Goodbyes are Never Fun...

Today was my last day of work. I'm officially unemployed....scary. My school has been so incredibly wonderful that I can't even begin to say how much I will miss them. They had a "Going Away Luncheon" today for me and a sweet card with a Barnes and Noble gift card. I also got some really sweet handmade cards from the kids.

I consider myself beyond blessed when it comes to schools. I hope my next one is my "forever school" and hopefully I find it very soon.
It's hard to believe this is our last weekend in Nebraska. These past few months have flown by! Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and we hope to see many of you soon!

Let the Packing Begin....

We started packing last week. We've stopped by our local grocery stores and picked up boxes every couple of days and have started the packing process. It does seem oh so familiar.....Can you find Charley?

The pictures are down.

 In other news. I picked up my dress for Bevin's wedding today. The lady was finished doing alterations. She had her hands full with alterations on the dress and I'm still surprised that it was only $15 to get it all done. I guess that's the difference of Nebraska and South Carolina. Once I picked it up today, I fell in love with the color, yet again.

We've finalized everything today with an apartment. It's crazy trying to secure a place to live when you are 1,500 miles away and can't look at anything. Our lease is only for 6 months so that should give us plenty of time to get settled in & go house hunting.
Last but most certainly not least, we cannot thank everyone enough for the love and support with this move (and everyday). We are so excited to be close to friends and family again. I can't believe Friday is my last day of work and this weekend is our last weekend in Nebraska.....Craziness.

Our BIG News!

Enough suspense already, for those who don't know already.......Clint got a new job! His new job is doing the same thing he does now but it's in Richburg, SC, which is about 3 and a half hours from Myrtle Beach. We just found out that he got the job last week and me, the super planner, has been in crazy mode for the past seven days. My last day of work will be next Friday, the 27th. Clint's last day will be May 4th. Our goal is to have the entire house packed up in the Penske truck on the night of the 4th (for the exception of a bed) and leave out as early as possible on the 5th. Since we are on a time crunch, we are going to be renting an apartment for six months and using those six months to house hunt. We will be finding a home in Fort Mill, SC and keeping our fingers crossed that I get a teaching job soon!
We are overwhelmed, once again, by the love and support we have received from friends and family. We are beyond blessed to have such a great support system that has been encouraging us all the way. Once again, I will be having a hard time leaving a school family. I feel so unbelievably lucky to find a great school out here and have a job before I even moved to Nebraska. I have a principal and group of teachers that have been so unbelievably sweet and helpful at school.
That's our big news! I've started the packing process and it seems to feel so familiar...I wonder why? (slight sarcasm)
It seems as if we have been super busy but mostly it's just getting things lined up for the big move. (ex: trying to figure out where we will be living while I'm 1,500 miles away)
I'm making Clint go with me this weekend to finish taking pictures of our Nebraskan city. These past few months have flown by!
Charley was pretty excited when we told him the news. I already called dibs on him riding with me on the 24 hour journey back to SC. After all, I don't think his car seat will fit in a Penske truck....Sorry Clint....and yes, our dog has a car seat.

Last, a few pictures to relive our last move. Same truck, opposite direction....Stacy isn't getting out of the trip this time.

 The Truck

 My Scared Face....or just the face when I realize we were actually moving to NEBRASKA!

A Road Atlas....and our old house. This is kind of sad....it's the house I was living in when I first met Clint and the house Charley was brought home to.

Love you guys!

It's Friday

I know, I haven't blogged in awhile. It's not because we haven't had an eventful couple of days (my usual excuse). We've actually had a VERY eventful couple days. However, I will share more of that next week.....sorry!
In usual life news.......

So my pillows on the couch aren't machine washable.....

I got the cutest baby announcement from a dear friend today....made me smile. I'm still waiting on my alterations to get finished on the dress for Bevin's wedding. I talked to the lady yesterday and it's going to be about another week. It's prom season and she's been busy. I can't believe it's less than a month until the wedding. Crazy how it seems like last week when I think about my wedding and it's been four months.....slow down life, slow down!
In other news, we had a great weekend last weekend. We went to Omaha Saturday and we used our PF Changs gift card. We also went to look for new tires for my car. I need new tires but we are going to shop around a bit. We did get a new printer. Apparently our printer head needed to be replaced so we got our new one at Staples. They were out of it in the store but was shipped here Tuesday. I was off school Monday and the Friday before so it was a super long weekend for me. OH, can I say how awesome it is to be able to wear jeans and a school tshirt to work on Fridays. I love it :)

Hope everyone had a fabulous week and look for our big news next Friday. (no baby, before my dear reader's minds start wondering, ha)

LOVE!

Charley

This is a short week at school. We are off this Friday and next week we are off Monday for an extended Easter weekend.
When I got home yesterday I cleaned up and then took a shower. While I was in the shower, Charley somehow managed to eat some Easter candy.....Hershey Kisses to be exact. I instantly freaked out and texted Clint. Luckily he had his phone nearby and called his mom. I then did my research online to find out that if he eats .8 of his body weight in milk chocolate it is then life threatening. Then of course, just like WebMD for humans, PetMD (yes, there's a such thing) tells you the absolute worst case scenario. I then freak out some more. After talking to my mother-in-law....which is a life saver and I know I've mentioned it before but she's awesome.....Anywho she said that we needed to get him to throw up. OK, I know you really didn't read my blog to hear about my dog's bodily functions but here it is. If you give them hydrogen peroxide, it makes them throw up. I knew Charley didn't eat the .8% of chocolate for his body weight but I also knew I would feel better if he did throw it up. Anywho, I guess I'm the odd one who's dog didn't throw up after a tsp of hydrogen peroxide. He seemed to be fine and his normal self for the rest of the night and today. He most certainly scared the crap out of me....and then I was cleaning up last night to find Hershey Kisses under his dog bed....HOARDER!
The sad part is, that's most likely the most eventful thing that's happened since my last blog. The weather is great. These past few days have been in the 70's and 80's. Today is in the 50's but I'll take it. We've gotten so lucky with the weather this year! Miss you all!