We’re Stayin…

So… for the last little while there has been an awful lot of talk around here about moving. We are pretty much agreed that we would all like to go somewhere warmer, somewhere with lower living expenses (ever BEEN here?), and somewhere a little “redder”, I’d even take “purple”. I love politics and I’d like some balance in my life. The kids wished they had more unschooling friends to hang with. We have some here but Skylar always feels like he is the oldest, and he is! He’s REALLY great with younger children though. He loves to corral them all and set up games and he is SUPER magnetic. Kids just gravitate to him. It really is amazing.

TJ’s career is really important to him. He has worked very hard to get where is and has future career plans in mind. I’ve never met anyone else with such a focus before. He was MEANT to do what he is doing. He’s always been that way. He’s been working with computers since he was 15, working for our electric company. He’s extremely talented and wired this way. He’s one of the lucky people who can say, “I love what I do.” or “I love my job”. He is also great friends with the person he works for. Who could ask for more? His job is flexible, and he is able to be home more than most 9 to 5ers. We are able to travel basically as much as we can afford to, and it’s all because of his wonderful job.

The biggest problem we are having now is that we don’t all love our home. I actually don’t like it at all. It’s been really hard to live in a home that I don’t love. I don’t like my house, or my neighborhood. I find it really stressful to not want to return from vacation, to hate walking through the front door. I don’t like the look or the smell and it needs more than a coat of paint and a candle, trust me. We also have a tenant in a tiny efficiency on the back and her “not good attitude” and our “not private” backyard is enough to make her rent “not worth the money.” The kids love the yard but aren’t attached to the house. They keep saying “sell it”. All they want in a house, is a pool. I don’t blame them. So the next order of business is to put our home on the market, (and pray) and search for a home we can love. I’ve found one, maybe two already, but I’m not getting attached just yet. I’ve learned my lesson there.

When we find our lovable home… we’re going to invite everyone to us! I’m just going to pray, because I know how awful this market is.