house #6

jeff and i have been married 32 years this year.  we have now owned 6 homes.  which means we have on average moved every 5.33 years.  thats alot of moving and packing.   so here we are again, house up for sale, trying to keep it ridiculously spotless awaiting that "can we show ur house" phone call.  this time is different.  well kinda.  we dont have any children at home to nag and whine to to clean up and dont leave anything lying around. actually our last house had the same issue, but that was right after aj died and we had no business even trying to move, but we did, i barely remember the drive back down to texas.  we were leaving a town and people that i had grown to love in a very short period of time.  i still miss oklahoma.  i will always miss the life i left there.

so now our new adventure brings us back to familiar if not favorite grounds.  back to houston.  we plan on enjoying the life we have left being with our girls and their families, not being those grandparents that only get to see their grandkids a couple of times a year.  we have lost too much to let that precious time with them go by, to say to ourselves " oh we will do it later, or when we retire" - well i learned nearly 6 years ago that no one has the luxury of thinking there is a "tomorrow" - i barely plan out the day anymore, let alone years in the future.  but this is one plan that jeff and i feel very strongly about, and we hope it happens sooner than later.  now that all the work is done on the house, i want things to move quickly, i am done here.  i put my heart and sole into yet another house and i am leaving it.  and its all ok.

we will rent for awhile, perhaps a long while.  i am ok with that. with all we did to prep this house for sale i am burned out.  my poor little body doesnt rebound like it used to! LOL

so wish us luck, wish us some good health, and wish us some glorious time and happiness with our family.  i think we deserve it.  i think all of us do.