I wanted to do something unique in my kitchen and this idea just popped into my head. I went through my thousands of photos from Roy and my 36 years of marriage and found ones that revolved around the kitchen, eating or the kitchen table. I printed them (over 50) and then … [Read more...]
With this move it was time again to find a home for my books in my new house. Remember we lived here before for almost four years and during that time I kept the bookshelves in the large living room as you can see in the photo on the left from back around 2007. My collection had … [Read more...]
Roy and I just completed the last step that signifies we are officially moved in.... we hung the family portraits. To clarify, there is one thing I was consistent with while the kids were at home... we took a family photo every single year from the time we were married until … [Read more...]
Whenever we move into a new home Roy and I, being spiritual, bless the home. Basically we hold hands while standing in the middle of the living room and say a special prayer for it. Another thing we also do is "smudge" it which is a Native American ritual to get rid of old … [Read more...]
I told a several people three months or so ago that I had a gut feeling we'd be moving soon. I've never had one of those be wrong and I even started saving boxes. Bear in mind we had no plans to move at that time. Then about four weeks ago we get a call from a friend who … [Read more...]