The Move

This move has been exhausting me.

I've had to pack 8 years all by myself and I'm still not where near where I would like to be at this point. I have managed to get 8 loads of boxes to the new house and I will be working on that little by little this week.

Hubby is supposed to be home Friday. When he gets here, I think we will get a whole lot more done... at least I hope! He has his workshop to pack up as well as the barn. Oh joy.

Yesterday Dustin and I were sorting through some things to give away and we took them to our neighbors. Ironically enough, we met one of our neighbors for the first time yesterday. Instead of packing, like I should be doing, I spent 3 hours talking while Dustin played with her kids. On the way back to the (old) house, he said he didn't want to move now. They are home schooled too, like Dustin, and apparently like the same kind of games as Dustin. It figures. We meet a new friend just as we're leaving. Thankfully we're not going very far away.

Ohh... so on to the new house...

It's still remote. We'll still have to deal with snow, but who doesn't in North Idaho?! LOL It is much much smaller than the old house and there are NO closets. Seriously. I have no idea where I am going to put all my clothes. It is backed up to an out cropping of rocks that are like a mountain/cliff thing - very cool for climbing. And there is an outhouse. Seriously. There is an outhouse. The house itself was built (at least that's what I think) to be a Y2K home - off the grid. At one time it was set up with solar panels and gas. It actually gets sunshine most of the day...we don't get much sun on the old house. I am hoping that it is better insulated than the old house, but we will still have to heat with firewood - though hopefully not as much. It is off a main (and paved - YAY) road. Most people traveling that road live out there and it's a sort of main east west thoroughfare from the highway to a town. I have yet to see a new neighbor... I can't see any other houses...though I know they are there....somewhere. lol

I will most certainly miss the old house - okay, maybe not the house so much, but definitely the mountain. I will miss my old (and new) friends up here and the quiet dirt road (but not the potholes), and I feel like a large part of my life is over. But with this new chapter of our lives, I do think some good will come out of it. I won't have to wait a month for hubby to come home to fix something if it breaks, I won't have to haul water, and I will (at least we think) stay warmer. I believe it's a blessing in disguise for a lack of a better term.

On to packing... catch you on the flip side!