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{Wordless Wednesday} Moving Day!

The first step on moving day was getting everything on the truck. Like I said before ("I'm Back to Writing, Live from Seattle") we have a lot of stuff, too much for our apartment probably. However, we won't know what we need and what we don't until we get it there. So we got rid of what we could and packed everything else. Thankfully, Amazon is moving us. These really nice guys came out and packed everything and put it on the truck for us. It is my kind of moving.

Our next step was to say goodbye to this house. It was the first house Stephen and I ever bought. It was also the only house Zoey ever knew. We brought her home from the hospital to this house. It is hardest for her I think. I can see all the flaws in the house and know somewhat about the adventure ahead of us. For Zoey, that house is simply her home and she is going into the unknown. She is doing amazing with the transition and even seems genuinely excited about it. I know I am.

The last leg was the flight from Charleston, SC to Seattle, WA. It isn't a bad flight it usually takes a total of six and a half hours in the air. This trip our layover was in Dallas, TX. It was just long enough for us to grab some pizza and board the plane. My favorite kind of layover. We got into Seattle at midnight local time; to us it felt like 3 a.m. Nonetheless, I was glad the day had finally reached an end. We were home.

So perhaps this wasn't quite a wordless Wednesday, but I am glad to share my adventures with you. It has been a crazy journey and we still aren't quite settled yet until we can unpack everything this upcoming weekend. I'm happy for this community because no matter where we physically are, I can come online and it always feels like home.

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I'm Back To Writing, Live From Seattle!

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I have been absent from blogging for several weeks now and believe me when I say, I've missed it. However, I have been incredibly busy with a massive project -- moving our family 3,000 miles across the country.

We were so excited when my husband, Stephen, accepted a job with Amazon in Seattle, WA. However, we had no idea how chaotic our lives would become to make this move happen. We began to go through and pack things that have been lying around our house in Charleston, SC, many completely unused, for the last five and a half years. I had no realization as to how much stuff we actually had until confronted with the fact that we were moving from a 1500 square foot house into an 850 square foot apartment. Yep, we had way too much.

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Stephen's job is in the city and he really wanted to be able to walk to work. Besides, Stephen and I have always wanted the opportunity to live in the city and here it was now staring us in the face. We jumped at the thought, despite the sacrifice of space.

Seattle is absolutely beautiful and incredibly interesting. This is a city that I am excited to live in and truly experience. We can walk or use public transportation to pretty much anywhere we want. And we will still have our cars for Costco runs and camping trips.

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We are all set in our new apartment now. Granted I am writing this while lying on a blanket laid out on our bare living room floor. Obviously, since I am posting things again we finally got Internet, the next best thing to furniture. Thankfully, our furniture and belongings will arrive on Saturday. I can't wait. However, my hair is also damp from a dip in our apartment community pool, so things aren't all bad.

I'm most excited about our patio. It is huge and perfect for spending time outside. I am looking forward to beginning each day with a cup of coffee and my laptop or a book sitting outside facing the Puget Sound. Yes, I think city life will do just nicely.

A sneak peek into our new home

Now I am looking forward to ending my moving sabbatical and getting back to writing (so much more fun than packing). Though, you will probably hear me complaining about unpacking soon enough. Nonetheless, it's good to be home.

Greetings from Seattle!