On the Run

We are moving! Not too far from where we are now but still, its a change. I'll send out the address via email when we get it. We are moving into Military housing. A year ago this would probably have been a bad move, but now they have new housing and its much bigger than anything they would have offered us then and what we have now. I'm not saying bigger is better. We have been comfortable in this house. I'm just looking forward to all the storage space! There's room to put all the hopeful baby clothes and furniture, the art and craft supplies, the files of important papers that we'll probably never need again, the box of wires that we're not sure we need but can't throw out in case we do need them, and most of all...A Place for the Vacuum!!!! I am thrilled there's a broom closet! Its the small things that get to me. The place we are living in has 3 closets...one in each bedroom...and zero storage. You never know how much you love your closets and storage until you don't have ANY!
Besides the closets, the new place is a total of 600 square feet bigger and will save us around $300/month...not to mention the gas that will be saved from living 15 minutes away from John's work. He has even talked about riding his bike (Sans and Bri-onic Man) and if he does, hopefully he won't get run over by the crazy drivers.
So. We have to be out of here by Halloween afternoon but we've moved ourselves out of other places in less time. I'm just happy about the whole thing. I keep praying that the timing works out so we can go straight into housing (sometimes they don't have them ready on time) and that someone rents the old place quickly...which is a completely different story!

Comments

Heffalump said…
I hate moving, but it sounds like the new place is going to be a better deal for you guys.
4/10/07 12:37
Amber Ray said…
I can't find your email add, and I don't see a contact icon. What is the song that plays that sounds hawaiian? Do you still have my email add?
5/10/07 13:37
Laura said…
Yeah, moving isn't any fun. I know from experience about having plenty of closets.....you just find a way to fill them all!! But, yes, more room is ideal.
9/10/07 10:54
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