House Hunting

The past few days have been a blur.  On Sunday, we (me, boys and dogs) loaded up and headed to my dads (Heber Springs, AR).  It's about a 6 hour drive from Birmingham.  On the way there, I was making great timing- until I got turned around in Memphis... If you have been through Memphis, you know it's not really a place you want to get turned around... especially driving alone with two small children.  Somehow I ended up missing my exit ( I was on the phone; ) ), but I found a couple county roads that brought me back to where I needed to be (thank you Jesus).  I tacked on about an hour to our trip though.  On Monday, my dad and step mom watched the boys for me while I drove over to Jonesboro to look at a few houses.  It's about a 2 hour drive for those who obey traffic signs. I made it somewhere between 1.5 -1.75.  It's hard to follow the speed limit when you can see for miles on those eastern Arkansas roads.  Miles and miles of crop fields.  It is also very appropriate to pass those who are following the speed limit.  If you are one of the ones I blew off the road over the past few days-  I do not apologize.  I do not have time to waste. : )  After several hours of driving all over Jonesboro,  I came back to Heber that night.  I was just in time to tuck my little men in bed.  Tuesday, I did the same.  Down and back. I am so thankful to Jeanie and my dad for helping me out with them. It was Jeanie's birthday on Tuesday, so she spent her big day watching the boys for me.  I attempted looking at a house with the boys and it just didn't work.  This gave me much more freedom.  This morning, we headed back to Bham. I left a little earlier so we could get here earlier.  This leg of the trip was so much easier.  One stop- sonic in Tupelo.  It was nascar style as well.  I ordered our food (grilled cheese sandwiches- the boys favorite) and changed the boys while we waited for our food.  Yes, I was the person changing their kids in the back of her car in the sonic parking lot. Hey, you gotta do what you gotta do.  Our food was brought and I distributed the goods on our way out of the parking lot.  7 min tops.  I decided that the drive home is so much easier than the ride there.  Leaving Birmingham, you are on interstate until Memphis.  Once you hit Memphis its madness all around.  Merging, exiting, construction, semi's EVERYWHERE..  then it's on to the crop fields (see the above comments) and then on to the windy, curvy roads from Bald Knob (yes, that's a town) to Heber (about an hour of windy roads to be exact- in the dark for the first leg of the trip).  So on the way home, you get the hard part out of the way.  Once you leave Memphis, you are home free.  The drive is smooth and easy.  I also didn't get turned around this time so we made great timing.  Just in time to put the boys down for a nap.  I unpacked, started washing clothes and now I plan to do nothing for several days.  A total of 21 hours driving from Sunday to Wednesday.  Whew.. glad it's over.  

About the houses, I researched like crazy before I left.  I sent the houses I had found to our agent in Jonesboro and she said she would research a little more and send others that she found.  She sent an email back saying that I had done my homework because she didn't have any to add.  Ha.  No surprise there since I have been stalking the real estate market for a few weeks.  On Sunday, I had narrowed it down to 3 that I knew I wanted to see.  On Monday, it was down to 2 after seeing them.  Then on Tuesday, our agent showed us another one... then I was confused.   Rhett joined us for an hour or two to see the 2 I liked and the new one we had found.  He quickly crossed off one (due to location mainly).  Now we are debating between two.  Both are great houses and there are things that I love about them both.  There are also some negatives to both, so we will really be weighing our options over the next few days.  I am ready to be there, but I want it to be the right place for sure.  In the meantime, Rhett is in Jonesboro (and all over really) recruiting his little heart out.  We will probably both be back and forth until we make the final move.  That's what the Lashlee's are up to these days!!

Hopefully soon I will post pics of our new house.  Until then, it will probably be just sweet babies.  : )