SUPER Target

I don't know how I got myself out of the house this afternoon. It probably had something to do with there being no food. But I cannot even begin to express how tired I am of Walmart. Whenever I think about going there I just imagine all the stress, all the lack of good service, the crazy looking crazies, and it just makes it impossible to get myself to go there for the LOW LOW prices. My new place is Target. I really love how less crowded, a little smaller and a lot more kept, cozier, and nicer it is. Unfortunately, it is more expensive. Though, let me add that it is not a lot more expensive and if I am careful they have some great sales on food that make shopping there cost me about the same. So when I am dragging my feet to get out my door, the thought of going to Target instead of Walmart helps a great deal.
Though I'm only there for food I enjoy entering on the opposite side. Slowly I'll make my way around, looking at all the pretty things I would like to purchase, and imagine how much cooler of a style I would have if I had the extra cashflow to be more indulgent. I did just buckle and buy myself some sunglasses because my kids did who knows what to my last pair last summer. I'll spend almost two hours at Super Target. I like to sift through the 30-75% racks (though to give you a sense of how cheap I am, I find most of those clothes to be too expensive) and let the kids check out all the new toys. The boys have a good time there, and I get to be a bit of a girly girl (at least in my head), and eventually food gets purchased.
So thank you ST for getting me out of the house, giving me a red hat to try on to feel cool, helping my kids expend energy, and above all providing us with food.

Time ticks on

I don't know how many of you out there actually read this. I do most of my updating on Facebook so I've fallen out of the habit again. Yesterday I was reminded that people have blogs and that I have one. I determined to at least put a few blogs up here so if there are any onlookers they can get an update.
Our house is being built and will be finished in a couple of weeks. I am so excited that it makes my mundane life unbearable. I just stare at my dirty apartment and think, "I don't want to clean this stupid place. I hate it here. I'm just moving anyway." Not the best way to think when you are the caretaker of any living space. Especially one with children so there is a need for constant cleaning and attention.
I'm not sure how the time line will work out but we should be in our new place in a few weeks, I'd suppose a month at the most. I think the thing that possibly excites me the most about our new home will be the light. I am very affected by weather and by extension being able to have a sunny home. My parents house we house-sat had so much great natural light that it was so much easier to deal with my day.
Another thing that gives me much joy and anticipation is the backyard and garage. It will be so nice not to have to carry groceries so far, not worry about my children making it into the house from the car, the temperature of the car, the state of cleanliness on the outside of the car, etc. And oh! To have a backyard again. It's hard to go from having a place for your kids to safely run around to having nothing. It will not only be good for my sanity, the level of cleanliness of the house, but so much better for the boys.
There are things that could be complained about with the house, like the tininess of the bathrooms, but I really don't want to think about those things. It's such a dramatic improvement from how our life has been for the last year, I just want to focus on the blessing a house will bring.
I will be letting all but one of my gym classes go and will be applying to work at a gym closer to our house. That's made doing those classes I currently have very hard to care about. I definitely don't spend as much time in preparation for my classes as I use to. But that is how things go, I suppose. I've moved so many times in my life that I can recognize all the symptoms of transitioning, but also know that there isn't too much I can do about it.
It's a very exciting and difficult time for us right now. It's nice. But I'll definitely be looking forward to a month from now when we're settling in and setting out our priority list of things we need to buy.
Like a piano.