Thursday, July 5, 2007

We're moving!

I found this blog entry from a couple of weeks ago. Apparently, I pushed save as draft instead of publish so it was stored on my google account instead of being on the blog. Ooops!

'Becca and I have decided that it will be in our family's best interest to move closer to my school, The University of Denver. It hasn't been an easy decision and it had been hanging over us for several months now. We initially didn't mention the possibility of our move to many people, but now that it's definite, it's out in the open.
The part that made the decision so difficult is that it came down to one thing. Would we rather have more time or more money. With our current home, which is a parsonage, we are in charge of the maintenance and facilities for the entire church property. It has been very nice being able to live in a large ranch home with a big back yard and near by park. It's also been nice to meander to church minutes before it starts rather than drive 30 minutes which was what we were doing while living in Brighton.
Conversely, living close to church means that you are on call to take care of any problems that might arise. From public disturbance issues to sprinkler malfunctions to kids making out in the parking lot, we've dealt with a lot. It also entails setting aside time to mow in the summer, shovel snow in the winter and cleaning year round. None of these things are really that stressful or annoying, but they do all take extra time from our schedules. Since having Simon, we have found our family time to be more precious.
We have signed a lease starting July 1st and will slowly move into our new extremely small apartment with a great location two blocks from DU. There will probably be one day of heavy lifting, a large yard sale, and a lot of boxes full of our junk that will need to find a neat and organized place in our new apartment. We will be without internet service for a little bit of time, but will post a picture of the move once we are moved.'