Packin'

Since I haven't posted anything for a while you are probably all wondering what the heck is going on with us. Well, we are wondering the same thing! The last few days we have been busy little bees trying to get the house all packed and ready to move. Today we are picking up the U-Haul and having a few friends over to help. Tomorrow is when the Elders' Quorum is coming to help pack the truck. We are thinking we will leave Thursday night, because we figure we will get more traveling done if the kids are asleep. We will probably stay somewhere Friday night, then roll into Phoenix/Glendale/Peoria Saturday.

Where are we moving to, you ask? That is a great question! We don't know yet!! Since the house we were going to buy fell through we have been frantically trying to find a place to rent. I have two aunts that live in the area who looked at some houses for us *thank you* and we have not yet figured out for sure where it is we are supposed to move.

Did you know they charge sales tax on rent? Yeah, neither did we. Kind of a shell-shock when we looked at a lease for one of the houses. The problem with that is we were already at the top of our price point, and the sales tax on top of it is like twisting the knife in our "already-reluctant-to-cough-up-that-much-money-to- throw-away-on-rent" hearts. And, the prospect of signing a year lease sight unseen is not my cup of tea.

I've heard of taking a leap of faith, but a 1200 mile drive of faith is quite different. A little scary. A little unsettling. A little daunting.

Arizona, here we come!