Well the next big thing to announce is that we have moved!!
We now live in Greenville, SC! :) This is going to be a long post so be warned...
you might need to break for food and water! ;-)
Most of you have heard the story but just in case I will fill you in...
From September 2012 (when we started Bumperman) to July 2013 Bryce & I had been living separately. During the week, I was in Atlanta with the dogs and Bryce was up in Greenville working and then every Friday Bryce would drive back to Atlanta and spend the weekend there. Now, don't get me wrong...it made working the business and getting it going A LOT easier when Bryce was in Greenville and not commuting from Atlanta! AND we had an amazing friend, Courtney who was already living here that let Bryce stay with him during the week... Insert HUGE blessing here!! However, it was just not working out so well for our marriage and my sanity!! Haha So, in early May we decided that we needed to be under the same roof and fully commit to our territory with Bumperman! So, the obvious answer was Greenville, not somewhere in between ATL & Gville like we originally planned.
Looking back on it now, I know 100% that it was a God thing and he lead us to the right decision because after we made the official decision that this is what we were doing literally ALL the pieces fell into place because He is the great planner and knows EXACTLY what is going on and what we need especially when we don't!
Leading up to May; however, it was a lot of sleepless nights, prayers, asking friends and family to pray for us and long conversations between Bryce & I and our families asking advise!! However, after we made the decision, everything moved at LIGHTNING speed!
The first step was to decide what to do as far as my job goes! So, I went and talked with my supervisor and the owner of the company and laid out the situation for them. I had mentally prepared myself to be told... sorry we have nothing for you in SC but it was the complete opposite! Again, insert huge blessing here!! They told me they would switch my territory! I am a marketing rep and travel all over the SE to visit my agents and attend various events that are hosted! So, now instead of traveling Alabama and Tennessee, I now travel SC and East TN! When I am not on the road, I am working remotely from my house!! Wow what an amazing thing!! I literally wake up and sit down at my computer and get to work! It is also very nice that when I leave for my appointments, I only have to leave 15 minutes instead of 2 hours before!
The next step was deciding where to live...with all of the other changes we decided it would be easiest just to take over the lease from Courtney since he was moving out in June! We looked at some other house but they either weren't in our budget, didn't accept pets or just weren't very good! haha So, we met with the landlord, got all of the paperwork set and transferred the lease to our name. So, here is our new house!
It is such a cute little house but is definitely temporary as Bentley and Haley are missing their 1 acre of land to run around in! However, as usual they are just going with the flow and ready for whatever is next!! Here are some pics of the crazy kids! :)
Next we had to decide what to do with all of our stuff... Our house in Atlanta about 1700 sq feet... house in Greenville 900!? So, we sold just about EVERYTHING we had. Robin & Greg were awesome enough to come down and help us with the 'Everything has to go' yard sale! We filled the front yard and driveway with furniture, clothes, construction materials, etc and had a two day yard sale! We were only able to get set up and do as well as we did because of the help!! Thanks so much Greg & Robin!! Below are some pics right after we set up
So, now that we got rid of all of our stuff, now the next step was to actually physically move. For this portion of our families are amazing, my mom, dad and little brother are featured. They came down the weekend of July 4th to help us move. We packed up the trailer Thursday and then headed north. We started unpacking and moving in when we arrived and then finished up unloading the trailer Friday morning. Then the real fun began! We got the entire kitchen unpacked and did lots of shopping for groceries, curtains, area rug, lamps, etc and the house finally started to come together. One thing I forgot to mention is that to make life a lot easier we ended up buying most of Courtney's furniture that was already here in the Greenville house so we didn't have to move any large items! They were already here! :) My family ended up staying the rest of the weekend just to visit and help us settle in and we couldn't have done it without them!! Thanks Dad, Mom & John Russell!!
So, for the past few months, we have had a lot of changes and things going on but we are adjusting to life here and enjoying discovering a new city together!! We will see what this next chapter holds for us!
