We Moved!

We Moved! | this heart of mine

Hello! I know it’s been a long time. Nearly forever in the blog world. I do have a fairly good excuse: we moved! For the second time in six months, we moved. Packed up all our belongings and dragged it all to a new location. However, this time, we are hoping to stay put for a good, long time.

Our house hunting journey started over a year and a half ago. In our opinion, a year and a half is a long time to look for a house. MJ and I rode the emotional rollercoaster of excitement to disinterest to discouragement to hopefulness again; we frequently reminded ourselves to just be patient. We knew the type of house we wanted and where we wanted it but wondered if we would find it. At least in the near future. MJ and I looked for new listings daily and our realtor kept us up-to-date with properties that fit our criteria. When our house sold in January and we moved to a rental in March (20 days after Pipsqueak was born), I will admit I felt very pessimistic about the process.

But then, at the end of July, a house popped up on my phone. I checked out about three of the pictures, knew I liked it and was ready to call MJ when he called me. We had spent so many phone calls talking about houses I knew why he was calling. I answered the phone with, “I want that house.” He agreed.

The buying part turned out to be a whole separate emotional rollercoaster but I’ll save you the drama. We signed the papers the first Friday of September and loaded up the moving trucks a couple hours later. We didn’t know for sure whether or not the initial close date would happen until four days before and by that time, the only time the movers were available was immediately following the closing. So we took a deep breath, packed up our stuff and went with it.

We’ve been here for 12 days now and it feels good. There are still boxes and tubs of stuff sitting places – most of my office, decor I need to go through again, toys and children’s clothes – but it feels good. I am in awe of people who can live in the semi-permanent, this-will-probably-change-soon position. I haven’t felt settled for the past six months and before that, I readied myself for change as we looked a new home. I don’t like the state of fluctuation, when it refers to my dwelling. Now I feel settled and oh my goodness, I like it. I know life can and will bring changes and I acknowledge that at some point we might go through this whole process again. However, until then, I’m settling in, nice and deep.

We are home.

Got the internet hooked up last Friday and finally dug out the computer on Sunday. I’m slowly but surely getting back at it. I have a simple DIY ready for you tomorrow. Thanks for sticking around this little place of mine!

About Amy Christie

Amy is a wife, mother of two and a maker. Making is her thing whether it is food, DIYs or photos of her children. Follow Amy on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Bloglovin, Twitter, and through her once-a-month newsletter to keep up with the latest from this heart of mine.

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