World's Worst Blogger

Ok ok! I'm the world's worst blogger. I know and I'm sorry.
Last time I posted we were counting down to our move but also counting down to Mik, Nani and my trip to the States. Two days before our departure Mikaylie broke her clavicle in a soccer game. She is the keeper and quite good (if I do say so myself). We knew she'd be in no condition to travel and at the time feared she may even need surgery. She was so devastated about missing her long awaited trip. To make matters worse, the following day she received an invitation to trial for a national reps team! It's by invitation only and she had to be recommended. This is the chance she'd been hoping for all season as she has become very committed to her soccer career and wants to see how far she can go. My poor girl was so depressed. She broke my heart as tears streamed down her face for days, some from physical pain but mostly the painful combination of disappointments. We will still take her to the trial just to meet people and get her face and name on the radar. If we had gone on our trip we would have missed the trial altogether. Maybe, somehow, this is part of the plan for her soccer future.  Our trip is now tentatively planned for October.

So now that I'm not distracted with the friends, family and food of the US, I'm going crazy in anticipation of our move! I want to move YESTERDAY!!! LOL! Yes, it's given me more time to pack and I'm even planning the garage sale that I was going to forgo due to time constraints.
We've worked with our builder on the plans for the remodel and all seems to be in order to begin on the day of possession. Billy and I are so excited!!! It will be quite interesting during the remodel as the house has only 2 bedrooms but the kitchen and lounge are done and great so really only bedtime will be a hassle. We'll have mattresses strewn here and there. Most inconvenient to me will be the time without a laundry room. Though the wait will be well worth it because the new laundry room is my most anticipated addition! The builder thinks I'm crazy but then he's a man and clearly doesn't wash for 7-8 people! I spend hours ogling over pictures from Pinterest and Houzz(my new favorite website!).

Don't expect any posts until after the move on 26 July. But then I will chronicle the remodel and all the new changes to our life here in NZ...