The Adventures of James and Carrie- Nomads

Well today we have officially stumbled into our new adventure in life! Our nomadic wonderings have begun, and they are taking us in different directions. James left today for Indiana in a little red truck borrowed from his grandpa stocked with hunting stuff and mountain dew. He is heading down to Indiana to begin his new job at TMF as the paint manager. He is training this week, but will end up working second shift. He plans to sub at the local schools to hopefully get his foot in the door for teaching.


My wonderings take me and the kids to my parents in Kent City, the back of my car was stocked with kids clothing and stuffed animals...We are doing a bunch of "Michigan things"that I will miss when we move to Indiana. This includes running up and down sand dunes and jumping over lake MI waves, eating ice cream at Whippi Dip (a Lake MI must!), going to the Apple Orchard for honeycrisps (MI apples are the only good apples!), homemade cider, and pumpkin spice doughnuts, and visiting downtown GR to look at artprize and hit the museum. I am also trying to stay busy enough to keep from becoming depressed from missing James! :)


Why are we nomads? We are in between homes. We looked for houses in Indiana a couple of weeks ago and found the perfect one within our price range. It is an old white 2 story farmhouse that is in need of some love! ;) The neighborhood is great and it has a few beautiful trees in the yard. James is in love with the garage where he has plenty of room to store his hunting stuff, and I am in love with this little nook on the second story where I can sit and stare out the window and write. We put on offer on it and headed home to MI where we waited in anticipation to hear back from the realtor....


Of course, our lives can't be normal. We can't just put an offer on the house and agree on a price, so that we can move in and get adjusted to our new life. Nope, instead we found out that our offer was an afternoon too late! The house went to auction that morning (it was a foreclosed home). Anyhow, all we know is that at some point it will be auctioned off online, and that is it for now. We are waiting to hear back from the realtor about when the auction is and what type of auction it is.


Therefore, we have now become nomads traveling from place to place living out of our suitcases. Most of our things are packed up in boxes sitting in a hallway in Grandma and Grandpa Austin's house. James is in Indiana and I am in Kent City. This weekend we will rejoin back at Grandma and Grandpa Austin's and then head back to Indiana together the following week.... I will keep you posted on suitcase living! We are about to find out just how crazy it can get!