Random Crap

• We're moving to Dallas/Ft Worth. Did i mention this? A hopefully better job for Doug which will afford us a better "work-life balance." I hear that phrase a lot lately. I think it will be a great career move. Moving my family from CO to TX, though? I'm struggling with the realization that i'm much more rooted here than i thought. The kids have great friends. We have a great ward. The kids love their school and would have excellent hand-picked-by-their-mother teachers this year. But still, it's the right thing to do.
• One thing i will not miss about this place? The wind.
• Looking at rentals the same price as my current mortgage? Severely depressing. I cried for the first time about the move on my birthday after spending an entire awful day in TX looking at filthy, small, dark (thankfully?), cat-pee-stink homes. I'd kept a good attitude all day and in the end i bawled. I think it was a combination of the day, the stress, being uber-tired and the reality that we're really moving that brought it all up.
• LUCKILY we found a great rental home in Keller (north FW). We feel good about it--neighborhood, schools, town in general. It's a town i think we'd like to consider buying in once our home here sells. So. Hoorah! I won't be living in CO with the kids while Doug works in TX after all!!
• You know what else is depressing? That our house here has been on the market for one month and has had.........ONE SHOWING. Keeping a clean house with three kids when no one is looking at your house? I've crawled into bed and pulled the covers over my head a couple of times this past week. I am not a patient person and i'm really trying to just go with things since it's so much out of my control. But it's hard to know we're not only going to lose a ton of money on this house, but that it still might take a long time to unload it. One big problem with our house? It doesn't have a 3 or more car garage so i don't think it's even showing up in searches since people here want a minimum of 3. SPOILED BRATS.
• Loving my Flip video camera. Luuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrv it. So user friendly for a techno-phobe like me.
• It's finally hot and summery here. It snowed May 19th and it's now in the 80's. Still windy as all get-out (it was 99 degrees when we were in TX Memorial Day weekend, so brace yourselves for my complaints about that soon enough).
• Soren is a talker now. Pee-pa is pizza. I just want to be sure to remember that one.