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Can you believe Andrew drove this beast for nearly 1,000 miles?

Can you believe Andrew drove this beast for nearly 1,000 miles?

Moving Near the Mouse: One Year Update of Living in Orlando, Florida

August 3, 2020

Everyone dreams about moving to their happy place whether it be the country, the mountains, or, in our case, near the house of the mouse. Last year we were able to make our dreams a reality and left Maryland to start a new chapter in Orlando. It’s hard to believe it, but we have now been Floridians for one year! We wanted to take a look back at this last year and chat about:

  • How we pulled off a big cross country move last year

  • What we are loving and missing now being in FL

  • A peek into our home (with several before and after projects!)

  • and finally, how our Disney habits have changed now being locals

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In Life, Home Tags Moving to Orlando, Living in Orlando, Florida Life
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Our New Castle.

Following Our Dreams and Our New Castle

June 21, 2019

Hi friends! Sorry we have been a bit M.I.A., the last several weeks have certainly been a whirlwind. It has been quite the adventure to sell a house in one state, find a new home in another, then pack up everything (including three cats!) to travel almost 1,000 miles. But even with the craziness we have been super excited to move to our new “castle” so close to the Mouse. It has always been a dream to “one day” leave the area and try somewhere new. When the opportunity came to head to Orlando we thought that sounded pretty perfect for us. So while change can be scary and stressful we know this new adventure will strenghten us and bring up all sorts of new opportunities in the future.

In the meantime we have been super busy unpacking a sea of boxes and setting up our new home. (Who knew almost a whole day would disappear jus grocery shopping and heading to Home Depot for things like lawn mowers!) Andrew has started his new job and is enjoying it so far. We have been exploring and learning our new area (and maybe getting lost once in awhile too). There have even been little pockets of time for a little fun to enjoy the new pool and head to Disney Springs. We just wanted to say thanks for being patient and all of the well wishes. We will back to our normal blogging schedule really soon!

Our Ella with unpacking boxes.

Ella you’re cute, but not much help with unpacking boxes!

Perfect Door mat.

Check out the perfect door mat our MD realtor Signe gifted us!

Our neighborhood has an amazing pool just a short walk away.

Our neighborhood has an amazing pool just a short walk away. Seriously pinch us…

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