Things have been kind of crazy since the miscarriage. We've had two yard sales recently. We made a grand total of around $330 - 350 in two days. Not too shabby. We opened up around 7:30 each day. The first one we shut down around 11:00 or so thanks to rain. The second we shut down around 1 or so. I still have tons and tons of clothing but I think I am just going to donate it rather than go through all the work of another yard sale. Originally I was going to have another yard sale around mid June, but things are changing pretty quickly around here and I just don't think I am going to have time for that.
On May 21st when the kids get home from school we are packing up the car, grabbing a bite to eat and then heading to West Virginia. I'm going home for a visit for the first time since my Dad died. I will be spending a few days at his house and on the 25th (Memorial Day) we will get up and go to the parade. After that I am going to have a yard sale (I think) to get rid of some of what I have in storage there. The things I want to keep will go to my mom's house for a while and anything that didn't sell will be donated.
Later that afternoon we will check into the cabin we are renting for the week. I've got a busy week of visiting and hopefully some relaxing. Wednesday we are going sight seeing I think and then my brother will get there on Wednesday night or Thursday morning and then Sunday we are going to my Great Grandma's for a family dinner. All this winds down when we head home on June 1st.
I'm going back to work in June. I told them I could start on June 6th. That gives me a couple of days to get unpacked and rested from vacation before I have to be at work. I have to have the 13th off though because that is the day I have to have the kids at the airport to go to their Dad's house. I think they are coming home on the 14th, but I don't know for sure yet. My ex wanted to keep them until the 18th but that would only give me one day to do the school shopping and get them settled in before school starts again on the 20th. Hopefully he won't give me to much trouble. Or maybe he will offer to take them school shopping. I can send him the supply list and he can buy that and the clothing and keep them until the 18th. Who knows what he'll do. Only time will tell I guess.
In the midst of all this, it looks like we are going to be moving. I think we are buying a house in a nearby town. It's tiny little place with a population of right around 250 people. There is a post office, a bar, and cafe. That's pretty much it. It sits right in the bend of a river and is just a sleepy little town that time seems to have forgotten about. Matt's Grandma lives just up the block from the house we are buying and Matt's aunt and uncle (the ones who just had a house fire) are putting a modular home up right behind her, so lots of family in the area. Matt also has some more distant relatives (his dad's cousins) in the town....probably 1/4 of the town is related to Matt! lol. His parents and his brother are still only going to be about 15 minutes away, so we can still see them any time we want.
The house is a 5 bedrooms but we plan on converting the smallest bedroom into a second bathroom. I am still waiting to hear back from the bank to find out for sure if we got the loan or not but it looks very promising at this point. Hopefully I'll have an update and pictures soon!
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