I DID IT!!!

I am finally in my new home!! Both settlements went smoothly, in fact, I made money at my settlement of my new house. That was a nice surprise! May 2, closing at my old house May 2-7, I stayed a with one sister, while my dog stayed at another sister, long story but it was just more […]

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 […]

Leaving someone special

In the midst of preparing to move out-of-state, I am also dealing with leaving a man who I have grown close to over the last year and a half. During our time together, I have realized that he is not the man for me, at least long-term. I have even tried to break up with […]

SOLD!!

I sold my house!!! In a little less then 3 months! And I got a very good price as well!! So now for the inspection, which should go well. The buyers of my house cant close until 5/2, due to a lease that they are currently in so because of that, I countered with a couple […]

Houses, Apartments, Condos, Oh My!

It’s been 1 year since my divorce was final. As I look back on the last year, I am proud of myself for making this far on my own, emotionally and financially. It wasn’t easy but I did it. Yay me!! Last week, I took a trip to see some houses in the new state […]

Goodbye, my sweet kitty

Last night I did something very difficult. I took my cat to her new home. I bought everything a cat needs, a new litter box, litter, food, food and water bowls and toys. I cleaned my litter genie and brought that too. I didn’t want to new owner, Charlotte, to have to get anything to start. […]

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 […]