Oh, hi there!
This may have been the single longest blogging hiatus in my humble blogging history.
Sorry 'bout that!
July... we had an extra baby friend visiting while my friends were in Lithuania bringing home their newest baby boy! He was with us for 18 days and was absolutely the most adorable distraction to everything else I probably should have been doing!
Also in July we found a house to buy! As soon as my sweet baby friend's mommy and daddy came home we started packing and we moved August 2nd!
The first two weeks of August were unpacking here and cleaning/painting/repairing at the other house to get it on the market, which happened mid-month, and then in testimony to the amount of hours spent cleaning/painting/repairing at the old house... we were under contract in 11 days! Woohoooo!
Also noteworthy...
We (hello, my name is "We") started homeschooling.
(I'll give you a moment to address the irony of this while reminiscing over this post from last fall)
HOWEVER, I still totally stand by what I said in the original post. And I saw some of that from the homeschooling mom pages I'm on when school started back. "All of these moms celebrating that their kids are going back to school today... it's so sad how happy they are to just send them away!" HARSH! And GEEEEZ... I was a twinge jealous of those cute Pinterest-y chalk board first-day-of-school photos! AND, this year I would have just two kiddos at home during the day. Those grocery carts that look like race cars seat two kids. See how easy that would be?? Yeah. I GET IT! But, right now, this is the season we are in.
And, truth be told, it's slightly fun.
I may even be enjoying portions of this season.
But don't tell anyone.
...more on home school later.
So...our new house!
We bought 15 acres with a great house that was a foreclosure property... and with that got apple trees, blackberry bushes, walnut trees, a run-off pond, 14 Muscovy ducks and assorted critters that live in the woods! We also got mystery wiring, a few leaks, some drainage issues and vintage appliances!
But it's awesome and we love it.
We've already put up a tire swing and the trampoline, picked 150lbs of apples, gone shooting shotguns in the woods.
So... that's where I've been!
More updates and topical stuff soon!
-Chrissy
This may have been the single longest blogging hiatus in my humble blogging history.
Sorry 'bout that!
July... we had an extra baby friend visiting while my friends were in Lithuania bringing home their newest baby boy! He was with us for 18 days and was absolutely the most adorable distraction to everything else I probably should have been doing!
Also in July we found a house to buy! As soon as my sweet baby friend's mommy and daddy came home we started packing and we moved August 2nd!
The first two weeks of August were unpacking here and cleaning/painting/repairing at the other house to get it on the market, which happened mid-month, and then in testimony to the amount of hours spent cleaning/painting/repairing at the old house... we were under contract in 11 days! Woohoooo!
Also noteworthy...
We (hello, my name is "We") started homeschooling.
(I'll give you a moment to address the irony of this while reminiscing over this post from last fall)
HOWEVER, I still totally stand by what I said in the original post. And I saw some of that from the homeschooling mom pages I'm on when school started back. "All of these moms celebrating that their kids are going back to school today... it's so sad how happy they are to just send them away!" HARSH! And GEEEEZ... I was a twinge jealous of those cute Pinterest-y chalk board first-day-of-school photos! AND, this year I would have just two kiddos at home during the day. Those grocery carts that look like race cars seat two kids. See how easy that would be?? Yeah. I GET IT! But, right now, this is the season we are in.
And, truth be told, it's slightly fun.
I may even be enjoying portions of this season.
But don't tell anyone.
...more on home school later.
So...our new house!
We bought 15 acres with a great house that was a foreclosure property... and with that got apple trees, blackberry bushes, walnut trees, a run-off pond, 14 Muscovy ducks and assorted critters that live in the woods! We also got mystery wiring, a few leaks, some drainage issues and vintage appliances!
But it's awesome and we love it.
We've already put up a tire swing and the trampoline, picked 150lbs of apples, gone shooting shotguns in the woods.
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| So, the baby duckling needed to be separated from the others. |
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| S'mores... yummmm |
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| Giant hydrangeas by the front door |
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| Hiking in the backyard |
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| Muscovy ducks |
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| The kids found this cow bell and tag in the yard |
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| Bringing some crushed moving boxes to the fire pit |
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| Boys + fire |
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| Boys + mud |
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| Boys love turtles |
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| Applesauce! |
So... that's where I've been!
More updates and topical stuff soon!
-Chrissy
The new house sounds fantastic; look forward to hearing more.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Caz. Congratulations and welcome back!
ReplyDelete"Vintage appliances"...I love it :-)
ReplyDeleteWe did MFW ECC last year. You're going to love it! :) Happy homeschooling!
ReplyDeleteLol, I'm a an ex public school basher who now has one in public school - one of those eat your words moments... That yard looks amazing and good luck with homeschooling. It's fun (usually). :)
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