changes

I am a person who loves change. I like to try new things, visit new places, and all round expand my horizons with new experiences. The time as come for me and Chef to make some pretty major changes in our lives. (no we are not having a baby!!!) We are preparing to move to OHIO! Yep, move to OHIO! I never in a million years thought I would move back to the Midwest. However with our experiences with Chef's mom over the last few weeks we have decided that this is what is best for her. Is it what is best for us? We don't know yet. We hope that it will be good for us. I have been feeling down with my job and Chef has hated his for a while now. Don't get me wrong we are VERY happy to have the jobs that we do but it is just time for a change.
We have put a lot of thought into this move. There is a lot to hopefully gain but there could be a lot lost in the process. We feel right now that the goods out weigh with bad. Even if things don't go as expected we can always leave and find our lives elsewhere again.
Thus over the last week I have begun packing up unneeded items. I have also began doing touch up painting and giving the walls a more neutral color. We have decided to try For Sale By Owner and see if we can steal a bit of traffic from our neighbors. We are also going to price our house below those that are similar to ours in the neighborhood. If we don't have to pay Realtor fees we can sell for less. We also aren't looking to make much money on the sale. We hope to walk away with some money. If we can do this we will have money to put down on our new home and hopefully get a better interest rate. We currently have no set timeline for which we would like to move by. I think as time goes once the house gets the for sale sign we may develop a timeline but for now we are willing to do the work and wait.
Wish us luck!