Waiting is hard!

Well, I'll be learning this blog stuff as I go... First thing to learn- how to save a post so I don't publish blank posts after spending an hour writing them!
To begin- I am Annette, married to Shawn. We're 40-somethings who married in October of 2006. We met each other just over 5 years ago, and are now buying our own home- a first for both of us. We have a total of 3 children between us. 11 year old G, and 27 year old K are Shawn's 2 kids, and I have 23 year old A. While none of the 3 live with us now, we are hoping that changes in the future :)
We are currently living in a limbo-like state. We should have moved by now, but our closing is delayed until March 7th. So, I finished my job on the 28th and we're all packed ( including dishes, pots, pans, most of our clothes and everything else) Shawn did 99% of the packing while I was working. Fortunately, he left one computer connected, and didn't turn in the cable tv boxes when he planned to, or we'd have no connections to the outside world!
Our move is taking us from a small-ish town south of Boston, to a very tiny town in Northern/Eastern Maine, about 375 miles from where we currently live. We've decided to leave the racing to the rats, and head north and live a simpler, more fulfilling life. Our long term plan is to be as self-sufficient as possible, growing and raising as much of our own food as we can, and lead a less complicated life. We actually sound a bit "crunchy" when we talk about it, but that works for me :)
So, that's a bit about us for now. More to come soon-- I'm hoping this will save correctly so I don't need to re-write it yet again :)