I’ve had a secret
I’ve been dying to tell you
No, I’m not pregnant
Bye, Alabama!
We are headed for cornfields,
fried pepsi, the moosh!
Let’s go Hoosiers! Colts!
We will be moving next month
Hope there won’t be snow
Oh this feels good, really, really good to get out. I’ve been DYING to say something, but had to wait until the move was officially announced at Tate’s job. Since October I’ve been teetering on accidentally spilling the news, it’s so exciting I feel like it’s been sitting at the edge of my lips, ready to fall out. This news that I couldn’t share made NaBloPoMo even more challenging since SO MANY of my topic ideas centered around this very important detail. Remember my orgampage? It was so hard not to just say this orgampage is because WE’RE MOVING.
This is so liberating.
Now I can talk about the challenges of having a house for sale AND having two very messy babies and two very messy hound dogs. Now I can tell you just how flippin’ ridiculous it is to even be considering potty training since the whole moving situation is likely to put a huge damper on any progress we’re (unlikely) to make. Now I can ask for advice like, “how the hell am I supposed to do this?!” “How will I keep my kids warm in the winter?” “Will I have any friends in Indiana?” “What if people think it’s weird that I blog?” “Should I leave out the fact that I blog in new social situations?” “Should I just never say the word ‘blog’ just to be safe?” “What is wrong with me?”
Be prepared and put on your thinking caps, Internets. I need A LOT of advice.
****Also, if you are interested, I wanted to let you all know about a haiku contest at LeastLikely2Breed.net. Details can be found at their site, but the basics are if you e-mail them a haiku about one of their products, you can win a cool prize. And for each entry they receive, they’ll donate $.50 to Doctors Without Borders. Deadline is Dec. 22.
To play along for Haiku Friday, follow these steps:
1. Write your own haiku on your blog. You can do one or many, all following a theme or just random. What’s a haiku, you ask? Click here.
2. Sign the Mister Linky below with your name and the link to your haiku post (the specific post URL, not your generic blog URL). We will delete your link if it doesn’t go to a haiku. If you need help with this, contact Christina or myself.
3. Pick up a Haiku Friday button to display on the post or in your sidebar by clicking the button above.
Melissa
December 14, 2007 at 8:34 am
Happy Haiku everyone!
And congrats on the move. It’ll be great, I’m sure. You could always tell the little ones that they had better get trained because they don’t have diapers in IN. But I’m mean that way.
Melissa’s last blog post..Friday Haiku 12/14/07
Heidi Hyde
December 14, 2007 at 8:39 am
Jennifer!! Oh man! That must have been torture for you not to say anything! When I read “cornfields” my heart leapt a little bit that you were coming to Iowa…only to be shattered. *hic*
Well, anyway, I am excited to hear all about the preparation and the move and the new job and everything.
-Heidi Hyde
Heidi Hyde’s last blog post..Memo:
WorksForMom
December 14, 2007 at 8:57 am
WOO HOO. That’s awesome news – simply because you are now that much closer to your parents. I’m hoping it ’s drivable by day now?
SA-WEEEET.
WorksForMom’s last blog post..Haiku – A Krank Christmas?
Wright
December 14, 2007 at 9:01 am
It’s so delicious when you can finally reveal a secret! Hope you have a smooth move.
Wright’s last blog post..Haiku to the Bumps
cate
December 14, 2007 at 9:11 am
wow…i can’t believe you kept the secret that long…that must have been so hard!
congrats! i’m happy for you! i also know how hard it is to have a house for sale while there are two little monsters tearing it apart at all times. oh. my. God! do i know! if you need encouraging words, you know where to find me!
as for keeping your kids warm…i know all about that, seeing as i live in Ottawa, Canada! it’s frickin’ frackin’ cold here!
cate’s last blog post..Haiku Friday: Blogger…why oh why?
Alison
December 14, 2007 at 9:13 am
What a GREAT secret! You must be Very excited!!!
Alison’s last blog post..Snow Day
andi
December 14, 2007 at 9:28 am
I can’t believe you kept it a secret for so long. I would have spilled it on the first day – but told the internets not to say anything (ha!) And about telling people you blog, unless I know people read blogs or have one themselves, I rarely mention mine. Sometimes I have said something and people look at me like I have two heads. They just don’t get it.
andi’s last blog post..Out of the mouth of my babe
moosh in indy.
Twitter: mooshinindy
December 14, 2007 at 9:32 am
SQUEEE!!!
Who cares if you have friends? WE’LL HAVE EACH OTHER!
SQUEEE!!!
I’ll see you when I get back…
did I mention,
SQUEEE!!!
(Oh, and Hoosiers are simple people, blog is lost on most of them, just so you know.)
moosh in indy.’s last blog post..36 months in 38 pictures.
Henny Penny
December 14, 2007 at 9:33 am
As a former D-towner AND a Hoosier I expect you’ll like Indianapolis very much as long as you are okay with driving in bigger cities. I’d live in Indy in a heartbeat except my hubs has major problems with it’s size and pain in the ass factor. If it’s not Indy, then it’s sort of up in the air. You can find every sort of town in Indiana from the most racist and conservative, to pretty liberal with lots of university influence (not just Bloomington).
Mandy
December 14, 2007 at 9:53 am
Ok.
Now I feel even like we have even MORE in common. I’m a lurker. I found you through Moosh in Indy. We live in good ole’ Indy, too. My husband recently got a job in the northern part of the state, so we’re moving, too. Our house has been on the market since early September, and I have two little ones, too. I feel your pain.
If you’re in need of an Indiana friend, and you end up being close to me – hey. I’m just saying. We’ll have to get Casey, too. Oh my gosh! What a fun imaginary day!!!
Good luck with everything! I’ll keep my fingers crossed for a speedy and smooth move for you!
Sadie
December 14, 2007 at 9:57 am
You’re moving HERE?!?!!? OMG, that’s so cool!!
I’m right outside the city in suburbia (Westside, yeah!)…so you’ll have a couple of internet buddies at least!!
What part are you moving to? (You can email me that if you want. I promise not to stalk you, but I have an in with a playgroup on this side of town and can move you to the top of the list if you wish
)
Yay for another Indy-ite!! We’re growing stronger!! Moosh, me, you…yikes…scary
Sadie’s last blog post..Uterus Anniversary…
aradia
December 14, 2007 at 10:00 am
I never tell people I blog- or if something about blogging comes up I say Oh yeah I have one, but I never share it. My husband will let his female office mate READ my mofo blog- but that is another day. Oh, wait I cant blog about it because she will READ it
Sigh- at least I can ramble here and feel safe. I will miss having you as a next state-mate, but Indy sounds fun.
aradia’s last blog post..I’ll Have The Mish-Mash Please
Stephanie
December 14, 2007 at 10:03 am
Thats SOO great! Where in Indiana will you be moving?
Stephanie’s last blog post..Haiku Friday
Teri
December 14, 2007 at 10:10 am
I’m very excited for you! I just read your “100 things” the other day and there was a comment that led me to believe this might be happening.
And Indiana may be cold but it’s no Alberta!!!
Good luck.
Teri’s last blog post..Tis the Season…
AndreAnna
December 14, 2007 at 10:18 am
Wow!! Yay!
I’ve never lived anywhere other than Jersey and always wanted to, but I’m too much a mama’s girl.
Good luck with everything.
AndreAnna’s last blog post..Haiku Friday
Nancy
December 14, 2007 at 10:32 am
Wow, big news! Congrats and good luck!!
Nancy’s last blog post..Sabotage
Andria
December 14, 2007 at 10:40 am
I am so happy for you!
And so jealous.
I want to move.
RWA
December 14, 2007 at 10:43 am
I’m sorry that you hated it here so much.
I hope Indiana will be all you want it to be.
RWA’s last blog post..An open letter to Bobby Petrino
Secret Agent Mama
December 14, 2007 at 10:59 am
Wow! Big move! Good luck. Everything’s gonna work out just fine.
Secret Agent Mama’s last blog post..Haiku Friday
Sandy
December 14, 2007 at 11:09 am
Ooooh! Congrats and good luck moving with 2 little ones underfoot!
Sandy’s last blog post..Bless the whoever thought of Flintstones Vitamines
Alli ~Mrs. Fussypants
December 14, 2007 at 11:13 am
I’m so happy for you guys! Indiana is great for families. All Norman Rockwell and all!
Who doesn’t love the Colts?
I feel so sorry for the Lower Alabama gals…Sara & Heather must be bummin’!
Alli ~Mrs. Fussypants’s last blog post..Photo Caption Voting Has Arrived
Smiling Mom
December 14, 2007 at 11:30 am
Oh!! This is so exciting. Wow. Good for you and your family. Congratulations.
Smiling Mom’s last blog post..The Great Zucchini Standoff.
melissa
Twitter: rockdrool
December 14, 2007 at 12:12 pm
congratulations! and…awesome haiku telling the news!
Shelly
Twitter: shelly_overlook
December 14, 2007 at 12:34 pm
I love me some Peyton Manning, so we can definitely still be friends!!
Shelly’s last blog post..To Pee or Not to Pee
phyllis
December 14, 2007 at 12:45 pm
congrats on the move. hang in there, you can do it!
phyllis’s last blog post..I am Joseph!
Jess
December 14, 2007 at 12:46 pm
OMG where in Indiana? I live in Notre Dame land. It is not too bad as long as you like cornfields, crazy weather, and an obscene obsession with basketball.
VDog
Twitter: VDog
December 14, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Yippee! Woohoo!! Congrats! To you!!
I am so very happy for you.
Great ‘ku.
Good luck with all the planning and packing and pottying.
VDog’s last blog post..Commenting Linky Love Back Up? Woot!
Anglophile Football Fanatic
December 14, 2007 at 1:05 pm
Oh, Jen. That is wonderful. How did you hold it in!! You know I’m crazy jealous, right?? I know being much closer to the family will be wonderful for you guys. Now, you’re gonna need to drop the Rocky Top and cheer Irish…what with you and Tate actually being Irish…and living in Domerland!!
Anglophile Football Fanatic’s last blog post..Haiku Friday #14: Using your Noggin Knowledge
The Kept Woman
December 14, 2007 at 1:10 pm
Wow. This feels like deja vu all over again. Exactly three years ago I was there…sort of except change out “Alabama” for “Texas” and “Indiana” for “Wisconsin” (which would then totally throw off your haiku)…anywho…congrats on the pending move.
One piece of advice as you trek to the frozen north…forgo fashion and get UGGs if you don’t already have them. Your feet will thank you.
mayberry
December 14, 2007 at 1:24 pm
Whatever will you
Do with all those cute jon-jons
You got for Carson?
mayberry’s last blog post..Hoot w00t!
jackie
December 14, 2007 at 1:43 pm
Yay! Congratulations! I’m so happy for you
jackie’s last blog post..Christmas Photo Session 2007
Nell
December 14, 2007 at 1:48 pm
Congratulations! That’s so huge, and freaky, and awesome. It’ll be great.
Nell’s last blog post..and now for something almost completely different…
ImpostorMom
December 14, 2007 at 1:48 pm
Yay! For a second I thought you were going to say your were pregnant. I know you’ll be happy to leave Alabama.
ImpostorMom’s last blog post..Haiku Friday
Devan
December 14, 2007 at 1:59 pm
oh man! It must have been torture to keep that secret!
Devan’s last blog post..I’m too busy to be blogging
Burgh Baby's Mom
December 14, 2007 at 2:00 pm
Congratulations on the big move! Be sure to say “Hi” to all my in-laws. They’re freakin’ everywhere, so I’m sure you’ll encounter one of them.
Burgh Baby’s Mom’s last blog post..Random is All I Can Muster
Alex Elliot
December 14, 2007 at 2:05 pm
Congratulations on the move! I grew up in Chicago, but I have relatives who live in IN.
Alex Elliot’s last blog post..The Best Kids Gift Ever
Queen of Shake Shake
December 14, 2007 at 2:21 pm
hmpf
That’s all I gots to say.
hmpf
And Casey…I’m flicking you the bird. In a nice, southern way.
Queen of Shake Shake’s last blog post..The Quest for Imagination
Miss
December 14, 2007 at 2:25 pm
Wow good job keeping that secret! If only you were moving to Sunny CA. We could use your type here!
Miss’s last blog post..Christmas is not a date, its a state of mind
Kathryn
December 14, 2007 at 2:50 pm
Congrats on your move! How exciting! I don’t know how you kept it secret for so long. I would have spilled my guts a long time ago.
I can’t imagine trying to keep a house semi-clean for possible buyers with two small children. Holy crap! And potty training too? You deserve mommy of the year for that!
Good luck with all!
Kathryn’s last blog post..Bells Are Ringing
Mama DB
December 14, 2007 at 2:56 pm
Where on earth are you going to get all of your blog fodder now?
Yay! Congratulations. I don’t envy the actual moving part but am very excited about the new location for you!
Mama DB’s last blog post..Sibling Haiku
Christine
December 14, 2007 at 3:04 pm
Yippee! Congratulations!!! I’m very excited for you! As someone who just went through a move, I can commiserate about the PITA bit, but also share your excitement. Change is fun!!!
(I totally thought you were going to say you were pregnant).
Christine’s last blog post..Eeerrm, uh…ABC Wednesday brought to you by the *correct* next letter in the alphabet, plus a make-up
Veronica
Twitter: SleeplessNights
December 14, 2007 at 3:32 pm
You’re moving? Thats fantastic! You know, as long as you have continued internet access
Veronica’s last blog post..The Forum
Mama DB
December 14, 2007 at 4:10 pm
Girl, please tell me you won’t be using the same movers this time around.
Mama DB’s last blog post..Sibling Haiku
Beckie
December 14, 2007 at 4:23 pm
Congrats! I’ll have to come visit you when I come up to see my mom and dad… In that town, you still get the choice of Bears or Colts, but I think it’s mostly Colt-ville now.
As for keeping warm… You just think it takes a long time to get out the door now – I remember how long it used to take my mom to get us geared up in snowsuits. Yuck. But you’ll still get some of our “Alabamian hell weather” in August.
Maybe we need a going away party?
Lisa
December 14, 2007 at 5:06 pm
Congratulations!! I have to admit though, I am a little jealous that you are leaving Sweet Home Alabama or LA as so many like to call it! What is that anyway??? Good Luck!
Lisa’s last blog post..Wordless Wednesday- Santa’s Little Helper
feener
Twitter: mommyvents
December 14, 2007 at 5:42 pm
huge news….so glad for you. i hope this also means an upward movement for tate !!!
feener’s last blog post..Positive Friday words
bananas
December 14, 2007 at 8:05 pm
WOW that is HUGE! how exciting! Your friends must be so BUMMED!!!
bananas’s last blog post..A visit to Santa, with a side of fearful terror
bananas
December 14, 2007 at 8:05 pm
And one more thing… that Comment Luv thing you’ve got going on is seriously cool!
bananas’s last blog post..A visit to Santa, with a side of fearful terror
Christina
December 14, 2007 at 8:23 pm
Ooooh, so excited for you – that’s awesome!
Christina’s last blog post..Grrrr!
Swistle
December 14, 2007 at 8:41 pm
That is awesome. AWESOME. (And yes I immediately thought you were pregnant.)
Swistle’s last blog post..Gifts For Nice People, Too; Saving Electricity; Behind the Vent; Hired Plow