so it's no secret now that we're trying to get things ready around the house to sell it. we've got a list of things made out that need to be done before we're ready to put it up. i hope this isn't a long painful process. we've already looked at a few houses online that we like but haven't actually gone to view them. we decided to wait until we were closer to ready to sell. those may not be there when we're ready and we might find something we like better. i'm kind of sad in a way. this was the first place i've ever been able to call "home". even living at my parents it wasn't "home" but this feels like home. i've had both of my children's nurseries in this house, we've spent Christmases in this house and decorated the tree, this is where matt proposed to me and we made our first child together. this house is special to me. i've never had a place to call "home" before. our hand prints are in the closet, the boys have their growth chart on the door and their feet prints at the bottom. those will have to go with us when we move.
matt hasn't decided yet how long we will let it be on the market if it doesn't sell. if it doesn't i guess we may just add on. while we could do that now it would be so nice to move into a new house that already has everything we want. a nice big kitchen, a larger master bedroom and 3 or even 4 extra rooms that the boys, one more child and a guest could stay in or have an extra room for a play room or movie theatre. i love this area and our neighbors but sometimes i REALLY hate the fact that we're 2 minutes away from matt's parents. they forget his has a life, a wife, children and a home of his own to take care of now. he can't just drop everything that they expect him to do when he has his own house and family to take care of. they never call on their other children to do anything for them and use the excuse that "well they have kids matthew".... uhh so do we! plus with the schools changing things we're not happy with it. if we move closer to albemarle we would be that much closer to parkridge elementary, which is a private school that i want the boys to go to.
while we would absolutely LOVE to move to TN and seriously considered it we can't :'( matt can't get the transfer to another route and no job would pay him what he makes now. i so wish more than anything we could move to TN. there's really nothing keeping me here in NC but my boys. but matt only has to work 23 more years on his route and he can retire. after that we will either move or get us a vacation home. the boys will be out of school and grown, possibly even away at college so it will just be the 2 of us even after we have a third child. there's just so many things we're getting lined up for the future. i'm excited but nervous at the same time. i'm very excited for what the next 5 years hold especially.
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