The Beginning of my Journey
I am new to blogging and I want to apologize in advance if I tend to wander and sometimes not make sense. I have never been one to journal but I thought now would be a perfect time to start.
About 2 years ago I read Emilie Barnes "Survival for Busy Women - Establishing Efficient Home Management". I was so excited to know that there was hope for me. I researched online and found that she offered a Home Management Binder and I splurged and bought it. When I got it I was slightly disappointed because about 1/2 of what she had in there I just didn't see myself using. But I improvised and used a little of what she had. But because it just did not completely fit my needs I did not use my "binder" like I should have and it kinda went by the wayside.
Then my husband and I decided to sell our house out in the country and move closer to his new job. We finally sold it and now have been living with my in-laws (of whom I love dearly) for the past 7 months. My husband is very big on being debt free except for the major expenses like house and car. So for the past 7 months we have been adding to our savings so that we can have an extra 20% to put down on a down payment and have extra for repairs and to keep some in savings for the "whatevers".
So we have finally found a new home which is 10-15 minutes away one way as compared to 1 hour one way. Plus we are much closer to church (10 mins instead of 1/2 hour) and friends as well as closer to library, shopping, etc. We are set to move in on Apr. 4 and 5 and I am so excited. So I have a CLEAN slate to work with. Before packing up the last house we had a garage sale of which we sold LOTS of junk we had collected over the 7 years. Our profit was a little over $500 of which I surprised my husband because he works out of town for 2 weeks at a time and I hired movers so that he would not have to deal with it. I can honestly say he was pleasantly surprised. Needless to say my husband would have had to have come home on a Friday, move all our stuff into our storage units on a Saturday and drive another 6 hours back to work on Sunday. This took a great load off of him. He liked it so much that we have put into our "moving in" budget enough for movers to move us again.
So anywhooo-My journey begins Monday, April 7. We should be moved in and I can start afresh and new. Stuff I will be working on:
Unpacking
Scheduling (right now we have a very haphazard type of schedule due to living with in-laws-so I can not wait to get back on some type of structure)
Homeschooling (I have a 3, 2, and 1 year old so it is very informal - we do mainly Bible story, flashcards, LeapPads, etc. - once I get them on a more structured schedule we will be going back to our Pre-K "curriculum" called Little Hands to Heaven)
Home Management Binder (for more info I HIGHLY recommend "Keeping The Home" a fellow blogger. She has been my inspiration to start afresh. The HMB University will guide you through making your own binder. You can also purchase her E-book which gives you more insight and print offs for your own binder)
Reading List (see my current reading list)
Bible Study (currently "Discovering the Treasures of a Godly Woman: Proverbs 31")
Container Gardening (because we are moving in at the beginning of Spring and already have a lot on our plates I will be starting out small this year and next year we will have bigger plot)
Well I will sign off for now and continue another day with more to update you in my "Journey"
Comments
Keep us in blogland updated on your move. :-)
Michelle