Changes to Come...

I apologize for not posting as often as I would have liked but there are so many things going on since the wedding that I find it hard to find the time to write meaningful posts for you all to read. I am happy to say that what's keeping us busy is great stuff for us.

There are many changes to come for the Roddy fam in the near future...

First up...The Mister got a new job! He starts this Wednesday and we are SOOO excited for him. It was a great wedding present as he was notified of his acceptance 3 days after the wedding. Talk about great timing! This is something that was truly important to him. Unfortunately, the job market wasn't playing very nice with him last year but luckily he tried again with one of the companies that denied him the first time (due to his home location) . See the problem we were having is that we have been wanting to move back to my hometown for a while now and the only thing that held us up was the Mister getting a new job in that area. Unfortunately, since we live 1.5 hours away from my hometown, he was getting denied left and right because of where we lived. With God's help he was able to convince them that he was moving to the area whether they chose him or not and at that point it was the truth...

The second change is that we are moving to my hometown. YAY!!! We decided to rent for one more year to get a nice jump on the down payment and to clean up our non-wedding debt a little bit more. Since my hubby got the job he wanted, we made the move to move up there. So October 15 is our move-in date. I cannot tell you how excited I am about this. Now I will only be 5 minutes from my parents and my sister and her kiddies. Not to mention I will be surrounded again by some of my great friends which I am really looking forward to. We will also only be 1 hr from my hubby's brother's fam (my in-laws). Unfortunately this move comes with a price...my commute goes from half hour to ~1.25 hours and I will be moving away from 2 of my great friends, A and D. Also, my hubby will be away from his boys who are really like his brothers. Although we will be moving from these great people, we are lucky to only be a short distance away...

The third change is that my partner in crime at work has left the nest. We were co-workers and buds for the last 4 + years and he found an awesome opportunity for him to grow within our IT field. This is a double-edged sword for me as I am so happy that he is on to better things (surprised it didn't happen sooner) but also this increases my work load tremendously. A positive note is that this can get me to increase my skills faster but gives me a different kind of experience that I was about due for. Unfortunately, this will not last long as the reason we are shifting at work is because our IT dept will essentially be non-existent maybe in a year or so. Eventually, I too will be leaving the coop for a greater opportunity not to mention a closer commute.

Lastly, this hasn't happened yet but we are praying for an increase in our family :)... No, we are not preggy yet but we are hoping in the near future we are blessed with our first child. This would make the Mamas very happy! I think my Mom and Sister have already been talking about the baby shower, lol. No more wedding planning so they have to jump to something...Ah. gotta love them! So maybe I will have good news for you soon!

Thanks again for keeping up with me and keeping the Roddy Bride blog alive.

Much love!

-The Roddy Bride :)