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One month home
As of today, we have lived in our new home for exactly one month, and have been here in our new hometown just a few days beyond that. In so many ways our…
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The chaos of moving and settling in
The day that we moved into our new apartment was probably the most difficult and hectic day of the entire moving process. We had hoped that the movers would deliver our household goods…
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The days in between
We arrived in North Carolina six days before our household goods did. It was a long six days. It was nice because we weren’t having to spend money for a hotel – we…
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Final thoughts on my husband’s six years in the Army
It’s within an hour of midnight on the evening of our last official day in the Army. I just finished watching about three straight hours of science fiction television, and even at the…
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Saying goodbye and closing the door
Our movers were gone, along with our household goods. Our landlady had just pulled away after inspecting our home. Ezra was asleep on the living room floor. We made several trips in and…
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Moving Days: garbage dumpsters, packing, pizza, goodbyes, magic erasers, and more
Moving Day 1 dawned lovely, warm, and sunny. We woke up around 6am because the movers had said they would be there between 8 and 9 am. I was scurrying around trying to…
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Our last days in Kentucky
Along with preparing to move to North Carolina in the space of 10 days, I was also trying to squeeze in last minute coffee dates, playdates, and appointments so I could spend some…
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How to be a better mom while being exhausted
If there was ever a morning that *I* needed the "how to be a better mom while being exhausted" post it was this morning. So I turned to my arsenal of tricks and…
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Jump {Five Minute Friday}
Today I am participating in a weekly feature on lisajobaker.com called Five Minute Fridays. Bloggers are given a writing prompt (topic) and told to write for *five minutes. “No *editing, no over thinking, no backtracking.” Today’s…
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Our Journey to “Home” ~ Part 2: God’s Direction
This post is second in a series of posts describing how God has led my family to relocate from Kentucky to North Carolina as my husband is ending his military career. To read…
