Knock – Knock??? Hello? Helloooooo…. Yes it’s me. I’m still here. I’ve been very quiet lately I know. I figured your facebook and twitter feeds needed a break from me. Maybe I wanted you to miss me? You know what they say about absence.
Life has been a bit hairy lately. In a nutshell – it’s been insane. Put aside the ruptured achilles (which is getting there…7-14 more days in the cast but it’s moving) and it’s still been overwhelming. Two out of the three project managers at my office have left over the past five weeks – leaving me as the sole PM. Then, I decided to buy a house. Which means I have to sell my own house. Yup – timing is e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g.
I am a real estate agents dream. In the past nine years, I’ve bought four houses and hopefully by the end of the weekend (knock wood), I will have sold four houses. Ridiculous, I know. But this time, for a very long time, this is THE house. I am beyond excited. It is the perfect house for us and I’m incredibly pumped to put roots down and make a home. I want Will to grow up in this neighbourhood. I want him to walk to school; eventually walk his dog in the park around the corner; learn to play hockey at the other park around the corner; maybe lifeguard at the pool down the street. He has been very cute about it so far – ‘We have a new house. It by the lake. Other people live there now. I bring alllllll my Wiggles.’ Even he knows we need a backyard I think.
As a family we moved a lot. I lived in a couple houses before I started school. After that I moved in grade three; grade eight and ultimately in grade ten. So moving doesn’t intimidate me. My mother had it down to a T. We would joke that my dad would leave for work in the morning and arrive back at our new house with the whole thing unpacked and dinner on the table. At the time, I wasn’t too pleased with all the upheaval but in retrospect, I think it was the best thing for me. That being said – I’m excited at the prospect of Will having one long-term home where we’ll make our memories.
So, with the help of many awesome people, my house goes on the market on Wednesday. Cast off next week. New co-worker starting next week. Hopefully all of these will equal more blog entries from me! Well truth be told, I’m hoping it equals more sleep with less drugs.
What about you? Are you a mover or a stayer???
*This is us being excited about our new home!*
I’ve had 7 postal codes since ’94 – five of them with Sean.
We’re movers.
I would have loved to have had my kids and raised them in one house but it just didn’t work out that way. I think we have one more move in us. Not sure when – we love this place but this isn’t the last. The one good thing is we’ve stayed in the same neighbourhood – so they’ve always had the same school, parks, friends…
It’s ironic as I lived in my childhood home for 20 years.
I’m so excited for you guys!!!
Definitely a mover. I too moved a lot as a kid (my mom’s a real estate agent) and every few years, get “the bug”, no matter how much I love my house. I am definitely a “mover” but do love the house I am in right now so it looks like we’ll be staying for a while. Instead, I cruise mls.com and daydream about century homes, farms, and estates I’ll never own.
We moved quite a bit when I was a kid and I hated it. I haven’t thought much about this but I think we are “stayers” on the home front but “movers” when it comes to living – we do a LOT of traveling. We are currently in the process of a massive renovation because we love our neighbourhood, the schools, and the location but the house needs some work. 10+ years here and counting!
Sounds like very trying and very exciting times for you and Will. The new house and neighborhood sound fab.
I’m a mover, love change. I also love my parents’ home, since I was 15. Long story, divorce, moves, etc.
It sounds like things are looking good for you, Will and the Wiggles!
awesome! very happy for you! i’m definitely a stayer. we’ve been here for 11 years and my parents still live in the same house i lived in when i was 4. i love a “home base”.
when I was 6 months old we moved to Nigeria and from then on it was adventure. I always thought my grown up life would be like my little girl life. How many different ways can you say-NOPE.
divorced and in the same house for 13 years.
I guess my adventures have come from other sources!
EXCITED HUGE for you Sara. I love thinking you these visuals for you and Will in this new home!