The count down to the date is getting close! 12 weeks thats all we have left as a Military family. While 12 weeks sounds like a lot of time, there is so much to do it seems like it is coming faster then we can figure out what to do. Our 5 year old needs to be registered for Kindergarten and because it starts in September I want to have us settled by the time she starts and it is not looking good for that. I really would hate to have her start school here in September be there for just a few weeks and have to move and start in a new school again. It seems to stressful for a 5 year old to go threw all that.


We got word on the house, and unfortunately my dream home is out of our reach. And with the time crunching on us it is time to figure it all out. We have the option of staying with my parents for a little bit but that requires us to get rid of our furry friends(cats) Tucker and Jazmin and that is not something that any of the 4 us of that have a voice are comfortable doing. We have had Tucker since we moved here in 2005 and Jazmin we got about 2 years ago. We did not get pets to kick em to the curb, they are part of our family so getting rid of them is out of the question. When we even brought it up to the kids about getting rid of them the kids cried and screamed and were in horrible moods the rest of the day so Hubby and I decided that we will be keeping them once we told the kids they were thrilled.


So now on to looking for a place to rent or a house to buy(which at the moment is going to be a challenge since we have a slight problem with a company who contacted the creditors saying we did not pay something that was due by JULY 30 and they contacted them on JUNE 30! Great right? Yea so thats going to be fun, thankfully we have all documentation but trying to get a hold of the people in charge of fixing it is like trying to find a contact in a swimming pool.) So Renting is about the only option we have.

Going threw the tons of stuff we have accumulated over the past 5 years has been a lot of fun too. Crying has been involved when I come across things that give me memories and the kids baby clothes that they wore, especially Little Man's since I see Princess Pretty Pants clothes when I put them on Angel Face. Who knew you could collect so much stuff, I am not even talking my stockpile stuff I am talking just stuff stuff haha.


Our running list of what needs to be done in the next 12 weeks:
-Find a place to live
-Figure out Princess Pretty Pants' school situation
-Sort threw everything see what we can get rid of 
-Pack and move
-Figure out where and when Hubby and I will start school
-Find Jobs(which is hard to do when you have no exact date as to when you will be able to work since you have no idea when you will find a place to live and be moving to the area)

Wow that list does not look all to long but its all so time consuming. Here's to a hope that we find a place to live soon! But if we do we are in limbo about where Hubby will live, or if he will commute the 2 hour drive everyday so that we are able to have Princess Pretty Pants start and stay in the same school. 

It will all work out....It has to right?

House Hunting

So we are on the hunt for a house, we do have an option of living with my folks but that would involve getting rid of our 2 fur babies and that is something that none of us want to do kids included so house hunting is on. I looked at 2 houses yesterday and 1 I had seen online and liked but once I got there YUCK! You could smell the mold when you opened the door and it was obvious when walking through it why there had been so few pictures of it posted for viewing. The first house I looked at though I am in LOVE with... just it is not listed yet and so we have no idea what the price will be but man that would be the perfect house for us, its only 3 bedrooms and we had been wanting 4 but the house is gorgeous and has extra rooms and theres even a room that could be just my stockpile room. So since we know nothing really about the house other then how much I love it, and how awesome it is I am praying that things will work out and somehow this house could be our home. It would be awesome if the house hunt ended here, what a stress relief that would be, but as with life I know it is not that easy and I am not getting my hopes up.

This week will be busy, and thankfully for my awesome parents the older 2 kids are there for the week so hubby and I can go to some class like thing all week to learn about what is instore for us and give us an idea of where we will be once we are no longer a military family. As much as I have disliked times in the military it is a scary thought of venturing out of our security blanket that we are under right now. Right now we are in a comfort zone, we know what we have and what it is like, venturing out into the unknown is hard. We started out with our daughter being born before my husband was in and then he went to basic training, so basically our entire life for the most part as a family has been with the military and the security of a job and health insurance and housing. Which I hate to say it but I kinda took it for granted it was something that was always there. And now the security blanket is about to be taken away and with the way things are who knows where it will lead us.

I am putting it into God's hands, he will never give us more then we can handle and while right now we are all stressed out and a bundle of nerves I know it will work out.

But let's all hope that everything works out and this house that I love my family and I can call our home<3

Got the news

So I am starting this blog as a way to keep my self sane while my family transitions from the life we have lived the past 5 years to what our new life will be. Hopefully it will help someone else as well but mainly it is to keep myself sane.

So today we received the news that we will no longer be a military family. My husband disloacted his shoulder back in 2006 while on a deployment and has trouble with it ever since. Today we got the news that he will be leaving the military in just a few months and we will venture out into the unknown. Taking baby steps is what we had originally planned since we were expecting to get out in a year from now, it has now changed that we will be getting out in just a few months. There are so many things to do like find jobs, a house(which now we are starting to house hunt immediately). I got in contact with a Realtor this afternoon after finding out the news so hopefully with in the next few months we will have found the perfect home for our family. I will just keep reminding myself that God never gives you more then you can handle.

I was nervous all morning after my husband told me the news, my nerves settled a bit when he got home with more information on what we need to do and a semi time frame. Hopefully we will have a better time frame soon. But for now its day by day and off to start our house hunt!