all stressed out

The year 2009 has been a year of stress and upheaval for our family.  Truth be told it started even a little farther back when we got a great offer to move back to San Antonio and made the move despite still having a vacant home on the market in Utah.  This put us in a home rental situation, one I came to accept until one day in February when we received 2 weeks notice to move thanks to foreclosure.  We took the only rental in our school boundaries that accepted pets and had enough square footage to house our family and banberryPLACE, and made the move.  Fast forward a few short months and our owners are moving back to town and want their house back!  We are leary of renting again, how many times can this possibly happen to one family?  We don't want to find out.  We scrambled and found a really fabulous house (back on our other street) that will enable us to get banberry out of our main living space once I can afford some reno.

We have an amazing lender/realtor team working double time to help us close on or as close to on time as possible but there is a strong likelihood that we'll have a couple of days living in a hotel with a couple of moving trucks hogging up all the parking slots.  It feels like homeless to me, the kids ask if we will be hobos, Terry takes my mom's point of view that it's an adventure.  Any way you slice it, it's a lot of work and uncertainty. 

I am closing down the shipping dept. of banberryplace and hope to be restarted by the 21st.  I will do my best to keep y'all posted if there are further delays ... it all kinda depends on how long our 'adventure' lasts.

Even though my nerves feel like they've been turned inside out and I might burst into a come-apart at any moment I am looking forward to being settled and doing some real sewing.  Please be patient with me during this trying time.

-Corie

Comments

[Alexandra]

Oh you poor dears. I have gone through some similar upheavals and it is a struggle to keep from falling into tiny pieces. I am thinking good thoughts for you and your family. When things get stressful, just start decorating your new house in your mind:) Once you are in and settled it will all start to come together.
Wishing you the best.

Alex

[khristal]

I like that idea of decorating your new home in your mind. Once this is over you will have a great space for your family and Banberryplace. Breathe in deeply through your nose and exhale out of your mouth. I do that a few minutes before they take my blood pressure and it always brings me down a few points. have fun.

[Erin]

I'm feeling for ya sister! Know that we love you and wish you were back in Utah - but...that being said, having moved away from family (and Utah) I can understand why you stay away. I love our family and Bert's - but I LOVE being on our own and away from it all at the same time. But in any case - we miss you here and miss those kids of yours. It's not fair Aurora won't get to have play dates with her TX cousins... :(
love you!