The Heat is On!

BRRRRRRRR!! It sure is cold here in Germany this past week or so! I think it's even been snowing in some places. Here, we just have that ice cold rain. The kind that when you feel a drop hit your skin, the cold sinks right in to your bones. *shiver*

We have some big changes coming up here for us. Earlier this week, we went to base and looked at one of the empty stairwell houses (that's basically an apartment) that housing said they have available if we want it. We've been toying with the idea of moving on base lately because of our car problems, the boys and I not being able to do much during the week, etc. When housing told us they have a lot of apartments available, we started seriously thinking about it. It was a tough decision though, it's hard to give up having a HOUSE with a backyard and located in such an adorable little town. I love driving by those medieval-type walls. The base where they offered to house us is actually one of the bases that's further away from everything but is in a beautiful part of the city (Stuttgart). Actually, it's right next to the hospital where I had Elizabeth. We joked that if we had another baby, I could just walk over to the hospital. Haha! Anyway, Dennis will still have quite a drive to work, on top of that, he'd have to drive through the city. The positive side of that is Dennis has quite a few co-workers that live there as well that he could carpool with if needed, and there is also a base shuttle bus that runs between the bases for backup transportation so our car wont have to go through as much wear and tear as it has been experiencing. The base where we'd live has its own library, px/commissary (all smaller than the main one), arts and crafts center, etc etc. The boys would have children to play with, giant PLUS. BUT we lose our fenced in back yard - which means taking Copper on walks in sun, rain, sleet, and snow. LOL These were all the things we had been weighing.

(psst, I took pictures when we went to go look at the apartment, if you want to see)

We've decided to take it, the apartment is gorgeous and we're getting a ground floor. We've been doing a lot of praying and we're sure this is the right move. We're not going to be moving until after the holidays though, that's good because it gives me time to get through all the busy part of the year and get our stuff downsized a bit and ready to move. We are getting a 3bedroom, unfortunately they didnt have any 4bedrooms available. I think we'll fit just fine, it's just the boys will be losing their playroom so we need to get rid of a lot of their junk. That needs to be done anyway!

Well that's about it, for the Doughy News! School is going great! It's been a very busy week for us, I'm thankful that the weekend's here!