Great News!!

For those of you who read my last blog about the uncertainty of the company that I have worked or the last 19 years……….. I STILL HAVE A JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Last year, my company laid off about 12 people, so we knew something wasn’t good. This year, they just laid off 5 more. The owners of […]

2017 in Review

Wow, what a year! Let me recap; January…..Sold my house in PA, only took 3 months to sell. House hunting. February…..Packing and house hunting. March……Packing, Made offer on new house and offer accepted! House hunting. April…..Wisdom teeth taken out, major downsizing and found new home for 2 out of 3 of my pets, very sad. […]

A Very Busy 3 Weeks!

Wow, have I been busy….still working on my house, had a visitor from home and I am meeting new people. Since my last post 3 weeks ago, so much has happened; The storm/pet door was installed by Lowes and it has changed my dog’s life. She is more independent now, so I don’t have to […]

Settling in…

I have now been in my new house for 2 weeks and I have gotten a lot accomplished but I still a lot to do too. I got a new bed, dresser, sofa, refrigerator, washer and dryer. I got new car insurance, pet insurance, set up an oil delivery and maintenance contract. I have unpacked […]

New England bound!

I closed on my house on Tuesday! I can’t believe it finally happened! The plan to move was born in the summer of 2016, and it now it’s hear!! I can’t believe that I did this… and all by myself!! I sold or gave away over 1/2 of my possessions! Downsizing feels liberating! I made […]

The search is over!!!

Yes, it’s true, I finally found and bought a house! It only took; *3-4 months and 3 or 4 visits to the state where I am moving to and tons of miles driven back and forth(4.5 hours away from my current home) * tons of hours looking at homes online and emails back and forth with my […]

One Step Closer…

Everything left over from my yard sale just got picked up by the VVA, http://www.scheduleapickup.com/ It is so easy, you just schedule the pick on their website. So now, onto to the next phase. The central air is being installed as I type this today. It will take them all day to do it. Perfect timing, since […]

Letting go is easy and hard

I had my moving sale this weekend. I am so tired and sore all over, head to toe. Saturday was better then Sunday. And thank god 2 of my sisters came to help me. They brought some things to sell as well. The weather was perfect too. One big thing happened on Sat. Let me […]

Project Move Commences.

I think that everyone agrees that moving sucks! I am not a fan of the action of moving but I am excited to get to the new place and start fresh there. So much to do! I have been going through every room and dividing my stuff into and keep, sell and toss piles. It’s […]

Big Changes Ahead!

I haven’t written in a while because I didn’t have much to write about. Life has just been going day by day, with nothing too exciting happening to speak of. I have been trying to keep busy and I did a couple fun things over the summer. I met an amazing person last year and we […]