Introductions {Housewarming!}

Hi there,

I really like the idea of joining this new neighborhood. I am lucky to already live on a great cul-de-sac where we are all friends. 

We have been in our house for almost fifteen years and am I constantly changing a little thing here and there. Unless it’s winter, spring or summer break from school…then my husband and I (we are both teachers) usually have bigger projects underway. 

This is the view as you walk in the door to our house. We just had new floors installed last summer. The green couch was in my grandma’s house in Chicago, but now lives with us in Southern California. The other couch belonged to my mom’s best friend’s mom who was like another grandma to me. I love to have this furniture with such sentimental value.

Our dining room has hosted many, many holidays, dinners and other parties each year. The next one will be this weekend.

Look forward to meeting everyone…

Last year my Mum gave me some money, I decided to buy a bureau and found a neat, flat-pack jobby in a high street store. On the way to make my purchase I passed a charity shop and in the window was this beauty, of course any flat-pack plans fell by the wayside and both bureau and mis-matched chair came home with me.

I love it. It is the most beautiful thing in my house and has made me look at my home with new eyes. I have come to realise that the simple, modern furniture which fills our home, while practical, does not do anything for my spirit. 

I want to live in a space that refreshes me, that brings me peace and makes me smile. The bureau has become a catalyst for change in my home and that is the story I hope to tell here. 

I am getting ready to retire in 6 months and after 40 plus years of working I am excited to have more time for fun things and fewer stresses.  Well I’m sure there will still be stress but at least I wont feel like I am constantly short of time.  I‘ve worked it I.T. since the mid 70’s and have been a systems analyst for the last 15 years.  I am over buying and warehouse management for a mid sized grocery chain.  We have 6 warehouses and 99 stores and if there are problems I get called in the middle of the night.  It will be great to not have that stress hanging over me in the near future.  My husband has been retired for 12 years and is looking forward to having me spend more time with him. 

We are getting ready to list our current home so I’m trying to get it ready for listing.  We have a home we will be moving to 450 miles from here so I have that one to get ready.  Lots going on but soon I‘ll have more free time… once I get through this process!  I am looking forward to this ””neighborhood”” as I think I will need help decorating and turning the new house into a home.  So once I figure out how to post a picture I’ll be looking forward to you help and suggestions.  I don’t feel that I am too good as a decorator but I do want the new home to be a cozy loving place to be.

When your house sells after being on the market for 2 days it can be both a blessing and a curse.  We left out tiny home 10 days ago and are currently renting while our potential new home is being built.  I’m an old house lover at heart so I’m secretly hoping that a perfect for us older home becomes available before the deal is done. If not, I’m ok with the new construction home and working to put my own spin on things to make it look a little less cookie cutter.  For now, we are learning to love each other in an even tinier duplex while we figure it all out. Can’t wait to see where we end up.     

What about me, hmmm?  Well, here it goes. My husband and I have been married for 33 year and have three wonderful children, two daughters and a son.  You will get to know them later.  Our two daughters, between them, have six grand babies under the age of 5 and both girls are pregnant together again.  You will hear more about them later also.  We live on a small Pacific Northwest farm, only 6.5 acres and another 9 that we pasture our lovely cows on.  We also raise chickens for eggs, have one dog and too many cats. I’ve always had a love for decorating my home.  Right now my main focus has been on our “grandkids” bedroom.  Having a special place for them and knowing they can get all cozy in their little room is important to me.  I’ve been a homeschool mom, VBS Director, Support Group Leader and so much more.  My latest activity is Home Bible Study teacher, (Anyone else love the book of Ruth?) to some wonderful teenage girls and AWANA Club teacher.  Oh, I’m Linda by the way, and I look forward to meeting new friends and becoming part of a new community!  Oh, and thanks for the plate of cookies, they were delicious!