Saying “goodbye” to our home of eight years and looking forward to our new life in Missouri. Pennsylvania has been our home for the last 15 years. Sometimes I can’t believe it’s been that long. Sometimes it feels longer. When we first arrived, Miss 17 was 2 years old, Mr. and Miss 15 weren’t crawling…
House Tour: Kitchen
When we first bought our house, everything in it was white ~ from the walls to the appliances to the floor. Just. White. I’m so not a white room kinda girl, so I painted the cabinets a deep chocolate brown and the walls what I hoped was sage but dried more of an almost moldy…
House Tour: Dining Room
Today I’d like to show you the dining room… The wall sconces are from the home and garden section; the furniture is from Ashley Furniture ~ love that store; the little table is from Bed, Bath and Beyond ~ there are monkey candle holders on the table but I forgot to get a clear shot;…
House Tour: The Living Room
Welcome to my home… I’ve always wanted a red door, that was one of the first changes we made to the house when we bought it… We searched for this house for 6½ years before we found the perfect house for our family. When we finally found it, it was everything we didn’t want: a…
House Hunting, What are Our Priorities Again?
A few weeks ago, the hubs and I went to Missouri on what the company calls a “predetermination trip”, which basically means that we went to the area and checked it out before the hubs accepted the position. We were in the Cape Girardeau/Jackson area and absolutely fell in love. Never have I seen a…
Today I Said “Good~Bye”
I remember how nervous I was when I first went to the campus for my interview. I wasn’t sure what to expect ~ would everyone be nice, would it be one of those stuffy interviews where everyone asks questions and no one smiles or would it be relaxed and informal. I went in prepared for…
There’s No Place Like Home
Oh, Dorothy, truer words have never been spoken… We finally made it home at 9:45 last night. To read the beginning of this journey, go here, I’ll wait… Well, no, we made it to Wilkes~Barre, Pennsylvania at 9:45, we didn’t make it to our house until after 10:30. Yes, a journey that started at 6…
Oh the Places We Won’t Go
If you follow me on Facebook, you know that the hubs and I have been having a heck of a time getting back home to Pennsylvania… Right now, as I type this, we are stuck in the inner thigh of airports ~ Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. I know, right? Look at me blogging from the…
Loose Threads and Random Thoughts
I promise I haven’t given up writing for capturing souls with that magic box, it’s just that I’ve been busy taxiing kids, touring Missouri and trying to keep all the other knives that I juggle up in the air. Really, motherhood is not easy. 1. I’ve been in Missouri since Thursday ~ flew in first…
I’ve Received the Versatile Blogger Award
Blushes furiously… Wow, you know, to be recognized once or twice by your peers is a compliment but to be recognized a third time? I stutter. Words fail me. Probably not a good thing for a blog, where I’m supposed to, you know, write. So what I’m blathering on about? Aimee at girl talk has…