Moving preps & other stuff....

Moving begins in 4 weeks.....

There's so much to do!

After this weekend, our countdown begins. Our "D" Day if you will.

More like "M" day.

I dislike moving. Have I mentioned that?

(Though it won't be very far....I will really miss my small little home...! And things will be sort of 'on hold' while we make the necessary changes this economy and circumstance has thrust on us...)

So, today, I am going to start remembering everything I love about my little house (in a positive way) and count my blessings; dwelling only on the positives that will occur from this new change in our lives; the tender mercies that the Lord is bestowing on me and my family....and this opportunity to change us, our circumstance and the opportunity we've been given to grow and become the people Heavenly Father wants us to become.

I feel as if I should tattoo that on my head, especially for the coming days, the days when I maybe 'slip' with my resolve to be positive; the days when I feel more of the temporal 'weights' pressing down on my shoulders; the days when I feel as I've borne my limit and can bear no more....

So here's my smile :) and I'm hoping I can keep it on my face 'til the end....

* I will miss the sunlight waking me each morning, through the transom arch in my bedroom.
* I will miss having my laundry room on the second floor.
* I will miss my blue-gray walls....and the taupe ones too.
* I will miss my bamboo & handscraped floors that my sweet husband put in my home for me.
* I will miss the shelves he built for me....I showed him a picture and {voila!} he built them...!

But most of all...I will miss the fact that my first son was brought here, small and tiny and we first became a true family within the walls of this home; the memories of prayer, fasting and blessings that these walls hold within them.

{Not that it won't be like that for us in the future....I'm just remembering the past right now....}

And I will miss my lilac tree, my yellow rose bush and my beautiful hydrangea, that all seemed to greet me every day as I played in the yard with my children....

BUT...

I'm looking forward to the opportunity of having Stann in a career without physical labor, without the constant pain brought on his person just to pay our bills....and saying good-bye to the gut-wrenching stress that only a small business owner can understand....

And again.....I hope I can keep a smile on my face, all the while. :)