August 13

Ok I guess I'll come out of hiding.  This house hunting business has been for the birds.  It's been stressful and frustrating.  At this point we are less than 2 weeks away from the big moving truck pulling up into our yard.  On this day in exactly 2 weeks the majority of our belongings will be sitting around us in cardboard boxes.  Two weeks from tomorrow it will be loaded up onto that truck and hauled to Jacksonville, Florida. We will be left with an empty rental house to clean in hopes of earning our deposit back

Now, because we are under this time crunch, we have decided to move into base housing.  The above picture is of the house we will get.  It's not much but it does have its benefits.  It's basically free and all of our utilities except phone and TV are included.  Plus it is located less than a mile from Lee's work.  It is also directly across the street from the St Johns River and the Buckman Bridge (nice view).   

The drawbacks as you can see from the floor plan is that it is only 1500 Square Feet and 3 bedrooms.  This means that Caitlin, Holly and Hobbes have to share a bedroom.  I don't think Hobbes will mind.  The other huge drawback for us is that there is a 2 pet limit. (Believe it or not, Hobbes only counts as one pet in spite of his size)  Our family has given this ALOT of thought and discussion around the supper table for the past few nights.  We are unsure if this is just a temporary thing until we find a house to buy or if we will end up just staying put.  I guess we'll just have to wait and see.  Either way, we have a place to live in Jax on September 1st. Look out Jax, the Browns are on their way!