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The Time I Did Not Kill the Movers

November 3, 2015 by growin49_wp

One Year Ago we returned stateside. Five Months Ago we received our household goods, not quite in the condition we expected. A month and half ago, the JAG office approved our damage claim, though the claim check took a little over a month to get to us. The replacement parts for the Sleep Number Bed are on their way and we begin to feel … [Read more...]

Filed Under: military life, Military move, military spouse, move, moving, returning stateside, Ten things Tuesday

More about this Transitional Life

July 27, 2015 by growin49_wp

Ten Things That Surprised Me about Our Transitional Life This list will include items from our transition from living in Germany and returning to the states in addition to leaving the military culture. Though I married into the military, leaving it and getting used to civilian life again has required an adjustment period. Every once in a while, we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: military life, moving, Ten things Tuesday Tagged With: transitions

SQT: Visiting family, friends, prairie dogs, and road runners

June 26, 2015 by growin49_wp

Does anyone else feel that June has been incredibly long? I am glad this is the last full week of June. Here are this week’s Seven Quick Takes. ~1~ I am finally done unpacking boxes! In some ways, things feel a little more cluttered and cramped since we are in a smaller space than we used to be. Even so, I’m glad to be settled. I can also now … [Read more...]

Filed Under: friends, moving, seven quick takes, traditions Tagged With: family

The Place between Trust and Screaming

June 17, 2015 by growin49_wp

This week’s one-word prompts came in the midst of dealing with yet another round of chaos (or maybe chaos is our normal these days): Trust and Scream. I laughed out loud when the notification came through because I feel that I live between the two places these days. My friend, Hannah came up to help with the unpacking – or, more accurately, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 1 word link up, Chaos is the new normal, moving Tagged With: transitions

Tuesday Ten: A Fly on the Wall

June 10, 2015 by growin49_wp

Have you ever wondered where you would go if you could be a fly on the wall? Today I’m linking up with the Golden Spoons to explore that question for the Tuesday Ten. 1-3. My first three go together. If I were a fly on a wall, I would want to be watching everything my movers did, everything the forklift drivers did, and everything that happened … [Read more...]

Filed Under: marriage, moving Tagged With: parenting

A Productive Day is Measured in the Eyes of a FitBit

June 9, 2015 by growin49_wp

I am tired today, y’all! For a while, I felt like I really hadn’t accomplished much, but here at the end of the day, my FitBit tells me I have 13,795 steps! I can see an end in sight with the unpacking and organizing in the living/dining room area. We have at least two or three more trips to Goodwill in our future. I’m not feeling the rewards for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: fitbit, invest in your children, joy, moving Tagged With: family, transitions

Make Your Home Sing Good Morning Manic Monday

June 8, 2015 by growin49_wp

The title sums up how things are going with our move (I combined the names of today's link ups to create it). Every few boxes, a new and unpleasant surprise awaits. Most of Sunday’s box openings contained such gifts.My husband’s goal for the afternoon was to assemble our German Shrank (wardrobe). Apart, it has many pieces which take up a lot of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: good morning mondays, make your home sing monday, manic Monday, moving Tagged With: transitions

SQT ~ Shipment Arrival, Settling in, Purging of Excess

June 5, 2015 by growin49_wp

Welcome to another installment of Seven Quick Takes, a quick way to review the past seven days with seven thoughts. Our stuff arrived on Monday. We have too much a lot of stuff. This became abundantly clear as they brought things in and asked where to put it and I ran out of thoughts (though that was partially due to the poor labeling system of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: moving, purging the excess, queen of the house, seven quick takes Tagged With: transitions

Welcome Home, Caswell Family!

June 2, 2015 by growin49_wp

After the movers left, after putting my kids in their beds, I wearily trudged down the stairs thinking to myself (in the voice of Ty Pennington), “Welcome home, Caswell, Family, welcome home.” For seven months, as one little boy in a sermon illustration said, we’ve had “a home without a house to put it in.” For that seven months, very few of our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: moving, unsettled Tagged With: transitions

Weekend Review: The Waiting is Almost Over

May 29, 2015 by growin49_wp

If you are new here and joining from a link up, welcome. This post is a bit of a review and will contain several link backs to previous posts to get you caught up (or remind you if you’ve been here but forgotten the details). Thanks for stopping by today! Our plane landed at DFW airport on November 1, 2014 – seven months ago (or it will be a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: God's promises, Homecoming, military life, moving Tagged With: family, transitions

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