September 8th it is

MATT FOUND OUT TODAY .....

THAT HE WILL FOR SURE BE LEAVING FOR THE OREGON/WASHINGTON

STATELINE ON THE 8TH OF SEPT.

THAT GIVES US 8 DAYS TO TIE UP A LOT OF LOOSE ENDS ......

I'M NOT WORRIED THOUGH...

I FEEL A STRANGE SENSE OF PEACE....

SOMETIMES IT'S JUST NICE TO LET THINGS HAPPEN.

(WHICH IS HARD FOR MY PERSONALITY)

I LIKE TO BE PROACTIVE...HELP THINGS ALONG...

THIS TIME THOUGH.... 

I PUT IT IN THE LORD'S HANDS...

ALL OF IT....

I WILL DO THE BEST I CAN TO FIND QUIET MOMENTS ...

WHEN I CAN LISTEN FOR HIS GUIDENCE....

I SEE WHAT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME

HE SEES THE BIG PICTURE.....

I TRUST HIS VIEW MORE THAN MINE!

 

THE GREAT UNKNOWN

So just in order to leave .....and begin our journey of traveling the country
with the 5 of us staying in hotels...and homeschooling..(ha ha ..i know)..

we are awaiting a replacement for my husband Matt's

Wyoming based job...

So while exact dates are still up in the air...

It is a certain thing that we are leaving.

The house will be up for sale in the next 2 weeks.

The packing has begun...

We will store a lot of our things in the basement of Matt's parents' home.

(which we will call home after our house sells...at least for a little while)

But we will also be leaving the home fully staged for the buyers!

We have renters in our basement apartment on opposite

shifts of eachother so there will be a

constant vigil on our house....

(which i am only stating because i know some of my friends

would love to see me off and scurry in to carry my famous treasures away) j/k

....one stage of the sacrificing has however begun.....

Instead of Mekenzie attending all day public school until Sept. 21st......

This mother was "helped" into an earlier date of Homeschooling than origionally planned for.

This due to the possible lack of communication.

You see, i recieved a phone call tuesday asking me why i brought the school a request

for release of my child for homeschooling and then sent her to school the next day.

Well.... i had thought that i was merely getting a possibly long process started.

Little did i know they were erasing her from their data base the very moment i left the school.

( though i left with the understanding that the office would call me and let me know what i further needed to complete the process. Noone asked me a reason or a date.)

So back to the phonecall....The woman told me i needed to pick up my daughter

immediately. Because she was no longer welcome on school grounds as she was no longer registered there. her tone was a : "like duh" sort of tone.

and then this blog, i have decided to keep, popped into my head.

So....I obviously handled this 'tiny' oversight with all the Grace that my little

body could conjour up.

Afterall.....Lemons to lemonade girls!

xoxo shell

A Dream on hold...

...i followed through with something for once ...

i have had many a grandeur idea over the years...

inventions, and buisnesses...services one could offer the public at a charge...

(clean up your minds girls!  I'm talking running someones errands

...like grocery shopping for new mothers)  naughty , naughty girls!  :)

Anywho....i had a dream to open a vintage boutique...

and i did it!  

It was so empowering to intend to do something and then 

take all the necessary steps to make it happen!

I opened my own boutique online...The House of Whimsy Decor .com

and in lue of the upcoming itinerary i had to delete all items for sale and

take them to a wonderful  local boutique that i consign at - Home Again.

It was hard...i felt like i was giving up or failing.... but the thought that i was

doing something wonderful for my family...the belief  that it is my children's time right now...

not mine..... quickly won over my pitty party i had begun to throw for myself.

but i will look at this as - my dream on hold...just for a season...

that's what life is about right?  Seasons...as long or short as they might be, is

sometimes up to us.

That is why we are packing up camp and taking on this crazy feat...

We could let  the financial situation that our down economy has presented us with,

linger

for possibly decades...snowballing..

or we could do something about it!  .........

and so we are. 

When  the going gets tough, the tough gets going ...

for a  while, we sacrifice so we can get back in a comfortable position once again!

thankyou to all my loyal customers

i will surely be back.... in another season!

xoxo shell 

meanwhile, i know this great little place

http://www.shabbylaneshops.com/

  

A Farewell to a fine friend...

Our super reliable..... s.u.v....

that took us on many a sunday drive to the

mountains....

and who could forget Disney Land a few times?....

and  everywhere else we needed to be.

leather...space....10" screen and dvd player ...

Did i mention paid in full?

well...we sold our beautiful Suburban to pay for

a kitchen in our basement ...in hopes that we could rent it out

and thus stay in our house.....

So this is what i errand around in these days...

Lovingly, (i'm sure)  nicknamed

"THE SUCK TRUCK"   :)

It will eventually rattle itself apart...

hopefully sooner than later...(did i say that out loud?)

but it was our other vehicle ...the one with a payment way too big for it's worth ...

so on it drives.

The bright side?

I can haul a motherload of antiques and other treasures in this baby!

...and there you have it ...

more lemons to lemonade!

xoxo  shell

THE HOUSE WE'LL LEAVE BEHIND

WE WILL LEAVE BEHIND A BEAUTIFUL 3600 SQ. FT. HOUSE....

BUT WE WILL CARRY WITH US OUR "HOME".

OUR HOME WILL ALWAYS BE WHEREVER WE ARE.... TOGETHER......