Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Whew! And I'm Back!

That was some hiatus, huh? It was not without cause. All good cause, too.

You know about the crazy-busy teaching job from previous posts. True to my word, I resigned at the end of the school year in May. Just in time for us to pack the house and move! The move happened rather quickly. Long story short: We wanted more land with a cool house. Couldn't fulfill that dream with what was on the market so we decided to stop looking and stay put. Only I kept browsing.

KABAM!!

Surfing the Internet while home witha sick kiddo one day last spring, I found it. THE house. Built in 1942, sitting on one acre with park-like setting, tempting us with hardwood floors and dripping with charm ... we had to have her. So on Easter weekend we made aThat was some hiatus, huh? It was not without cause. All good cause, too.

You know about the crazy-busy teaching job from previous posts. True to my word, I resigned at the end of the school year in May. Just in time for us to pack the house and move! The move happened rather quickly. Long story short: We wanted more land with a cool house. Couldn't fulfill that dream with what was on the market so we decided to stop looking and stay put. Only I kept browsing.

KABAM!!

Surfing the Internet while home with a sick kiddo one day last spring I found it. THE house. Built in 1942, sitting on one acre with a park-like setting (hello, woodland deer), tempting us with hardwood floors and dripping with charm ... we had to have her. So on Easter weekend we made an offer. We moved Memorial Day weekend. Our other house sold in a week.

WHAM BAM! Grab that Ideal Reality when you can!

So my blazin' hot summer is me hangin' with my peeps in my new old house, fixin' and sprucin' stuff. And that is coolio. So now I'm back.

Wherever you are, whatever you're doing ... Keep It Real (and cool. Did I mention it's blazin' hot?)

2 comments:

  1. Yeah - so glad you are back, I have missed your writing. I would love to see some pictures of the house!! Welcome back.

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  2. Thanks for reading my posts. I'm hoping to do more. Yes, I do need to post some more house pics. We have done quite a bit since we moved. Hope you are well!

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