I have good news!

Are you packing yet? hehehe, insert a big smile here!

The house we're staying in now isn't ours, so we just have to worry about moving and that's it, then we wash our hands of this place!

Not yet, but I do plan on beginning to weed through things and get rid of stuff we know we're not bringing with us.

Well that's great! I'd hate to have to live in a rented house even though I own my own place! Good luck with your house!

Thanks, I am feeling better today. Your house sounds very nice. We're hoping for something like that someday, but we have to straighten our finances first.

your very welcome. our house is a nice house but the house that we are living in now is a HUD home, but it is nicer than when that we moved into it already, we have done some painting, we have painted the kitchen, dining room and the bathroom so far, and the rest of the rooms in the house need it also. so i guess the next room that we paint will be one of the boy's bedroom's. oh yeah, and my hubby painted the inside of the garage when we first moved here, that looks loads better and he also painted the other side of the downstairs area. let us all know how that you-all are liking your new living quarters.

As for the sleeping arrangements it's not much worse than what we're dealing with now. At the moment I've got the twins sharing a tiny room, my oldest has his own, and the 2 youngest are still in our room. The only thing that's going to change is my daughter may get her own room, or at the worst she'll share with the youngest, and the older 3 boys will be sharing, so hubby and I will have our own room to ourselves and the oldest will no longer have his own room. Space is going to be a big issue, mostly storage space, and closet space. But we'll adjust without too many problems. We've moved from a large house into a tiny trailer once before. As for the money, that will only get better. Our rent will be about the same as it is here, maybe a tiny bit higher, but our power bill will be significantly less, because not only is it a smaller space to power up, it's also well insulated so we won't be losing heat in the winter!

No, I don't think that's possible or allowed, but the maintenance man told us he'd give us a shed. It's the one that belongs to the office, but they're not using it. So that will help, I can keep our holiday decorations and the kid's seasonal outdoor toys in there. We can also add on to the trailer, there's a huge deck we can turn into private space if we're willing to give up the deck, and there's some room in back to add on to, it's just having the money as I've said. We'll make it work!

Can you use the space underneath the trailer as cold storage?

We're all sick over here as well, I have the worst of it though. I had to cancel my weekend plans due to not feeling well. I hope I'm 100% before we have to move!

Hey, good luck with your move too! I know how bad the economy is, luckily it's not affecting us very badly at the moment, and I hope it doesn't affect you and your move either.

It's fine, a belated congrats is better than none at all!