Taking another leap

Here I go again, taking another leap. Moving from Md to Pa was a huge step for me....I thought I would never adjust, miss my family and friends, feel alone, get lost everywhere I went, not know the local hot spots, experience things that I never had, be afraid of what my son would encounter, not like the school, be trapped by snow, not understand some of the laws (especially the whole state store and liquor store thing)....and guess what? ALL of these things happened. But, I still love the area. I love the passion that the people that grew up in this area have. Thorndale is basically Coatesville...and I'm not going to lie because we all know, Coatesville gets a bad rap, but if you talk to someone that was born and raised there, you will hear so much passion in their voice that you just HAVE to love it as if you were born and raised here as well. The beauty that is Caln Township has captured me too...hell, we live on a golf course full of gorgeous, landscaped, winding trails, enough said. The baseball league is like none I have ever experienced. I have only experienced two, the one I grew up with, MSA, and where Josh started out, SAC. But, Caln is more than a league, it is a family. Maybe I feel this way because Josh has had so much success? I don't know, but we have made so many baseball friends and that is why we will continue to stay with Caln over the next baseball season. Funny, huh? I can see us living somewhere else, but playing for another league almost feels like we are cheating on our baseball family. And if Josh were to make All-Stars with the new league we would actually play against our former family? No way.
Now this leap I'm talking about...Nottingham, Pa. Ever heard of the Herrs factory? (remember this?? http://minivanmamamadness.blogspot.com/2011/06/herrs-zoo-day.html ...yay!) We will be a couple minutes from there....close enough for the aroma of chips to fill our nose every morning! Or manure.....yeah, we will pretty much be in the country. But, it is beautiful out there as well. A different kind of beautiful....where  houses are not on top of each other, there are no crowded shopping centers, stars will fill the night sky as darkness is taken to a whole other level, we will be an HOUR away from my family!!!, we will have an acre of property that I have already planned to fill with a playground, picnic tables, water tables, a pool, gardens (we'll be living off the land, y'all! *wink*) and a fire pit for my husband. WOW. I just got excited about that! I think I have not been able to get excited because I am constantly stressed over something...right now, it is the packing. We have an unrealistic amount of shit.seriously.it is unreal. But, *deep breath* I CAN DO THIS,I can get rid of things and pack up and be on my way to this bright, new beginning!

Heeelllloooo... remember this....http://minivanmamamadness.blogspot.com/2011/04/i-not-gonna-lie.html ...I will not have to have white walls anymore!! WOOT! There is carpet at the front door, but I plan on changing that immediately. But, there are also multiple entrances, so maybe not!
Oh, here it is...

This is when it was first built. I will have to take an updated picture once we are in. The previous owners have landscaped and it looks a lot different. I cannot wait to get in and snap some pictures! I brought my camera on our walk through, but I was too in the zone at that point to take pictures.
Cute facts: This will be the first single home Anthony has ever lived in.
                  I am going to have to school Josh on the ways of a riding mower!
                  My husband has not been informed of all the projects I have planned.

I'm excited and nervous all at the same time. I will be wonderful, I just know it. I just have to finish packing, then I will be ready for our new journey!