I am sorry that it has been awhile since I posted anything, but things have been very hectic in the Stricker household – or now lack thereof. Last week, the movers came and took all of our personal belongings and packed them up, crated them, and drove them off to the blue yonder. According to their estimates, we will not see our worldly possessions again until the end of April.
On a good note, we will only be officially homeless for 1 month. We have found a house in Virginia that is pretty much looking AWESOME!!!! Granted, we have only seen pictures, but those pictures look great!! So let me tell you a little about this house….
It is 3 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, and one level. It is a brick rancher with a little over 2,000 sq feet. This alone makes me happy. This means that I no longer have to carry laundry up and down the steps, and I no longer have to look out for and dodge any Buzz Lightyears or Lightning McQueens on the steps either. Let me tell you, that was never fun, especially if I was carrying laundry up and down the steps. Of course Connor didn’t like it either because me stepping on his McQueen hurt his car. Although since I was the one doing the I just stepped on something small in the middle soft part of my foot dance, I couldn’t understand why he thought McQueen was hurt.
Anyway….back to the house. The kitchen has stainless steel appliances – enough said about the kitchen.
It is located along side a river and has its own private dock. As for Travis, this was enough said for him. He is looking forward to many days of fishing with Connor off the dock.
So this house has been up for sale for a long time. The economy is not so great in the area that we are moving to. In fact, there are several thousand houses for sale within just a 20 min radius of the base. The house that we are getting is in a bit of a pricey neighborhood and was also pricey since it was waterfront. We are not wanting to buy since the economy is so bad there (we are thinking resale may not be great – plus we have no idea how long we will be there) so we only wanted to rent.
It just so happens that our neighbor’s mother in-law is a real estate agent in the area, so she hooked us up with this listing, plus talked the owner into renting, and then talked them down on the monthly rent. When this is all said and done, it is going to be cheaper than if we had went into housing on base, plus we will not have to worry about all the silly housing rules.
Needless to say, the house sounds great and we are excited. Plus, we will get the keys to the house as soon as we get there, so no need to hang out in a hotel for a month waiting on housing. Our unaccompanied baggage should be there at the same time, so we will have air mattresses, a few kitchen things, and some winter clothes. This should hold us over for a month until we get the rest of our belongings. Plus, we still have a bazillion things being stored in a garage at Travis’ sister’s house. (Thank you Lori!!!) With that said, this house/base is about 5.5 hours drive from Charleston. This will be the closest we have ever been to home. So it will not be a problem to grab our junk from Lori’s house, and also visit everyone that we have not seen in years. It is hard to believe that there are still people in the family who have never met my child and he is almost 4 years old.
So wish us luck and say a prayer for us that we like the house as much once we get there, as we do now by looking at the pictures.
Oh – and by the way, we will start our 3,000 miles quest across the US in on Friday morning, so we will see how that goes.
