The rest of July

MOVING - Yes, again...

Side note:  We have moved 4 times in the last 5 years.

After camping for the 4th, Aaron and I had to move into the home that we had found in June (yes I forgot to mention we went house hunting in June).  Bad things about the current home we were living in:
1) It was too small.
2) It was 30 minutes one way to work.
3) The natural lighting in that house sucked.
4) $900 a month was high for the space we got.
5) The house was more built for vacation, not LIVING in for extended periods.

We went house hunting for a total of 3 days.  We looked at two homes in town. Number 1 was an old farm house with a buhzillion bedrooms and 1.75 bathrooms.  The rent was reasonable but it came with a $200/month gas heating bill.  Um, not really what we were looking for.  Number 2 was an old home as well that had been stripped down and completely remodeled.  It had 2.75 bedrooms and 2 full baths plus it was 500 square feet larger than the home in Rockaway we were living in.  It was beautiful!  The asking price for rent was reasonable but the asking for down and deposit was way too high.  We ended up paying the same for rent as our current house without having to pay a deposit. 

We had a 1 week opportunity to move in July because we had so many other obligations in Bend.  Blazer stayed with my mom and we spent 4 exhausting days moving all of the stuff from one home to the other while also cleaning and landscaping the house we moved out of.  We are completely done with moving for at least another 2 years...oh dear God I hope so at least.

The awesome thing about moving was all the space we were able to get in the new home.  We even splurged and got all new decor.  We've been living in the new house in town since August 1st now.  It's so nice to drive 2 minutes to the grocery store instead of 25 minutes.  Blazer also has a bad-ass room with plenty of space to spread out the contents of his overstuffed toy box.  I'll show pics of the new place in another post.

For the rest of July, I spent most of my days in a coffee shop with my best friend, Talena Baker.  We got to spend a TON of time with family too.  I love Central Oregon for summer...it just feels right to be there when most days are clear skies, sunny, and 85-95 degrees with hardly any humidity.


JULY NOTES:    Blazer started crawling like a speed racer in addition to perfecting the bear crawl.  My kid is a monster!  Oh yeah...body builder in the making.