I need to pack!! (A.k.a. Brain dump)

Well, since our offer was accepted on the house a few weeks ago, we've gone through a round of shuffling paperwork here and there. We've met with inspectors, we've had our minds officially blown by the amount of work that has to go into it and we've avoided packing.

All in all it's pretty successful. :)

I have the desire the pack, but not the drive. Part of me doesn't want to start because I know it will be more shifting stuff from one room to another as opposed to packing it up.
I need to start a "Garage Sale" pile, "Throw out" pile, and "Pack" pile. We obviously can't pack everything because we still have to live here another month, but I can pack the non-essentials. Books, winter clothes (because Lord knows we aren't using them in this 1000 degree heat), movies. Yes, I'll pack up my movies. I haven't been watchimg them lately because of the book I'm reading.

Which brings me to reason #35 why I am not packing right now. The Help is such a good book!!!


I've had it for over a year and haven't cracked it open. Which is shameful. It's such a good, griping, funny story.
I love the characters and the story is heartfelt and powerful.
I highly recommend it. Before seeing the movie, of course.

I'm putting together a gift package for friend's birthday that is coming soon. :)
I'll show you what I put in it, after I've completed and mailed it, but then it might not be terribly surprising for the friend who receives it though because I know she reads this. Hmmmmm. Decisions.

I've got a new pen pal too!! She lives in Michigan. Found her via the blog Crafted Love. Allison decided to open up the possibility of pen pals to her readers and she got such a huge response that she divided us all up so we could correspond with each other and with her. Pretty clever.

Anyway, we just started corresponding and I can already tell I'm going to like her. She's into art journaling and looks pretty darn good at it. Which is a God send because I just started art journaling. Emphasis on the start. I've got a few pages all prettified but haven't added any writing to them. I'm so bad at that.....

I could write my prayers and what I talk to God about. That could be a great start. :)

TTFN everyone!! Thanks for reading, drop a note, I'm still here!

Praying for you all!

Phew!! We found a house!

"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."--Jeremiah 29:11

We found a house!!!!

Praise to God because it was all Him in our search for a home. I was close to giving up a few times. Especially after homes were taken out from under us twice while we were searching.
Another couple came in with a better offer on a house shortly after we expressed interest and on another house we liked, the owner's just decided to stay put.
All in all we looked at about 25-ish houses.
Some were nice, others were bleh.
But God blessed us with the one.

So, it's been a whirlwind of getting paperwork to a bunch of different places and now we have to clean, pack, buy furniture, decided on whether or not to use a moving company or just have all our friends throw out their backs.
I'm thinking a moving company now. We had friends and family help us move into the second story apartment, but now that I know the temp is probably going to be 150 degrees. I don't know if I want to lose friends as they try to maneuver our massive, heavy, solid wood dresser and chest of drawers down the stairs. Plus there is the corner to consider.

I totally see it turning into that friends episode where Rachel and Chandler help Ross move a couch into his apartment.
PIVOT!! PIVOT!! PIVOT!!


With all that considered I've been busy trying to arrange and organize my craft room so it'll be easier to pack up. I did make a few things and I'll show you soon!

See ya guys!!

P.S. I'm praying for all of you and whatever life may be throwing at you. :)