Life and all that stuff in between

Okay, I know it has been a little while since my last post.  We have been busy with Ellie's birthday, Grandma & Grandpa Mac's visit, and our trip to Atlanta, Ga.  With the impending move, I feel like life is whirling by in a flash.  It has been very stressful the past few weeks with looking for a home in Atlanta, finding tenets to move in here (since we are leaving half-way through our rental contract), and getting a release date at work for Jim to move.

I guess I should back up by starting with we found a great 3 bedroom home to rent in Woodstock, GA.  Everyone we talked to said to stay north of the city.  All the nice family neighborhoods are in the north and Woodstock is the next up and coming place.  Lots of new housing developments mixed with homes that sit on a couple acres of land.  With all the traffic, I was looking for something a little out of the hustle and bustle. It took the rental agency a week to process our application so they should be sending up the contract Monday and finally have a move-in date. It looks like we are shooting for a January 7th move in date.  It is a little earlier than we would have liked, but we are trying to accommodate the friends that will be moving into our current townhouse in Raleigh, NC.  They are currently staying in corporate housing and need to find a place by the end of the month.  Thankfully we will not have to pay rent in two places for the whole month.  Unfortunately, Jim's boss needs him to stay through the 13th. Now the plan is to move on the 7th, but Jim will fly back and stay in a hotel for a week.  I am not looking forward to sending up or home with baby-in-tow by myself.  Thankfully my mom is going to fly out to stay with us.  In the meantime I need to start packing everything up and making to-do lists (rental truck, boxes, electric, water, and cable cancellations, airline flights, hotel reservations, buy washer & dryer, etc.).

I promise to get back to my blog just as soon as I can.  Please be patient with me.