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Moving!

Uncategorized November 13, 2015
Happy / Sad.
We are moving!
Happy: we found a beautiful older home just out of town that is spacious, with a big yard, lots of gardens, and in a great community. We are excited for a new beginning!
Sad: leaving our first house feels bittersweet. Every day I curse that it is too small, the kitchen is hard to work in, I hate my old yellow bath tub… but we have put so much of ourselves into this house, I feel a little sad leaving it! Like the lilac bush my mom got me for my first mother’s day, and the hand-me-down peony bushes…
We move the first week of December, which is approaching way too fast. I’m excited to get into our new house, but have way too much on my plate right now.
The new house was built in the 1930’s and has many of the original features. On the downside, it’s a old house that needs some repair and updating, which is always scary to take on. I’ve been busy the last little while getting quotes and information on some of the repairs that need doing. I feel out of my element, but it’ll all get done…
I’m very excited to get settled in. I’ll have an even bigger studio space. Dan will have a room to set up his easel and paint.  The backyard is filled with gardens and will have lots of room for Isabel and Oliver to run around in.  It’s got a beautiful sun room where I picture having morning coffees in the summer. It’s in a lovely little community, just outside of town, similar to where I grew up. I certainly have many wonderful memories of small “village” life growing up, and I hope Isabel will make lots of great memories here too.

Welcome home Lydia!

Uncategorized July 11, 2012
Lydia has been with us for four days now and is adjusting pretty well.  She is the smallest cat I have ever had, and I think she must have been the runt of the litter.  
A week ago, we were notified that Lydia had a heart murmer, and the vet was concerned about putting her under for her spay.  She pulled through, and is happy in her new home.  Aside from the heart murmer, she has 1 cloudy eye, but in my opinion, it just gives her character.  It causes no pain, and she seems to see fine. They did warn me that sometimes cats with heart murmers will grow out of it, sometimes it can impact their longevity.  What ever happens, I am just happy she has a home.
She is not quite sure what to make of the dog.  She looks at him with great disdain, and he just wants her to chase him.  Overall, they are getting along quite well, and will even share the couch with one another.
Happy Family!

I had forgotten how low maintenance cats are.  She spends most of her day in the window, bird watching, in between naps in the closet and trips downstairs for food and water.  She’s pretty sweet and snuggley.  Oliver gets a little jealous when I pick her up, put other than that, he doesn’t pay her much attention.

More sad news and wedding progress…

Uncategorized January 30, 2011

I received, what I hope is, the last of the bad news I will hear in a while. Yesterday morning we lost my Grandmother. It shouldn’t have come as a shock, as she has been slipping away for a while now, but I certainly wasn’t expecting that phone call. We already miss her smile and her warmth. She really was one of those people who made this world a little nicer to be a part of. We will get to say our final “Goodbye’s” on Friday, but she will live on forever in the books she published, such as Outhouses and Apple Pies, in her detailed ink drawings, and in the lives of the many people she touched.

Yesterday, despite the bad news in the morning, my cousin and best friend and my mom and I went out to do some wedding shopping, and purchased my wedding dress and the bridesmaids dresses. Somehow it felt right to embark on this venture (for real), to start something new with the passing of my grandmother. I know she would have wanted it and I am so sad I won’t be able to share one of the most important days of my life with her.
Today, Dan and I purchased our invitations, and started (and completed!) one of the many crafty projects I have planned for the wedding:


Our table numbers! We will still need to get a large frame to do the names and numbers on it, but these will sit on each of the tables. I think they are so pretty and they were so fun to do; my fingers are black with ink from our stamp pad.

This whole week has been extremely exhausting. Between the thought of losing my father, actually losing my grandmother, temporarily losing my sewing machine, and maybe getting laid off from my job, I’m not sure how much more bad I can take! I am glad we were able to take time to focus on the wedding to even out all the bad with the good. I even found a photographer who totally gets the look we are going for and is very, very reasonably priced.I am going to work tomorrow, then will need to take the rest of the week off, as I am helping my aunt prepare some things for the funeral… I also just need time to catch up on sewing – I have one more order to fill plus my giveaway, then I will be caught up and hopefully in store for a week of good after this week of bad.