Ups and downs

It's been such an emotional roller coaster these past few days.

Two nights ago, we were packing and moving things in and out of the house. Ginger somehow ended up in the middle of the street and got hit by a car. A bystander stopped and took her body from the street and laid her on the grass. We had no idea what had happened at the time. 10-15 minutes passed and Taty started looking for Ginger and the bystander asked if she was looking for a dog. She looked over and saw Ginger's lifeless body on the side of the road. I was inside at the time when Taty came looking for me to tell me what happened. I didn't know what to do. The lady said Ginger was already dead when she took her out of the street. I couldn't believe it and I still can't believe she's really gone. She was just there.

Also Ella just left with Nok and Noy and family for FL. While they are going to move there for a few years, Ella will be staying with them for a month. It feels so empty already. My heart feels so unsettled. With them gone, Thou will have none of his family members here. Bree was the only one who stayed back for school. I really hope one of the girls will consider moving back to stay with us when the school year starts again. I don't know what we are going to do without them. They have been our lifeline for so long now.

New job also meant quitting my current job at Northwest Family Physicians. I just put in my two weeks notice in yesterday. It's going to be hard to go. I've built some really good relationships here and as if leaving wasn't hard enough, Rich also gave me a guilt trip about leaving making me feel even worse. I think everyone goes through it and I've been through it before, but it never gets easier.

I guess the good always goes with the bad. I have an awesome new job, with an awesome boss. Bought a new house and renovating it to my liking. Two once in a lifetime trips coming up. So many good, bittersweet moments.

Just gotta remember to be POSITIVE.

New house, new job! =D

So we closed our home on June 2, 2015. I looked at my last post and I didn't realize how so much sooner we would be owning our own home. Looking at the list now, I realize I go almost everything I wanted-the kitchen not so much, but am currently working on it.

I also landed a full-time mammography job with Shared Medical Services thanks to Kym Lokken-one of the girls I went to school with! With her referral and my job history I got the offer in May. It's amazing how blessed we have been this past 5 years and hoping for even more blessings for years to come. 

Our new home is a 3 bed 4 bath ranch style home in New Brighton on a cul de sac situated very close to Pike Lake. It needs a little updating but very livable. We had contractors come out right away to knock down the walls on both sides of the fireplace to open up the living room to the dining room. One side of the fireplace consisted of a mantle and now there is really nothing there but lopsided bricks so we are having a stone guy come out and give us an estimated cost on re-stoning it. There are still so much projects to do before we can really be situated! Despite the work, I am ready to tackle them! Here is a list of what has been done and still needs to be done:

• Knock out walls on either side of fireplace to open up the space
• Re-stone fireplace
• Install hardwood floors
• Kitchen cabinets and counters
• Install new toilets and bathroom vanities
• Install crown molding
• Sand and paint wall base, wall trims, and window casings
• White indoor doors with new knobs
• Re-tile bathroom

So much to do but I'm so looking forward to it!