WE MOVED + Bun Tutorial!

You really have a whole alternative life to the blog

That’s crazy! We are FINALLY getting cooler weather starting today, but it will be a few weeks until leaves are at their peak. Yesterday was 80 something, so if there are any leaves on the ground right now it’s because they died of heat!

Yes, more house stuff, please! How exciting! Do the kids have to change schools? Do you get new running routes? How is Beretta handling the new location? :)

More house stuff for sure! I love seeing sneak peeks into people’s homes – that bench seat looks so comfy and welcoming. The last time I moved was 2009 but we’ve been tweaking stuff here and there since then.
Current favorite podcasts are Forever35 (skincare/self-care/all sorts of fun stuff), Ologies (so many interesting sciences to learn about!), My Favorite Murder (…I know! But so interesting and the work they do to remove the stigma around mental health is awesome), and The Dream, which is about multi-level-marketing schemes. Fascinating. It makes me grateful that I have a daily commute so I can easily find time to listen :)

I haven’t moved in a long time!!! We’ve been in our house for just over 19 years now!!!! Crazy stuff. It is funny how your wants/needs for a home change over the years, but the idea of prepping our house for selling and dealing with the stress of IF it would sell/how long it would take/moving kind of fills me with too much anxiety to even consider it. ha ha We do not live close to family–most of my family is 40 minutes away, so I think it’s AWESOME that you will be so close to your family. I often wish I lived way closer to my oldest sister.

I rarely listen to podcasts even though I really DO like them when I listen, but I promise I’ll listen to yours :)

3 things I’m up to today:
*Running a workout after school—–WU/ 6 mile repeats/CD—but they’re calling for downpours. Fingers crossed I can get it in.
*Then, it’s my “free night.” My husband and I each get a “free night” every week where we can do what we want/eat out/etc. The other spouse takes care of feeding the kids/dishes/getting them to bed. It’s a great thing :) I’ll go to Javateas, my fav cafe for dinner!
*I’m not sure! I need to think of something exciting! lol

Hope your day is the best! ENJOY all of the wonderful things that life has given you right now–so much awesome!

Do your kids still get to go to the same elementary school? Will Knox and Brooke still be in the same school. I watch a lot of Love it or List it and I think that people with school are children always Love it because it is hard to move away from school and friends.

Everyone says when things happen easy they were meant to be. Trevon and I joke that we can’t ever do things easy haha. You guys were for sure meant to be where you are! If you need help unpacking let me know. I’ll be there to help, but probably with the kids haha! And I love that you found a place by your family! I love living by family.

I LOVE house stuff and I loved the style of the pictures from your last house. We bought a fixer upper and are slowly moving room to room so I can’t get enough of that stuff!! I’ve been thinking about security systems more since my husband has been traveling for work (and I watch way too much Criminal Minds and Dateline :-D ) so if you do a house post and have anything to share on that, I’d love to learn what you’ve found.

I have been rocking the power bun for a while too and LOVE it.
I have a love-hate relationship with moving. I find it fun to unpack and put things away, but I hate packing everything up. Plus, you always find that you have so much more stuff than you thought. We are actually looking at Utah as one of the locations we want to move (we are currently in Virginia) and would love to hear your thoughts on good towns!
Podcasts I have been loving lately are Lindsey Hein and Ali Feller – both are so great and conversational.
I am still in awe of your race last weekend and even though we have never met, so proud of your accomplishment. It has also fueled my marathon/ultra bug again. I had been taking a break from distances longer than a half for a bit, but I am feeling the itch to get after it again. :)

Yes I’d love to see house pics. Is this one ready or you need to do renovations?
I try to grocery shop once a week. Sometimes I need something before a week is up. How do you do your grocery shopping?
I think the weather is finally changing into fall this weekend. Thank goodness. Still been like summer here in east TN. Which is why I can’t do an early fall marathon around here, still too warm.

So exciting about your new house!! I’d love to see more when y’all are all settled in. Yay for being closer to family!! I know the kids are thrilled about that!
We just bought a new house and should be moving in about a month. We are painting, replacing floors and a few other things first. I’m excited to get rid of so much stuff from our old house. We’ve been in this house for more than 20 years!
Everything is still very green in Texas, but it was a brisk 60 degrees this morning! Fall is on it’s way.
I usually go to the grocery store twice a week. I have to go to more than one store because I can’t get everything we need at one place.
I have that sweat shirt too and LOVE IT! I agree…wait until they have a sale. I got mine for about $20.

Congratulations on your new home!! These are exciting times for you for sure! I’d love to see more once your settled – the snipets in this post
Are beautiful! We moved last December – it was very chaotic because I was 8 mos pregnant
But sooo worth it! And don’t worry, we will still be unpacking in 2019 as well!

Aw, the stars aligned for you with this house! How amazing to be close to your sis! That just sounds perfect. And looking back it’s a good thing you packed for the marathon so early ;)

OK, I’m SUPER impressed with your family for deciding to move and making it happen so fast. Way to go!! I would love to hear more about the move and new house!

I am a big time supporter of the AK Power Bun. It is life changing. I don’t know why, but I never tried multiple hair bands for a bun before so I could never run with a bun because it would fall down. There is no going back now. No more pony tails for this runner. My AK Power Bun even survived the entire Chicago marathon without moving an inch. It WORKS PEOPLE!

PLEASE PLEASE DO A HOUSE TOUR!!!!! I would love to see the front of it and the kitchen, etc. Sidenote: I already love the color of the hardwood floors!

Omigosh! I was listening to the podcast on my way in to work and Matt mentioned the move … I was sitting in my car wondering what he was talking about! I literally thought he mis-spoke and you were being too kind to correct him because hello, it wasn’t mentioned in the blog (until this am)! HA! Too funny!
Congrats on the house! We’ve been “remodeling” for the last 10 or so years and I’m always looking for ideas so I would love to see pics of your new house! I’m hoping to move in the next 3-5 ish years, sooner if we can get our act together! Ha!
I’m in the PNW so our mountains have been changing for a few weeks now but I haven’t gotten a chance to get up there. I have a trail 30k Saturday so I’m hoping to be surrounded by fall colors and then be able to escape to the mountains with my kiddos and/or girlfriends after that.
Have a great day!

I would love to see more house pictures! One of my friends I am running with this weekend did the same thing, moved this weekend. She said it is crazy moving and running a marathon the same week.

3 things I’m doing today. I ran my last run (minus the 2 mile shake) out before my marathon. I have to run around and get everything so I can be ready to leave tomorrow, my marathon is in California, and I live in Utah. And I have to work (boo).

I only grocery shop once a week. I will either schedule grocery pick from Wal-Mart or go to Smith’s on Saturdays after I finish my long run.

Yes! Please more house stuff please!

I last moved in 2016, but it was across country so I’m really not looking to do it again any time soon ;)
Despite the fact that we’ve been in our house for over 2 years now, there are still walls that are completely bare because I’m the worst at hanging up pictures.

I just noticed that the leaves are in fact changing in our neighborhood now! Finally! I just think it’s crazy how early the leaves change in the mountains and how it takes so much longer for them to change in the city!

Three things:
1. 5.7 mile run for Day of the Girl by Ragnar!
2. Work work work
3. Picking up my debit card from the bank because I was that dummy who left it in the ATM and walked away!

YES more house stuff :D!!! LOL glad I’m not going crazy- I started listening to The Rambling Runner’s podcast this morning with you on it, and I was like OMG how did I miss in her posts that they moved?? Congratulations- so exciting!!!

Yes – house tours, house stuff – please share!!

Congrats on the move! I definitely want to see more house stuff! It looks adorable! Good luck unpacking- such a process but also kind of fun in a new house. Can’t wait to hear about everyone’s favorite podcast- I am always on the lookout for good ones.

Would love to see a house tour/pics and would also love to know your cleaning routine if you have one! Congrats on the new place!

Oh wow moving! Crazy how these things can happen quickly! I’d love to see more about the new house :)

Last time we moved (which will hopefully be the last for a long long time) was a bit terrible in that it took awhile for our house to sell (in hindsight we put in on the market at the exact wrong time) and then when it sold we had to accept a quick turn around…which meant we were homeless for a month! Our fantastic friends let us stay with them in their (small) apartment for that time – which we also split with staying in a hotel on the weekends so everyone would get a break – but it was a long month! Good news is we absolutely love our house so it was worth it in the long run!

And one of the things we love about our place is the trees – they are an absolutely gorgeous colour of red right now!

Wow so exciting – enjoy your new home! Yes leaves are gorgeous here. I walked to work (it’s only a few km from home) just to enjoy the leaves.

Working, probably running and who know what after -it’s getting chilly so probably indoor, fire place and hot cider:)

Have a super day!

Oh my gosh I can’t believe you moved and still ran a 3-hr marathon!!! I moved an hour away two weeks after i ran Chicago last year and it almost killed me, haha! (But my husband was in Atlanta when we listed & sold the house and Germany while I was packing—I’m tired just thinking about it!) So so glad Andrew took on the lion’s share of moving prep. And YES absolutely we need a home tour!!!

Yes, pictures of the house!

Congrats on the move! How exciting! I cannot wear my hair up in a bun during a run. I have really really thick hair and if I wear it up it feels really heavy and I start to develop a headache :-(. Oh how I wish I could wear it in a bun during a run!

Congratulations on the new house! That’s so exciting! We ended up signing on our house, moving, and getting married within the same week and a half. I completely understand the craziness but would not recommend it. Really glad the timing of everything worked out for you though. I would love to see more home things and just love your blog overall!

Congrats on your new home! How exciting!

Yes please do more house tours!!! I love seeing other people’s houses and layouts. Weird maybe….

No the leaves aren’t turning here. I’m in NZ and it’s getting warmer each day! I think it’s going to be a hot summer.

Three things about my day:
It’s my youngest boys second birthday today! I cannot believe how fast time flies and am 100% in denial that he is 2!!! How is that even possible. So will be doing some birthday things today. Otherwise just a regular day over here. My goal is to get a workout done and clean kitchen cabinets!

I probably go to the grocery store about two times a week but maybe theee if there is something special going on I need to cater for.

When we moved house I used to set a timer and spend just 15 minutes a day unpacking boxes and then didn’t do anymore until the next day. It’s amazing how much you can achieve in 15 minutes!!!

Hope you have a lovely day Janae!!

We moved last year Thanksgiving weekend. Not a recommended way to spend a Holiday, but a great long weekend to get it done! We didn’t even really pack beforehand. I packed boxes, my husband loaded the trailer and unloaded them at the new house, brought them back, repeat. Moving less than a mile away allows one to get creative. We did hire a crew for furniture, now that IS recommended.
I live in Michigan and yes, the leaves are starting to change colors, it is magical.
I have been enjoying the Committed Podcast lately. I find other people’s relationships so interesting.
Today is a BUSY one. I am working all day (I am a high school Geometry teacher), I have to pick up my kids so we can attend a parent teacher conference for my third grade daughter and a soccer game to attend shortly after that. The two biggest questions are, when is dinner and what are we eating?
Friday mornings I run with my best running buddy, so early to bed for sure… Happy Almost Friday!

DEFINITELY more house stuff!! I want a tour of the new place! :)

Thank you for the bun tutorial!! I legit spent at least 30 minutes trying to get my braid out after running in the rain on Sat. Ha!

I moved five years ago and I’m hoping not to do it again anytime soon. I don’t mind helping other people move, I just don’t like having to go through all my stuff!

I’m in SoCal so we don’t really get the awesome leaves changing colors :(

I typically go to Costco once a week and since it’s cross country I order Wal Mart groceries online once a week too :) That’s the best if you have it in your area!

3 things: walking the pup, grading essays :(, and having a bunch of kids over for pasta and to watch McFarland in preparation for their race tomorrow!

Please tell us all about the house hunting, move, process! I love reading all kinds of experiences :)