Happy Friday! I’m a little sleepy this morning after a girls’ night out. We went to Flock, drank wine, ate cheese, and talked about all our different school set ups and how everyone is handling them. It’s crazy that so many schooling scenarios can exist in such a small geographical area right now. I’m so proud of my friends and how everyone is making it work the best they can. Can I say it again? What strange times…
Anyways, girl time was therapeutic, so I figured a blog version would be pretty fun, too. Let’s chat about life…
Let’s start with the elephant in the room. We are not moving.
This process has been incredibly long and drawn out. The short version of the story is our first contract fell through because the sweet family that was going to buy our home lost their job a few days before closing and had to pull out. It was such a hard situation. We got under contract again almost immediately, but ultimately we couldn’t come to terms. We’ve been back on the market for two and half weeks now and through that process we’ve had about 30 showings. It’s incredibly hard to homeschool and live in a home we are constantly having to clean and vacate. We reached our limit. I feel like we’ve done everything we can to make this happen and God is just saying no right now.
After a lot of ups and downs, I’m finally very much at peace with that decision. We love our home and are ready to live it again. David and I have a list of home improvement projects listed to tackle, and it will be fun to get back to house projects. We did them all the time before the girls were born, so it’s time to dust off our tools and get to it.
My site redesign is moving along swimmingly. I’m really excited about the new look and the more user friendly set up we are working towards. It’s still in process and will likely not launch for a couple months, but right now there is a lot of backend work and organization I need to do. I’m going to pump the breaks on writing new posts for a week to give myself time to tackle some of it. 10 years worth of content is a lot to sort through, but I have that finish line shining ahead of me and I can’t wait to have a more easily accessible and searchable site.
Settling into the house means not having to homeschool out of a plastic bin. I’m going to look into a way to organize our materials. This week our Beautiful Feet Early American History Curriculum arrived and I am full-on googly-eyed over it! We’re going to start it next week. I’m picturing science on Mondays and Wednesdays and history on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I told David that this year is the most I’ve ever felt in a good groove with homeschooling. I don’t know if it’s the girls’ ages or what, but I’m really loving it right now.
I’m excited for September. Even if the heat is still full on summertime, September holds so much good stuff. It’s Hailey’s birthday (how is she going to be NINE?!), my birthday, the start of football (please, oh please, SEC and ACC, hold strong), and this year we have a trip to Hilton Head planned, too. We put it on the calendar not long after Dad passed away. I viewed it as a just try to make it to this milestone. We haven’t been to the beach as a family since I honestly don’t know when and I am looking forward to it with all my heart.
That’s the latest from around here. I’m looking forward to this weekend because we get to see Mema, we are doing a fantasy football draft with our family friend besties (it’s our first time learning fantasy football and the girls are super excited to participate), and Hailey has her first soccer game of the season. I’m looking forward to some down time, too, and starting next week with a fresh outlook.
Just FYI, my meal plan printable and responsibility chart printable are free to download! I’ve gotten a lot of questions about them on Instagram lately because the charts have been so helpful to us lately for giving the girls a clear visual of what is expected of them each day.
That’s it from my corner of the world.
How are things going with you?
What is one thing you are looking forward to?
I’d love to hear it!
Erika says
I’m sure it’s different there but around where I live having your house on the market for only 2.5 weeks wouldn’t be nearly long enough – houses here are on the market for months and not with very many showings. I would imagine that many showings would be tiresome. Can you put some type of stipulation on showings – like they actually have to be serious about it and not just nosey? Totally agree though that God has a plan for your family.
My son just turned 9 last week and I can’t believe the years have gone so fast. Double digits next year!
Kate says
Did you already have solidified plans to move into a different house? What will happen to that house?
Brittany Dixon says
We were under contract on a house and past due diligence, then we had to back out of the contract since ours did not sell.
Nadine says
You know, right, that someone who previously saw your house will come out of the woodwork and want to buy it now? This happened to us. It didn’t work out, but we jumped right back on that merry go round. Be ready. 🤣
Stephanie Woods says
I love these life update posts. I love following you on Instagram but have had to seriously limit my time on social media. At first I thought it was so I would be more present with my kids, but honestly it changes my attitude so much. We live in a state that is still fairly locked down bc of the pandemic and seeing everyone else living a “new normal” was making me so envious and grumpy about our limits. Anyway, just want to say I love these types of post.
I’m sorry about the house but God certainly has a plan. If you feel peace about the decision then you can know that He’s working it out for you and it’s the right decision. Can’t wait to read about your trip to the beach! But not see it in real time bc I’ll be too green with envy, lol.
Also I can’t wait to see the home projects!
Brittany Dixon says
Time away from social media really does do wonders for my mental health, too! Glad you found a good groove for yourself 🙂 Thanks for your comment!
Lucy says
We tried so many times to move to another house. And sometimes we got close. We used to joke God was really against us leaving the city! Nearly 10 years later, finally all the stars alligned and we were able to make the move. And it really turned out we were lucky in multiple ways when it did happen, and it was a better choice, more financially conservative than all of our previous choices. So, it will happen!!!
Brittany Dixon says
So glad it worked out so well for you ultimately! I believe it will for us, too. So happy for you!