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Jan. 20, 2007
Home Sweet Home
Hi everyone! I'm back for my bimonthly update!
We have finally settled into our new home in middle Tennessee. It has been a whirlwind situation in our lives. Now that the dust has settled, I think I can finally update as to what happened. Toward the middle of October, there was a post for a manager position south of Nashville with the company Handsome works for. We have been looking to move out of Florida and Tennessee was one of our possible choices. He applied for the position, not expecting much as previous attempts never came to much. Well, by the end of that week, he was contacted for an interview for the following Monday (October 23). By the following Friday (October 27), he was offered the job! Talk about FAST! Handsome went up to start work November 13, and we came up a couple days later to look for a place to live. We came back for Thanksgiving (literally, the day before!). The following week, the movers came to pack us up, and we were in our new place by Thursday night, November 30!!! My head was spinning by the time we were done.
We are currently living in a rental house on a six month lease, so we didn't unpack everything. The stuff we did intend to unpack, was done in a week. Yes, you read that right, a week! Handsome doesn't live out of boxes. He's terribly cranky until the last box is emptied.
The biggest thing about the move is that we are close to just about everything. Where we were before, if Wally World didn't have it, you had to travel an hour to get it, UGGHH! Have I ever mentioned I HATE Wally World? Oh, sorry, hate isn't allowed in our house. I break out in hives at the thought of going there. Anyway, the convenience is both exciting and scary. I'm used to having to plan my outings, so we didn't spend that much money. Now I have to be very careful.
We had a lovely Christmas in our new place, just the five of us. We went to the theater on Christmas Eve to see The Nativity Story. That was a beautiful movie. New Year's Eve was spent at the neighbor's house singing Karaoke.
We are settling back into our school schedule as well. Little Man has been very unhappy about having to stop playing. Rayman made me proud this week. Everyday (except Thursday) he got himself together and did his schoolwork without my reminding him. That was such a nice break. I was so impressed that I told him I would do something special with him as a thank you.
We found a nice church to go to. It is a family-integrated church, so the children all stay with the parents. We have felt so at home with everyone there. That is the nice thing about Tennessee, everyone has been so nice and welcoming. I'm really going to like living here, I think.
Oh, by the way, yes we are still keeping the children home. We are now under a church-related umbrella school, so technically, they are private school students and their teachers are their parents. I hope that makes sense.
Until next time... |
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Feb. 1, 2007 - makes sense