Moving Day

Today is a bitter (not sweet) day for Chris and I. We have everything packed up and ready to load into the truck. It has been so rainy, that we have yet to begun. Today it has to be done no matter what Mother Nature has in store for us.

Now, as we pull away from our house, we are still unclear where we will move our things. The homeowner of the Ponderosa Home agreed to allow us access and use of his garage. There would probably be enough space in the 4 car garage for our things. However, if the house falls through for whatever reason, we would have to move our things out and into storage and then back to our home, eventually. That is a lot of moving. We have storage lined up. As of 4AM, Chris and I were leaning towards the storage. We fear that getting too much more involved in the Ponderosa home commits us more. As of now, we can back out anytime because the seller can not provide a clear title. He is taking the people with now 5 liens on the home to court in 30 days. So we are homeless for sure for 30 days.

We looked at one apartment yesterday that offered month to month or a 3 month lease. It offered the space we needed, but it smelled like an ashtray, was on the second floor, was filthy dirty, and cost nearly what our mortgage was of this home! It is one thing to pay a mortgage which is towards your home, and a completely different story to be throwing away money in a yucky rental. We will keep looking for apartments and for other homes once we get our stuff out of this home. In the meantime, Chris' parents have graciously allowed our loud family of 5 to stay with them for the short term. 

Alivia will continue to go to Standing Bear until we find suitable housing. So, in the meantime, I will have to truck it the 30 minutes or so from Millard to school twice a day. That I am not looking forward to. The worst part will be driving by this house everyday knowing it is no longer ours and that we have no home.

It is 6am. Time to wake up the hubs and get rolling here. We both slept maybe 3 hours, so this will be an even more exhausting and emotional day. Wish us luck! We definitely need something to go right for us!

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