I thought I would share a picture of the view from my office. It’s beautiful!

Moving is dreaded by just about everyone. I don’t think I know once person that enjoys it. Well, unless someone else does it all for you. Then maybe I could say, “YAY!”

But yes, the title implies that I’m moving, and I am. Not a big distance about a rough 15 miles from where I’m currently living, but where I’m currently living is already far enough away. Our new location puts us on the outskirts.

I literally will have to drive into the other state in order to get to my new home. And that’s the quick way! I find that kind of funny actually.

Our move right now is mainly for me. Not a selfish move at all. I love my current home. Mainly a room issue… as in ‘there is not enough’.

I work from home for a national pet treat company and currently my office is also part game room for my daughter. It can be difficult to carry on a conversation, conference call, or even work on a deadline. And until recently I dealt with it. But at some point you have to draw the line.

Well, I did, and now we are moving. Moving where mom will have her own office, with a door, so I can hear the other half of the conversation.

I won’t drag you through the gory, girly details of when I went through puberty, but even growing up with three older sisters, I really had no clue. So, believe me when I say I was not quite prepared to give the talk to my daughter. My daughter is nine, I’m thankful that I still have a few years to prepare for the ‘body’ talk.

Umm… no! This mom lost her few years about 3 months ago.

Not puberty. Not a training bra. Her period. At nine, my daughter, a third grader, still my baby, started her period and I felt lost. You can read about my instruction to my daughter, but I knew that at nine and her body already changing, we were going to be having all kinds of talks earlier in her life, and much sooner then mom thought.

It’s a wonderful thing that I’m part of the book club associated with SV Moms Group and Deep South Moms because I have been opened to a whole level of reading that I normally would not seek out on my own. Our current book The Body Scoop for Girls by Jennifer Ashton was a no brainer for me to be a part of.

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