It is official

We are doing it. In less than 30 days we will be coasties again.

This morning we made the final decision…the decision to move to the coast.

It was agonizing, as you all know. After all, you have been dragged along during the process, and at times probably wanted to strangle me.

We love our home. We love our friends. It will hurt so very bad to sell the house and move away from all the comforts and love of our little town.

I made some phone calls to my friends this morning and told them our decision. I can’t say anymore about that as my heart will probably break. I cried and will probably continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

Sad as leaving is, we are still very excited and happy about this move. We did settle on a house, and it was not the one with a pool inside of it. As predicted, Bill didn’t even want to go inside to see it.

Instead we bought a sweet home in a small secluded neighborhood. It is brand new…..a first for us. I am not sure how it will feel to live in a house without any history to it at all. It will have no stories of past inhabitants drifting down the hall. It will not feel drenched in memories. It will lack the depth of an old home.

But I will also not have floors that could swallow small children in the cracks, my toilet will flush without a plunger, and when I drain the bathtub, the shower will not burp.

It will also have this
Master bath

…my very own bathroom. People, I will no longer sit down on the toilet seat and find that some small, male creature sprinkled when he tinkled. 2 bathrooms! I marvel at such a thing.

House aside, we will be moments from this
Sunrise

and we will be together, having finally found our way back to the sand, the surf and the sea.

One request, please pray for a smooth transition for our children, and for the friends they love so much and are having to leave behind. There are some hearts breaking tonight…..including mine.