Near the beginning of the year, I wrote on this blog about something my husband, his family and I have experienced; something we call PFL.
Tonight there was a whole new twist on PFL.
After dinner, Ryan had been playing out in the grass in the backyard. Since I had picked up all of the dog [...]
It’s hard to believe that it has already been 2 weeks since we moved into our house in Bend.
The 1200 mile drive over 3 days was an experience, to say the least. The new Highlander was packed up to the ceiling, AND had a stuffed cargo bag on the roof, making us resemble the Beverly [...]
Last night I cleaned out Ryan’s closet. One of the few remaining items in it that wasn’t packed was my old diaper bag from when he was an infant.
I haven’t carried that sucker in at least 6 months, let alone looked through it. I chucked that bastard right after Ryan turned a year [...]
How in the world can it be only 16 days until our big move! The movers have been chosen, tenants signed a 2 yr lease on our house in Mesa, a garage sale was had, and the packing commenced. We also have cleaners and carpet cleaners lined up to come in after we leave and [...]
My grandmother once told me that 95% of the things that we worry about never happen. She said, “Worry is wasted energy.” How true that statement can be! After spending a week of worrying, everything seems to be falling into place.
We found renters for our house! After doing credit and background checks and speaking with [...]
Ok, so I’m still worried about the tenant thing. We were supposed to have a family come look at the house last night at 5 pm. After cleaning the house like a mad woman, at 5 minutes after 5 they weren’t there. At 5:20, still no prospective tenants. By 5:45 I was beyond annoyed and [...]
Wow, April is almost over and I realize that I haven’t once written anything for this blog this month. Ooops! Guess that’s just what happens when life gets crazy and you don’t have enough time to stop and breathe, let alone blog. I’ve been interviewing interstate moving companies, finding/applying for/renting a home in Bend, setting [...]
Last weekend I got a wild hair up my butt to clean out the closet in our home office. Feeling the need to start purging and packing for our move to Oregon in June, I figured the office would be a good place to start. It was an eye-opening experience, to say the [...]
GPS is an amazing thing. We borrowed a friend’s GPS system this past weekend when we were in Oregon. Even though it got us a bit lost in Portland (it took us on a complete circle one time, allowing us to see the same homeless man counting his dimes twice in about 10 [...]
Next week Matt and I are going to Oregon for a few days. Ryan will be staying behind in hot-as-hell Mesa while we spend 4 days of total bliss in temperatures under 100. I’m a little sad about leaving our little guy behind, but we sooooo need this trip!
We are flying out on Friday morning [...]