I know they will be okay, but they both have abandonment issues (Merlin especially). Whenever we are gone for a few days you would think we had left them for good...they follow us around for days. Almost as if they are making sure we are really there and not going to leave again!
I miss them so much when we travel...I have to be honest when I say the thought of moving and not have a place for them to stay with us really is causing me stress. I may not seem stressed on the outside but it is there...silent on the inside!
There is a kind family that is offering us there spare rooms & extra living room until we sell the house, but they don't have a fence for Lucy & don't want Merlin on the inside...that means we would have to find Merlin & Lucy a place to stay (with strangers) until the house sells and we buy a house. Now this couple's daughter-in-law has offered her fenced in backyard for Lucy (they have a black lab) and that would be fine if Lucy can get along with their dog.
I don’t' know... I really don't want to split us up! I can't explain it, but there is something deep inside me that can't bear the thought of moving to a strange place and not having my kids with me... I know they would be close, but it is already going to be so traumatic for all of us...this might be the straw that breaks the camels back!
I am sure there are some of you who think I am being crazy, but I am sure there are some of you who can relate! It has been really hard...I have to be so careful not to get so discouraged about the house not selling... we haven't even shown it once! There is a deep dark part of me inside that thinks we are making a mistake moving to LR...perhaps the house not showing is a sign!
However, I know we are doing the right thing... I believe God has given us the opportunity and we need to have faith and trust. It is just so disheartening when you haven't even shown your house once in a month!
I have to be so careful what I say to Aaron... I don't want to discourage him! Please pray for me...I really need the encouragement right now!
Okay...well I must get off this thing...I have so much to do today! We are leaving for LR tomorrow morning and won't return for 11 days....I need to get the oil changed in our car...rotate the tires...clean the house because there is a realtor tour set for next Tuesday (hooray our first showing)!! Lots to do and not a lot of time!
I don't think I will be able to update the blog until we return from our trip....so see you in 11(ish) days! :o)
Happy Thanksgiving!
