downsizing

Ugh, so Willie and I were talking about when we have to move in a few months [well May or June]. This is a huge stress because we moved to CO with no furniture but our bed, and i mean only our mattress. We have to buy both the kids new beds, couches, and a frame for us etc. Right now we are living in my cousins 2500 sq ft house [she doesn't live here right now...she works for the college and lives in a huge apartment there for free and rents out her house so we are living here until she gets married in July] Will keeps bringing up townhouses/condos/apartments. I'm like we cannot take Boston to an apartment...a/a lot of apartments don't allow dogs over 30 lbs and b/she has a doggy door and has since she was barely 2 months old...so i'm just wondering how that will work. Most people I know say that when a dog is potty trained by a doggy door they will not go to the bathroom inside and just let you know when they need to go out. Plus I can't imagine after living in 2 pretty decent size houses moving back to that lifestyle...yuck! But then he brought to my attention how much money we could save and fix our credit a lot quicker if we did that for a year. I am starting to come around just really dreading it. I know in the end it will get me closer to the dream house I want to be in for many years to come. I know a lot of people who aren't purchasing houses anymore these days until they are in their mid 30s. I'm only 22! No rush you know?! Plus why be stuck in something that you don't see yourself loving in the long run...in this economy. I am kind of bummed about the school system here. In AZ they passed the law a few years back about choice of school...no boundary laws and blah blah...so if the school in your neighborhood is shitty you don't have to pay for that but all schools are first come first serve if you choose to drive 20 miles. Which is what I did with Ky. He went to Madison Elementary because it was the BEST in elementary schools and of course that's what I want...education is number 1. So I will have to deal with getting a permit to send him to certain school...which I hope won't be a problem but the school I want him to go to does have a huge population and is rated the best. That's one reason I want him to attend there but the other is becasue I think it would be neat if he went to the elementary school my mom went to. It's really old but really neat...there's windows at the school in all the classrooms [you don't see this in AZ!] Well this is all I have for ya today...