There's No Place Like Your Own Place

We are officially in our new home!

And it is lovely. Very definitely still a work in progress, but lovely just the same. Despite this, Eden keeps informing me how much she loves the "gray house" (our old apartment) and even asked a few days ago if we could move her stuff back there. Every time we drive by the old place (which kind of makes it sound like a farm three generations of our ancestors were raised in instead of a rather smelly apartment that we lived in for 7 months without ever fully unpacking) we must all wave and say hello to the gray house.

I'm wondering when this will end. I predict about the time that Eden realizes our new house comes with a yard.

It snowed on the morning of our move. I had heard something about "flurries," but we woke up to a good 2-3 inches, with another inch or so coming down during the few hours it took us to move our stuff from the apartment to the house in the back of several pickup trucks. Despite this bit of unexpected drama, the process went very smoothly, thanks to the help of many friends. And it only took about a day for our mattress (the item that seemed to suffer the most from a little snow exposure) to dry out.

The home renovations weren't 100% complete at the time of the move, so we've been unpacking in stages as projects are finished. I'm hoping that things will mostly be in place by the end of February. And even though there is still a bit of chaos, I can definitely state that it is so much nicer to be all in one house again. Now, even if Peter is working on the house until 10 pm, he is just downstairs (or upstairs or wherever) instead of across town. It's really quite amazing the difference that makes. And even though there are still boxes in every room it seems that something new gets "put away" every day. In fact, this whole moving in process feels a lot like the very slow change from Winter to Spring that we are simultaneously experiencing. Even though some days seem just as overcast and chilly as the day before, I know that each one brings us inevitably closer to sunshine and warmth. And then there are the dramatically different days where it is obvious that Spring will be here before we know it. It makes me happy and gives me a little more strength to be patient. The worst is behind us!

So, life in our house at the moment: 1) looking forward to being settled in our new home, 2) looking forward to Spring, and 3) so very thankful for both!

P.S. I feel like I owe you all pictures. A lot of pictures. Not just of the house in all its stages (which would be enough), but also of the last few months of our lives. I would like to promise that this will happen, but frankly, it takes 800 bajillion hours to load a bunch of photos into blogger. Also, some patience. It is hard to come up with 800 bajillion hours. It is much harder to come up with the patience. But, for you, I will try. Try. It will probably be best if you keep your expectations low.