When we decided to send our kids to a school district other than the one we were living in (Minnesota has a great open enrollment policy), we knew it would play into our lives, but not as quickly as we thought it might.  There were a few reasons for choosing the schools we did....it was close to my work, they offered an immersion program and they are some of the top public schools in the US.  But, as I took a different job five months ago, getting the kids to and from school and back home again proved to be a 3 hour minimum commute.

It was at that point we decided that we would move.  It was in our long term plan, that once the trees got big enough at our other house and after the home values bounced back, we would move.  It was also our plan that we would sell our house first before looking (last time we found our home first then tried to sell the townhouse in a declining and overbuilt market).  Once again, we did things backwards and found a great home, on the perfect street, in the location we wanted before we had ours listed.  Luckily we knew the sellers and they were okay with waiting a bit longer than normal as they didn't have a place picked out to go.  

In the end, it worked out and we sold our other home.  We are slowly moving in and working on making it our place.  I do miss our other home...the first home we bought as a married couple, the one our kids came home to after they were born, and other great memories.  I look forward to making great memories here!