10 Places I've lived....sarting with the most recent
10. Mamaroneck, NY
9. Philadelphia, PA
8. Colorado Springs, CO
7. Misawa, Japan
6. San Angelo, TX
5. Mountain Home, ID
4. Logan, UT
3. Jacob Lake, AZ
2. Rexburg, ID
1. Idaho Falls, ID
That's a lot of moving boxes!!!
30 January 2007
28 January 2007
Fires are so cozy...
When I was little we heated our entire house via the family room fireplace...we would haul wood all fall and then burn it up all winter. I remember many cozy nights curled up on the hearth with my back to the fire and my wet hair drying in the heat. (I had just had my nightly bath) The warm fire heated you all the way to the bones enabling you to fall into a comfortable sleep.
I haven't had a fireplace for over 15 years and when we saw this house with the charming woodburning fireplace waves of nostalgia flooded over me! Fast-forward 6 months to Jan. 2007...the nostalgia is all gone...it disappeared somewhere between hauling forty pounds of wood in every evening and the smoke flooding the family room every so often setting off all three fire alarms upstairs! Regardless of these minor issues the cozy fires we have are still one of the best things about our house right now...in fact I am curled up in front of a roaring one right now!
I haven't had a fireplace for over 15 years and when we saw this house with the charming woodburning fireplace waves of nostalgia flooded over me! Fast-forward 6 months to Jan. 2007...the nostalgia is all gone...it disappeared somewhere between hauling forty pounds of wood in every evening and the smoke flooding the family room every so often setting off all three fire alarms upstairs! Regardless of these minor issues the cozy fires we have are still one of the best things about our house right now...in fact I am curled up in front of a roaring one right now!
22 January 2007
Where's Mom?
Calling all moms...have you ever noticed how hard it is to find a picture of yourself in all the zillions of pictures that we take? I was looking for a photo of myself to post in the profile sections and I only find a handful of me in the last 2 years. Not because they aren't ones I don't want to share, but because that is all there were!! Where am I ? I must pass the camera off to dear old dad more in the future!
19 January 2007
All things considered...
Ok, so all things considered my first post was totally depressing! Reading has made me realize we have some other great things going for us....
1. Erika has a FABULOUS school and loves 3rd grade. (It really is great and is just down the street.)
2. The commute by train in to NYC is not so bad...33 minutes or so. We have been able to see lots of fun things already including the City during the holidays!
3. We love our community! Great church community and we love our neighbors...you would never guess that you could find such a wonderful small-town atmosphere this close to NYC.
4. A House...we'll leave it at that for now.......
5. A family who loves each other...sounds cheezy, but oh so true!!!
1. Erika has a FABULOUS school and loves 3rd grade. (It really is great and is just down the street.)
2. The commute by train in to NYC is not so bad...33 minutes or so. We have been able to see lots of fun things already including the City during the holidays!
3. We love our community! Great church community and we love our neighbors...you would never guess that you could find such a wonderful small-town atmosphere this close to NYC.
4. A House...we'll leave it at that for now.......
5. A family who loves each other...sounds cheezy, but oh so true!!!
The beginning of the.....beginning
So here we are...I am not going to attempt to recap the last few months...honestly I would like to forget them. I started this blog as a sort of diary of our life here in NY--thanks Dad! So many of our friends and family have wondered what we are doing and what our life is like out here so in an attempt to fill in the gaps I have started this "diary" of what it is we do out here.
Here we are six months into a three month renovation and we are just over half-way done. I think there are many who told us that is how it would be, but in our naive and opptomistic way we forged ahead. (You can all begin the"I told you so's") Unfortunately, those who know me know that I am either supremely opptomistic or utterly pesimistic. I have found that this is not the best personality combination for a smooth home renovation. The first few months were such a whirlwind that I can hardly recall everything we did, but the novelty has worn off and we are finally in the grip of real winter weather and my pesimistic side has taken over completely. So instead of feeling optomistic that we finally have counter-tops in our kitchen (no plumbing yet) I feel blue that it has taken so long. It is no use telling me this is how long it always is...logically I know all the panaceas and comforting phrases...but my brain stubbornly refuses to accept them.
Ok, enough wallowing....it really is shaping up. Our bathroom is done (nearly-that is), we have heat, I almost have a kitchen, and it should only be a few weeks more until I can begin to unpack. (No, we have not unpacked our home yet....) I realized it is the beginning of the beginning for us!
Here we are six months into a three month renovation and we are just over half-way done. I think there are many who told us that is how it would be, but in our naive and opptomistic way we forged ahead. (You can all begin the"I told you so's") Unfortunately, those who know me know that I am either supremely opptomistic or utterly pesimistic. I have found that this is not the best personality combination for a smooth home renovation. The first few months were such a whirlwind that I can hardly recall everything we did, but the novelty has worn off and we are finally in the grip of real winter weather and my pesimistic side has taken over completely. So instead of feeling optomistic that we finally have counter-tops in our kitchen (no plumbing yet) I feel blue that it has taken so long. It is no use telling me this is how long it always is...logically I know all the panaceas and comforting phrases...but my brain stubbornly refuses to accept them.
Ok, enough wallowing....it really is shaping up. Our bathroom is done (nearly-that is), we have heat, I almost have a kitchen, and it should only be a few weeks more until I can begin to unpack. (No, we have not unpacked our home yet....) I realized it is the beginning of the beginning for us!
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