Finally a moment to blog.....

Old kitchen...blue on blue....and not a lot of cupboard space...you know me, I have a lot of "stuff" and have lived the last five years with only two drawers and four cupboards.


The beginning of the new and very beautiful cupboards. I love them. They are dark and mysterious - with tons of room and a PANTRY! Now if the countertops would come......



The beautiful backyard. This is where we spend a lot of our time. The girls love it, level ground, no big rock, actual grass, a deck for Roger and I to kick back and relax with a cold bevvy.....

In the quiet morning, I am going to blog. I have been so busy, but have wanted to update my three faithful readers with the update on the house. We had the most stress - free move ever. Roger and I sat on the van seat on the front lawn of the co-op house and directed our great movers on what to do. Then we drove to the new house, and sat on a lawn chair in the living room and did the same thing - directed traffic. When everything was said and done (which was three hours from the onset of the move) all our boxes were in the correct rooms and we could survey the options of what to do next.

I could not unpack the kitchen, as it was being ripped out and the new one would be under way on Monday.

I could not unpack the girls room as we had to assemble the bunkbeds and wait for the mattresses to arrive on Thursday (it is Tuesday).

I could not unpack the living room as we had no furniture there until Thursday either.

I could not unpack the bedroom as....well...see above.

So what did we do? Unpacked the patio set, put two chairs in the "living area" and set up the tv.

The next weekend was busy tearing out the kitchen, and piling it in the backyard ready for disposal. We sanded down the walls and waited for the painters to arrive on Sunday. They did not show. So Roger and I, neither of us paint, painted the kitchen. The color was supposed to be olive green with a bit of chartreuse - but instead it was yellow. Like a pukky, super bright, ugly yellow. We hated it.

We hired painters.

They came.

Now the cabinets are in, the counter tops are in, the appliances are in, and we are beginning to be settled. We love our house. SO many wonderful things have already happened here. Both girls are very well adjusted, with no mention of the old house or when they get to go home. We are all sleeping well. Plants are flowering here that never flowered in the old place. Roger and I hold hands more. The girls play more. We laugh more.

It is a good thing. I am thankful.