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Right/Wright/Write Resolutions 07

I've never done this before. Here goes:

Set the alarm clock.

Go to bed earlier.

Begin days earlier.

Drink more water.

Eat less sugar.

Eat more veggies.

Reduce clutter.

Have more patience with clutter.

Walk 2x/week.

Pilates 3x/week.

Stretch everyday.

Sit up straight.

Clean the basement.

Organize the office.

Wallpaper the kitchen.

Work together with Jeromy on home projects and chores.

Sing, dance, read and play games more often with the kids.

Manage calendar - no more than two trips per month.

Blog more. Blog less. Shit. I don't know. Write more.

Stop trying to be. Just be.

Create. Always create. Never stop creating.

The Move (In Progress)

I realized after reading Erika's comment that I've been writing lots of nice posts about Scrabble games and wagon rides but haven't provided the real scoop on what's going on with the move.

In the last month, Jeromy's truck has hauled three separate trailers to Ohio, each carrying a few thousand pounds of our belongings. This is the third and final load. Two weeks ago, while I was in NC and Jeromy was home alone, the military packed up another 10,000 pounds of household goods, which will remain in storage until we find a more permanent place to live.

We don't know yet if we will buy a campground or a house or a large piece of land to develop ourselves, but I do know we will always have a place for our friends to stay when they come to visit. Whether you want to pitch a tent, hook up an RV or sleep in a spare bed, we'll have room.

Right now we're staying with my parents in Mansfield for a couple months until we find a place of our own. Robey and I are here now, and Jeromy will be here for good in one week as well. His final outprocessing is 14 July.

We'll be sending an e-mail with updated contact information soon. Until then, post a comment or click the 'email me' link at the left to drop us a line. Please make note of the new e-mail address: we're with Yahoo now instead of Direcway.

It's All Happening

Right when we start to resign ourselves to staying in St. Louis for another six months, we find renters for the house.

*It's all happening.* I've been saying this for the last month, as all the pieces of this move have fallen into place. Last week we signed a rental agreement with the young family that will be renting our home for a few years. They move in the first of September, so we'll be in Ohio in two weeks. Where will we be exactly? Staying with family in Mansfield for a few months probably, until we have time to house hunt ourselvs. After that, who knows. McConnelsville? Mansfield? Columbus? Athens? Anyone got a vote?

The Straw House Dream

Someday Jeromy is going to build me a house of straw. I'm serious. You have to check out the weblog about this gorgeous straw house built by a young couple in Canada.

Glen Hunter, the owner and weblog author sums it up perfectly when he says: "I had always had it in my head that I would like to live in a home that was off-grid, energy efficient and as 'healthy' as possible. I've also always been interested in modern architecture. It has always seemed a shame to me that so many people when they have the chance to build their own homes can't get past Victorian, mock-Tudor or suburban bungalow."

There are hundreds of great straw bale sites out there. Do a search on Google. You'll be amazed. What if we all aimed to build homes like this within the next 30 years?