Well, we are preparing to move out of state! The company my husband works for is moving us to South Carolina! I'm quite excited to go, we'll be near both the beach and the mountains which is something we have both said would be ideal.
He starts there on 12-17, and the kids and I will spend most of Christmas break out there with him. I'm excited to get this 'mini vacation' even though there won't be much time for vacationing! We'll be 'house hunting' most of the trip (except Christmas eve and day of course).
I'm a little wary of the actual trip there, we'll be leaving shortly after dinner so the kids can sleep, and I should arrive before midnight. Jack will be attending the after school program that day so that I can get a good nap with Kate. I just hope all the sleeping in the van won't mean they're wide awake after we arrive, because I'm going to want to go straight to sleep!
I'm already planning out things that I'll need to have in the van as far as entertainment and snacks for sanity purposes. I plan to leave in the early afternoon on the return trip, so they will end up being awake most of the time. Should be a blast, but the sooner we can get back into the school routine the better.
I'm going to miss dh so much though. Hopefully I can get everything done at home quickly and the house will be sold before the end of the school year. As much as I would love Jack to finish Kindergarten in the same class, it may not happen, and I'm ok with that so long as we're together as a family.
We're going to look for a storage option as soon as possible so that when I make trips there we can take as much stuff to store as possible, making the actual move a little less stressful. Hopefully mentally as well as financially.
Not much in the way of Holiday plans here yet, except spending Christmas as a family. I'm knitting a little bit, Jack said he wants a new scarf. I'm knitting a friends daughter a poncho like the one I did for Kate. And since dh isn't a fan of the knitted items I'll probably sew a pair of pants for him if I can find some soft flannel in a color he would wear. Oh, and I hope to knit the hat for me w/ the pretty sock yarn I got from hyena cart a few months ago. I finally found the right size circular needles. I need to ask Grandma if she has the size double pointed needles that I need for it. I don't really want to try to track them down! It took me a few weeks to find the right C.needles.
Anyway, this is long enough, so I guess I'll end it.
~Peace
