Our Forever House

"If you don't like where you are, then change it. You are not a tree."  ~Jim Rohn

For years we moved where ever the navy sent us. While we were in places long enough to buy a house and actually make it our own, there were certain things we weren't willing to invest in because we knew it was not our "forever" house. We're feeling that again. We're getting restless and realizing that we're waiting for our next "orders". We have come to the conclusion that our "forever" house is in heaven. This is not to say that we won't end up someplace permanently at some point we just aren't there yet. Keegan will graduate in the spring and will be attending college somewhere else, could be as close as Bloomington, IN or as far as Charleston, SC. Regardless, there will be nothing really keeping us here, our families are far away and all the older boys are moving on. As usual, with every town we've been in we have met amazing people. I know we weren't particularly great friends to many as far as reciprocating their generosity (we had our hands full with teens this time around, some not even our own), but so many of you were great to us and that was such a blessing.

Now we start the prep for whatever is next. For 2.5 years we have lived here with some projects that we planned to get around to. The pressure is on since we're hoping to put the house on the market in the spring. We have made lists of jobs and are slowly ticking off the boxes. Each time one is completed I wonder why I let it sit. My family and I deserved to live in a complete home. Why do I prep it for strangers and not the people I love? Crazy! Lesson learned! I will say I'm so grateful that we have mad DIY skills. Being in the military forced us to learn things we may never have learned otherwise, mostly because we were poor enough that the "professionals" were not an option. But also, when Brian was gone I had to learn to do it myself or wait for months until he came home. Together we're a pretty awesome team.

Our future is a bit hazy right now. We may just move up the road a ways if Keegan goes to IU or maybe Duke will have a position available that Brian can't resist in some other state. There is no rush, just the anticipation of what comes next and the knowledge that this is not our "forever" house.

Until next time,
Julie