it's almost time...

..for moving day!! For those of you that didn't already know. We sold our house. My cousin Mikey (he is 29 and I still call him Mikey) and his very nice girlfriend, Melissa, bought our house. It is a good house. We have lived here for just about 10 years and I am very sad to leave. I am glad we are selling it to someone we know so I can come visit. I am sure going to miss it here-well not everything. Like only having one bathroom-I am not going to miss that.

Mikey and Melissa are moving in on Friday. We have been slowly putting our stuff in storage (we have a lot of stuff!!). Now comes one big load with the bedroom furniture, clothes and lots of boxes. We sold most of our living room furniture and all of the appliances with the house so that makes it easier to move. I had to post a couple of cute pictures of Libby "helping" me pack. She likes to crawl into the cupboards now that they are mostly empty.

We are moving into an apartment until our NEW house is done in November. Another reason we sold most of our stuff-we don't have room for it right now. I am not "officially" moving to Omaha until May 31st. Libby and I will be staying at the other Marlow residence for a short time. The 30th is my last day at work and the day that "Sex and the City" the movie comes out so I will probably stay here to go see it with the girls. I am taking the rest of the summer off!! I am going to visit my dad, go to the College World Series, go to the cabins, go to Florida, take Libby swimming, watch Mike play softball, mostly do whatever I want and not worry about trying to do it all on the weekend.

Our big news

Since the word is (mostly) out I thought I had better put a little post on here. This Marlow family is moving to Omaha. Mike got offered a job with "Holiday Bright Lights", which is the company that he purchased all his Christmas product for Christmas Creations. Yes, his new job is year round. Mike already lives in Omaha with his Aunt Joyce. For those of you that don't know-Mike is originally from Omaha. His sister, nephew and a lot of his aunts, uncles, and cousins all live there. He is excited about being near all his friends from high school again.

Libby and I are staying in Sioux City until our house is sold. We are getting it ready to put on the market-hopefully in the next month. We are hoping to have our first open house the first weekend in March. I sure hope the weather is a little better than last year at that time! We are also in the process of selling our Christmas business.

We have been looking for a new place to live in Omaha. We can't really do anything except look right now since there are so many unknowns with our house. Call me a skeptic but I see too many things go wrong with closings everyday. Plus, the market is rather slow right now with it being winter, the weak economy, and the housing/mortgage crisis. Sioux City's market isn't as bad off as some parts of the country but it is still rather slow. Our house is pretty nice so I have mixed feelings about how quickly it will sell.

I will eventually look for a new job in Omaha. As soon as we get a little settled in Omaha (buying or renting), Libby and I are going to fly to Michigan for 3 or 4 weeks. After my nice long vacation I might try to look for a (hopefully) part time job IF we can find a daycare that I am comfortable with. I have no for sure plans right now. I am NOT excited about looking for a new job or daycare. I am very happy with both here in Sioux City so they are going to be a tough act to follow!!