Best and Worst

I've been thinking a lot lately about the fact that we have to move this Spring. I don't like moving- packing boxes, cleaning, unpacking boxes, cleaning...and so on. I have mixed feelings about moving out of this place, on one hand it's exciting to move somewhere new...on the other hand, this is our home and it's sad to think about not living here anymore. This has been the best and the worst place to live. The worst because we are literally sharing a house with college guys, there is only a door at the top of the stairs that separates their living from ours...and though it is locked from both sides you can imagine that the sound barrier isn't nearly as good as living in a duplex or an apartment. So we've heard our share of things and there has been times where this place has not felt like home and we've just wanted to leave. But on the other hand, it has been the best place because so many other times it has felt so much like home and we have had so much fun here, there have been so many times that we've been so thankful to live here. I searched for months to find a place to live when we moved from Indiana over a year-and-half ago. There wasn't much to choose from, Andy and I couldn't agree on anything until we found this place. It was in our budget and so nice, I instantly fell in love with it. It's a house that we would never be able to afford to buy, but renting out half of it we could afford and we were so thankful to move in. It is spacious, fairly modernized, minutes from town but feels like country living, and is on a lake. I have always dreamed of living on a lake- I mean honestly, if I could describe my dream home, it would be set on a lake. So I will be so sad to leave solely for that reason, but so glad to leave for the sake of our sanities. It's a mixed up situation. :) I'm crossing my fingers that we'll be able to do a month-to-month lease through the summer and the guys move out once school is over and we have the place all to ourselves (we did last summer and it was glorious!) But I seriously doubt that will happen. We definitely won't stay if anyone lives downstairs. I'm fairly positive that we won't live here past May...so that means we need to find a new place to live, *sigh* I guess I should start looking. Well, I won't forget this place and the view...here's a few great sunrises/sunsets I've got to stare at through my living room window.

Maybe if I'm ambitious I'll take some pictures of our house, inside and out, and post them. I'm not making any promises though. :)