Changes…
Contrarily to what it seems, I have not quite fallen off the planet (or the Blog-World). Hubby and I made a huge decision last month. It has affected our time, our ressources and everything surrounding those things. The decision is quite exciting for us, but it means so much work to be done!
We have decided to sell our house and move into a bigger (ie: more bedrooms) home. The decision was made by a few factors (like our needing more space as kids get taller) but it it was mostly for our need of a photography studio space. We have no garage at the present house, so we had nowhere to convert a space and make a studio. Things seem to happen so quickly, and this has been no exception!
We wanted to put our house on the market before looking at other homes, but a 6 bedroom house, with a huge unfinished garage (perfect to convert!) caught my eye when I looked up houses on the realtor system. I know, I shouldn’t have looked. And then maybe we shouldn’t have went to see the house. Because next thing we knew, we found it to be perfect for us, and we put a bid on it. The owners accepted it, but now we have only 3 months to sell our house or we lose the bid!
Eeek!
Hubby and I have been painting up a storm, fixing holes in walls, scratches, wear and tear from 7 kids. We have put many things in storage to make more room in our house. Our house is not super tiny for a “regular” family (say, of 4 people) but with 9 people in this house including all their belongings, it looks tiny. So pardon the paint in our hair, on our faces and all over our hands, we’ve been busy these past few weeks!
Any good thoughts, prayers and happy wishes will be well appreciated, as we try to put our house on the market around March. I still have so much work to do in painting terms, so I will most likely be found lurking and rarely leaving comments on all of my bloggy friends’s spaces. But I’m reading you, I promise! And I’ll try to keep up with Photo Friday, or add a post here and there. No grandiose promises though. 
Have a fantabulous day,
February 18th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
How exciting!! Praying here that things will fall into place quickly!!
Blessings!
Octamom´s last blog post is…Shoe Hound
February 18th, 2009 at 10:51 pm
Yay, I’m so happy for you guys! I know about the space issues, we have a four bedroom home and we still need a bigger house but can’t afford one.
I was wondering what happened to you when we were only getting Friday posts, lol! See you are highly thought of in the blogging world.
Wishing you guys the best!
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February 19th, 2009 at 7:42 am
WOW! Congrats on the new house and good luck selling the old one! We’ll probably be in that same position in the near future and I dread it and we only have two children. I hope everything goes well!
Kool Aid´s last blog post is…He stole a pancake
February 19th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
Sure. Fine. Leave me. Whatever.
Just kidding (mostly)…..I am excited for you!
Sad for me though!
February 19th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
Octamom:
Thanks for your prayers.
McAngie:
It does get very squished in a four bedroom home, doesn’t it?
Kool Aid:
It has been so crazy! But, in the end, it will be a good thing, I think.
Jes:
Awww. What can I say to that, but “Move next to me in the new house!” you *know* we’ll miss you guys alot. It’ll give us an excuse to get together more often than yelling at each other across driveways.
February 21st, 2009 at 10:05 pm
Such exciting news!
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February 22nd, 2009 at 5:01 pm
Hubby says we are never moving again. We’ve been in the same house for almost 16 years. We have 3 bedrooms, but use the family room as a 4th bedroom. In 6 years the 4 oldest will be in college or already graduated. Why move now?
Dorothy´s last blog post is…Tuesday morning was exciting!
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:26 am
How exciting! Good luck! Ugh…can’t imagine having to pack away all the stuff though…
February 27th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Dorothy:
That is understandable. I don’t like the moving part, but the “getting a bigger space” part, I do like very much! I’ll suffer through the move just to have more space.
Cindy:
Yeah, not the most fun job. Last time we moved, we had only been in the appartment for about a year. We’ve been here almost 10 years and have added 4 kids since then. Way too much stuff to pack now!