Nacho and KT are laying on the couch being little couch potatoes!! We've been home a month with no trips and I'm missing the Airstream. We had such great trips this year, even though we started late.
No trips planned, we are busy getting ready for Christmas. At work, I'm in charge of the fund raisers for our department's participation in the Festival of Trees and coordinating the purchasing for the three children we have adopted. Next week will be busy with baking for the Bake Sale on Thursday. We had one two weeks ago and had a fantastic turnout. A good portion of the department is away at EXPO, so I hope we have plenty of baked goods donated to sell. The way its looking, I'm going to be doing a lot of baking the next few days.
Plans are going forward to purchase the lot we have found west of Ames, just over the county line into Boone County. Hope to close in January. That will put us really close to our children; an hour and half closer. Maybe we'll get to see them more frequently than every couple months.
Now the hard part, going room to room sorting, packing and taking to storage. Then getting the house in shape to put on the market in the spring. I think our holiday shutdown is going to be spent packing boxes, taking items to Goodwill or putting items in the garbage or recycle.
Planning these chores is making the act of selling the house more of a reality. Lots of work ahead of us!!!! Lord willing, this time next year we will be living near Boone, IA.
2013 should be a totally new experience for us. Retirement is coming, hopefully, and the light is at the end of the tunnel.
Unless Obama takes control of IRAs and 401Ks, then we'll being working forever!!!!!!! I hope Republicans and Democrats together take a stand and vote no on his proposal. I fear things won't go the way I hope though......because people just don't have their eyes open to what is really going on in Washington. False promises, illusions and government in control of everything is the new order. Lies are rampant. It's getting scarier all the time. I really fear for our children's generation because they aren't going to have the future possibilities that we did when we were their age. Opportunities for them are so much less than they were 30 years ago. Things have not gotten better.
Well, we will trust in the Lord and whatever situation HE allows, we will handle it with His wisdom and guidance and peace.
I wish for all a very joyous and blessed Christmas season. Our family has much to be thankful for and we praise and thank Him for the blessings.
We'll check in again soon.
Peace to you,
Candy
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