Showing posts with label moving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label moving. Show all posts

Friday, August 27, 2010

That Home

"Where the windows are breathing in the light,
Where the rooms are a collection of our lives,

This is a place where I don't feel alone
This is a place that I call my home... "
--The Cinematic Orchestra
Home.
I never thought I'd be okay leaving our other house
Where we brought home our long-awaited baby
Where we were finally a family
Where she stood, walked, laughed, cried, and blossomed.
I made it out by not lingering.
If I spent too long in that empty house, I felt tightness growing in my chest.
So I made a quick departure.
I'm facing forward towards our future
And watching her run, bound, dance, and grow in this new home.

Sunday, August 22, 2010

All These Things That I've Done

I apologize.
I have been M.I.A. for too long.
I have never done so many things in one week.
We moved most of our belongings and every large item we own the
weekend before last.
From then on we were simultaneously packing at the old house and
unpacking at the new house.
Let's hear it for procrastinators and the week-long move - hooray!
We were trying to finish projects, put up blinds, and find our toiletries...
We were also sorting through all of our crap awesome stuff to prepare for the yard sale we had this past weekend.
Friday was like the perfect storm of moving:
Packing, sorting, and cleaning led to two rapidly converging piles
of "sell" and "keep."
We decided to clear out the old house and set up our yard sale indoors.
We didn't feel like dragging everything outside just to sit in the heat and get bitten by mosquitoes.
Our customers agreed that it was the best decision - "Now THIS is how to have a yard sale!" they would say as they walked in from the heat and afternoon sprinkling of rain.
We met many interesting people and laughed with the neighbors who come to our yard sale every year - and made money to boot!
That brings us to today...phew!
We're going shopping (the whole reason I sell my stuff every year) with our good friends at one of our favorite places, Ikea!
Then we'll finally get a chance to actually sit down, relax,
and watch a movie.
'Cause you know, we still don't have cable. ugh.

So I thank those of you who have stuck with me through my absence.
I appreciate you and would love to have this place be
a more interactive hang out.
Stop by for five and we'll have a laugh!

I'll post some pictures of our progress as soon as I find my camera.

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Hallelujah

Hallelujah
The floor is finally finished
We're moving!

"Baby I have been here before
I know this room, I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah"
--Leonard Cohen