So first I guess I should update what is going on in our lives. Let me start by saying this is seriously the most stressful time I think we have even had in our little family. So many changes and not nearly enough time. A couple months ago Matt and I were talking about how with the interest rates rising that we are no longer saving what we will end up paying in interest to build our house so we decided to look into selling the house. The original plan was to put it on the market in the spring and then break ground as soon as we sold but when Matt and I both thought and prayed about it we felt like we should put it up for sell now! So that upped our time line we called our real estate agent and set up a time to meet. Since having refinanced to a 15 yr mortgage 2 years ago we have paid down our mortgage much more than we had the previous years we had owned the home on a 30 yr. This gave us the flexibility to sell for what our house is worth and not have to bring cash to the table. But really it is time to get out of this house we aren't making equity like we thought we might with the market gaining ground so we took the leap and the house is now officially on the market. At the same time we had been looking at lots and found one we thought would work really well for us. We have a current offer in on it and found out last night they decided to pull it off the market for a time until they decide what to do with all of the excess dirt on the lot....first blow to what we were hoping would be a smooth transition. I'm funny right. So anyways when the real estate agent came through she did a bunch of staging with us. After we had met Matt and I decided we would have to have a storage unit for all of our stuff both while we rent and build and while we are selling. We decided it would be best to have out unit in Mountain Green/Morgan area so we would have access to it once we moved more easily. We also found the best rates there so it worked out well. We borrowed a neighbors trailer and loaded up the suburban and one evening we were off. Just as we got off the highway to the unit we blew a tire and of coarse had no spare. So I called the neighbor we had borrowed it from and they said they had a spare that we could come get it. It was 6 and now all the tire shops were closed so it was really our only option. Matt's mom happened to be headed to Salt Lake so I called her and she was great enough to pick up the tire and come rescue us. We got it switched without to much of a problem. By now it was getting dark so Joy stayed and hung out with the girls so we could have the light from her car so we could see what we were doing.
Our little haul stuck on the side of the road
While Matt put the jack away I tightened the lug nuts on the tire. When Matt came back he was talking with his mom and said, "Look at my wife 3 months pregnant and still doing hard stuff!" It only took a moment before Joy realized what Matt had said. They she started screaming about how excited she was and how that is the greatest way anyone had ever announced they were pregnant. The whole thing was pretty funny. It is always super fun to get a reaction like that when you announce you're pregnant. Then there were a few hugs and we all headed our separate way.
About a mile down the road the same tire blew again!!! By now it was dark and Matt was beyond frustrated. What was supposed to take an hour was taking way longer. I find at times of high stress either Matt or I manage to hold it together mostly for the other one and this time it was my turn to keep it together and make a joke out of it. We decided to go unload the suburban and then come back and transfer the stuff from the trailer to the suburban until we had hauled all of it. I called our neighbors to let them know and to try to decide what to do with the trailer. It was a single axle and isn't registered so anyone could pick it up on the side of the road. Luckily we were just off the street of an office building so we slowly pulled the trailer into there where there wasn't lighting so people wouldn't be able to see it as well. Then we unhooked the trailer and headed for the storage unit. Then our neighbors called and said they had just realized that he had a car dolly from work that he had used for work that day that they would come and put the broken trailer on the dolly trailer and get everything take care of. Matt and I were both grateful and relieved. We unloaded and headed back to the trailer. We unloaded the trailer and tried to figure out what had happened to both tires. What we found made us both feel pretty stupid. One of the folding chairs had slide when we turned to get off the freeway, the tire had rubbed the plastic cover off the leg of the chair, and the metal leg had sliced the tire til it blew the tire out and TWICE this had happened and we didn't notice!
Anyway then our neighbors arrived we loaded the remainder of our stuff on their new trailer and took it to the unit. By then Tyler had arrived to help us. I really did feel so blessed that we had help that night I don't know what we would have done alone. The boys all pushed the broken trailer on to the dolly and we were off. After a 5 hour ordeal we had officially moved our 1st load for moving and announced we were pregnant to Joy! So all in and all it wasn't a bad night I just hope from now on we can keep things more simple..lol. While we were moving things our neighbors said that things are easy when you never try to improve your life and when you are trying to do better and what you're supposed to do the adversary works against you. Having that said it makes me nervous for the rest of this little adventure we have embarked on but I can't wait to see the end result once its all completed.
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