Ladies and Gentlemen...

That's Loki's new catch phrase..."Ladies and Gentlemen...1...2...3...GO!"

We're really not sure where that came from. We've never taken him to the race tracks or anything like that.

But yes, we do have some pretty big news to share. In fact, It's down right ALARMING (as atested to by the above firemen)! I bet the suspense is killing you! Well, it looks like these little Stetson girl gatherings are going to be a little trickier for us to get to, because we're MOVING!!!!

I've actually been in an odd state of denial about the whole thing. But after showing our house TWICE on Wednesday, it's finally starting to sink in. I accepted a position with Hanapin Marketing in Bloomington, Indiana. (The top picture is of the Bloomington Co Fire Dept in the early days of the previous century - I sure do hope they've updated a few things since then ~ atleast I hope they've gotten some slightly more fashionable uniforms ~ these just don't scream sexxy calendar boys ~ do you think?).

Anyway, I will continue doing the Search Engine Marketing work that I have been doing from home, only now I'll have an official office (or maybe cubicle) to sit in. More importantly, I'm going to have a steady income AND benefits!

It's been a wild, crazy ride these past few weeks as we made all sorts of decisions. I must admit that I'm a little flattered. I ended up in the middle of a bidding war between 3 different companies desiring my services. And if it wasn't so STRESSFUL, it would have been amusing!

One of the 3 is actually local, and I've been hoping they'd hire me on for some time (I've been doing quite a bit of contract work for them over the past few months), but they weren't willing to shell out enough dough to make it worth my while).

The other is the Houston based company, I've been contracting for, as well. And they even offered to let me continue working from home. Even though the salary bids were very close, Hanapin's commitment to it's employee's and my opportunities for growth were more than enough for us to chose them! While I'm not thrilled about moving, I am SUPER excited about my new position and the company I'll be working for.

Whitebread will be Mr. Mom for the next year or so as he gets things figured to attend Graduate School and Indiana University. I won't lie. I'm a little jealous. I'm supposed to be the SAHM! But this really is the best thing for our family for now.

And Jake? What about Jake? Well, there are still some decisions that have to be made. Jake is DEFINITELY staying here. We're just not sure if we're going to keep managing it (with the eventual possibility of Jake moving to Bloomington) OR if we're going to sell him. Luckily, we do have that option. We have a couple of people interested. So, that's nice, too.

Whew! I was hoping that like my previous post, getting this all out there would make me feel better but I think it's making it worse! We have SOOO much to do before we go. Lost State Tours has NEVER been busier (and it's still not as busy as we're hoping it will eventually be)! And of course, we're riding that train for AS LONG as we can.

We are still DEFINITELY coming down for Memorial Day! And we couldn't be more EXCITED! But suddenly we have alot of other things to figure out. As in, I think I may have just rented our house come June 1st! AAAAACCCCCCKKKKK!