Welcome To Our Abode

So we're in the middle of leaking pipes, no internet (I'm at the in-laws typing), a bathroom sink with no water, and boxes stacked to the ceiling. Ah, the joys of buying your own home and fixing it up.

My positive self talk for the next few weeks: "At least we have free babysitters & free meals" ;)


Lots of wildlife and landscape pictures to come this week. As if I have had time for photography during all of this.

Our New (Kinda) Home

We are moving to a very small rural town in the next week or so. It's the place where my husband grew up and where his parents currently live. We are at a point in our lives where we want to be closer to family even if it means being a part of a backwards community that is stuck 30 years in the past. Seriously, we are lucky we have access to DSL but that's about it. The nearest Wal-mart, McDonalds and other necessary stores are around an hour away. I guess we'd better stock up now. ;) Hello, UPS man. I'm sure he will get tired of seeing me every day.

Our house is on the same property as Hot Daddy's parents so I've half-jokingly said to the in-laws in the past few weeks that our boys can just move in with them while Hot Daddy and I live the child-less life again. ;)

Realistically, though, moving back home will allow us to focus more on our online businesses/education because we do have access to family & friends helping out throughout the week. And, speaking of friends, we will actually be able to go out again which is something we haven't done much of in the past 2 years.

It's a good thing that our boys adore their grandparents. Who doesn't love people that are at your every "beck and call"? They have their very own concierge. LOL.

Here is a photo to show you just how rural we are. We are literally in between two hills. It's beautiful where we are moving to but Hot Daddy and I always said we'd never move back home. That is, until we had kids and saw how much they love it here. They don't even care that we are in the middle of nowhere. All they see is the beauty of the trees, mountains, and dirt!



You wanna know the hard part in all of this?

Explaining to the community and our family what we do for a living. They don't quite get making a living from websites/blogging. Sometimes I think they think I'm into some crazy stuff when I tell them I work from home and make money online.

Maybe I should start talking to them about Twitter? I'm thinking the people that follow me on Twitter outnumber the people that live in our tiny town. I'm also thinking that no one where we are moving to has even heard of Twitter. Sad or Safe?

I've also been thinking a lot about how living in an even smaller town where people know me will make blogging awkward. Will I change how and what I write about? If you are small town blogger I'd love to hear about how you deal with it.

I Just Don't Know What To Blog About

Considering the sporadic posting nature of this blog lately one may have begun to think that blogging was ending for me but let me assure you it is not. As if the two readers left care, I'm still here. ;)

Anyway, I'm still reading, listening, and twittering when I have time. But my blogging has taken a backseat to homeschooling, life stuff, and other work projects. With my husband being a full time PHD student for at least 1 more year, and me being the full time earner for now, I felt like I needed to focus more on the business side of things for a while. Things being the ContestForMoms.com website (not really the mom blog) as well as other sites we have.

Anyway, as summer comes up and we settle into our new location (Yes, we are moving and in less than 30 days), I think I'll be able to get back into blogging for fun.

So I'll be back. I just don't know what I'm gonna blog about.