It has been crazy for me. I am so tired and just don't know which way is up or down. My house is a mess. I have boxes everywhere. I have been like a mad woman trying to keep up on dirty finger prints on the walls and I have totally given up on trying to keep the hard wood floors clean. I no sooner get done washing them and then we have snowy/wet weather and the floors are a mess all over again. I hate hard wood floors and I can assure you that once we move I am getting carpet EVERYWHERE! When the kids are grown and moved out then I'll do hard wood floors.

   WE are trying to plan for next Thursday to go to Michigan to look at houses. I don't think we'll meet that deadline, but that is when DH wants to go. I'm being more realistic and thinking the following Thursday.

   The main house we still love hasn't sold yet. Please keep us in your prayers for it to stay empty... is that wrong to ask? Is it wrong because we should think of the sellers and how long they have waited for it to sell? ... some how i feel guilty asking for prayers for it to stay empty... but we would like to buy it so it won't be empty long if the inspection is alright...

          So my house is almost completely packed. I really just have pans/pots and everyday dishes to pack. We are giving/throwing things out that we don't use or think we will use anymore. this is really hard on the kids and so I have been throwing their stuff away at nighttime when I don't have to listen to the whining and complaining that they "really do use it and it is so important to them."

    We haven't done school work in weeks. I feel like we are behind so much with school. I can't wait to get moved and unpacked so we can start up again. We will have to school through summer a bit. It is a sacrifice we are just going to have to make no matter how much they don't like it. besides, I like doing school through the summer because we can do so much more with science/nature studies. weather unit are especially fun during summer. 

   I feel like I've been such a crappy mother these last few weeks. I've been on everyones tails to get things packed and to purge with things. I've been so tired and cranky from cleaning. I'll spend a whole day packing/cleaning/ everyday chores, etc. and it just feels like I have accomplished nothing. I'll look around the house and see how much more I have to do instead of how much I have done. It doesn't help much that I'm doing it all on my own and DH doesn't do what I ask him. I ask him to take care of the outside stuff like going throught the shed and preparing the camper for the move, but he isn't doing it and now it is crunch time and I'm going to get stuck with it all. I've already told him that I will call the junk yard about the camper if he doesn't handle it. I'm not being stuck trying to find a place to store it here in PA. So you can see where I might be a bit crabby and loose my cool with the kids... Stress, oh the stress... wish i had friends to come over and help me with some of this... I just pray to God to give me the strength. It is, or will be, all worth it in the end.