getting into the moving groove

In two days we will get the keys for our new place.  It feels like a never ending cycle, and to be honest, I do like it.  After about four or five months somewhere I start to get itchy feet.  I don’t think I’m not content where I am.  I have loved living in each house we have taken up residence for in the last few years, no matter how short.  Our family has made special memories in each of those places.  We remember them all fondly.  But I think that with packing up and starting a new lease comes a feeling of moving forward.  Of progress being made.

This is the shortest distance that we have ever travelled.  Twenty five minutes to the small town of Grantham.  We are glad to be getting out of the city of Toowoomba, tiny city that it is.  We love Toowoomba.  It’s beautiful, it’s friendly.  It’s just nice.  But our new place has is bordered on two sides by farm land and we are looking forward to that.  There is some outdoor space with shade for Nathan.  We had a large backyard here, but it is hot and sunny all of the time, there is no kind of protected area that Nathan can just play in.

This change comes at the same time as having set in motion a whole lot of change in our personal lives.  An attempt to live simpler.

I have a sudden desire to live nicer as well.  To make our home fun and bright and creative.  An inspiring space.  It doesn’t have to cost money, but it will take a lot of thought.  I think that Tim is already getting over me putting so much time and effort into just thinking about our home.  I guess I just want our family to be special.  I want to spend special time with each of my kids, and I want fun and laughter to be the backing music.

I’m sick of the TV, to be honest I want it completely gone, but I feel like I am not strong enough to make that decision on my own.  Tim gets in a mood when he doesn’t want to do anything, and then that is TV time.  I don’t like that response.  If you are too tired to do anything else, then go to bed!  But I think that entertainment of the flat screen form will sneak its little head back into our lives at every second.