Not Yet...But Soon....

We have been waiting for a house and hopefully we have found one :)
If the deal goes well we will be moving in roughly 2weeks or less.
Packing has been chaotic and kids have been crazy but we will have it figured out soon.
Set backs have been preventing us from moving thus far and hopefully our luck has change :)

Yeah!!!! We may have a house.......

I am excited. We may have a house finally. And it may be the one I wanted from the beginning. :)

I do not want to go overboard as it is not ours just yet and until it has our name on it I do not want to jinx it...lol ..... But I will be thrilled if we get it.

It is a stick built not a manufactured home which means I can improve upon it and the value will go up. :)

It has plenty of rooms, space, and roughly 3 1/2 acres for the goats, chickens, dogs, and any other animal we want to have on it. It is in the country setting but yet only a mile from a small town where my youngest could even ride his bike to school if he wanted. :)

I'm going crazy....lol

Okay so looking for a house is driving me nuts. Trying to pack everything is becoming daunting. I have not seen my hubby in almost a month. Why are we doing this again???? Oh yeah, better pay, better benefits, better life... :)
Just a little bit longer, if I can hang on just a little bit longer before I crack we will see the light at the end of the tunnel. :)

As promised I have a few photos of the equipment that my hubby is running now. Yeah I know...he plays in big Tonka Toys all day...lol

Hubby's First Day on the Job in Colorado....

Went great, but overwhelming. With newer equipment comes quick learning of the controls and new gadgets to learn about quickly and on the spot. :)
It may overwhelm him but it is one of the things he excels at when it comes to equipment. :)
He has not sent me any pics as of yet but here is an older one from here of him tearing down an old Checkers drive-thru.

Were Back.....

Apologies to all as we got back on Friday but I had to recoup from the trip before posting.
The trip went great. Hubby found work and we came back with him already hired in to a place. :)
Now it is hustle time on looking for a place. We tried a little while we were out there but until we knew where he was going to work it was difficult to find the location to search.
Now it is crunch time on getting the house packed and in order as he goes ahead to work and help find a place before the rest of us are hauled out there. Our daughter will be joining us now as well as the two boys and we will be hauling kids, dogs, and 2 goats with us. Daughter graduates this year and will be out in the middle of May. Our youngest wants to transfer before school gets out as Colorado gets out for summer vacation earlier then Cadillac, Michigan. He does not want his summer vacation cut shorter since they will start in the middle of August instead of the beginning of September.

All in all it went well and we will hopefully be in a place out there before the end of May. :)

1st photo: Antelope on our way back from Rush to Colorado Springs looking at a home.
2nd photo: Mountains from a distance coming into Fort Collins, Colorado.
3rd photo: On our way to Drake, Colorado up into the mountains looking at a home.

On Our Way.....

Heading out in an hour to go on our scouting trip to find a home.
So excited and exhausted at the same time. :)
Will post when I get back.
Wish me luck. ;)

Pack Rat....

Man I did not realize how much crap I have held on to over the years and man can it collect dust...cough....cough....hack....cough ....:p

Getting close to trip time and I feel like I have hardly budged on the packing. May have to pull some over-niter's just to get through all of this junk. :P

Can't wait til it is done........my allergies can't wait either......lol

Here we Go!

Welcome to my new blog for our new life in Colorado.

We have begun the process of packing, cleaning, and searching for a home. We plan on being moved when kids finish school.

My oldest son is 21. My middle child is 18 and she is graduating this year. My youngest son is 13 and will be the only one that we will be waiting on as my daughter can leave in May.

My husband has been offered a job with all the trimmings, but he will be searching all over before putting all of his eggs in one basket.
I may even be able to find a way of using my Interior Decorating there as Michigan is so economically challenged at the moment that I can not seem to get even a consulting gig here.

All we are doing is digging a hole and soon we will not be able to climb out of it. We have a change and an opportunity to make a change for the better. We don't want to look back and say "We should have done it" and now it's to late. We need to, even if it is just to prove that we are not scared of new things (changes). The hubby should not have to work until he is dead to support his family in today's economy.

So........here we go!