Adventure Girls and Ferd

With this move we find ourselves in the fortunate position where I do not have to work. And honestly, it is freaking me out a bit. Before B. (and S. and E.) I was convinced that I would always be a career woman who chose to have children.  My mom instilled in me the need to have a career. So much so I ended up with two - Urban Planner and Nurse! I believe her wise words were something like, "If you ever get divorced you want to be able to take care of yourself." Luckily, I am not divorced and ended up with two satisfying careers.  After working so hard for my Masters in Urban and Regional Planning and then going back to nursing school and somehow surviving and thriving in an accelerated BSN program, the thought of not working or not having a career goal is a bit terrifying.  What would I do all day? Chauffeur B. around Stuttgart? I do want a Volvo. Clean the house? HAH! That would never happen and if I start debating the best mixture for lime removal someone pleas

Still so much to do. This is one of the many to-do lists I have going. Unfortunately the rest are in my head! Not a good place for them with all the '80s music lyrics, # of square feet in an acre, the name of the baby in Willow, and other random information.  In hopes of enticing offers once listed, we did opt to get a home inspection. It went really well and there were just a few things, some of which actually made it on this list, that needed attention. Our painter suggested that we don't get a home inspection because the potential buyers will want one of their own. We opted to get one anyway just to.make sure there were no huge surprises. Would you get a home inspection of your own or did we just waste money? Speaking of the painters, I have another thing to add to the list: -Attempt to touch up a portion of my beautiful, freshly painted walls where B. thought it would be fun to do some painting of her own. Seriously. 

I wrote a long post about difficulty choosing between the urban lifestyle with an apartment in the city or a single-family home out in the suburbs. Then I remembered that I have a dog that loves to bark and a child that loves to scream.  Stuttgart suburbs here we come. I do hope we can be close to some type of public transportation.  Stuttgart has the U-bahn (underground) and Stadtbahn Stuttgart (light rail), which gives us lots of options. There is also a bus system. I need to spend some time figuring out how it all connects but I am up to the challenge! Here is a map of the U-bahn. B.'s potential school will be in Sindelfingen so we hope to focus our housing search there.