Landed at Last!

This is it. The key to our castle. We have a lawn to mow, a roof to replace and a mortgage to pay; but we also have a wonderful place to truly call "home".

We packed up all our belongings for the sixth time this summer, then drove about 10 minutes to what we hope will be their final resting place. It took only 3 trips in our van, then Jon and Madelyn took a final trip on Saturday after emptying the final odds and ends and cleaning our apartment. While they erased our month's existence at campus housing I did a little putting away at home.

This is the beginnings of my laundry/dressing area in our basement. It's working pretty well so far, but Jon is still not sold on the idea of having his jeans underground. I don't have adequate shelving for his jeans yet, anyway. We'll see what we can work out in the next little while. Our U-packs are being delivered on Tuesday afternoon, so until my grandma's loveseat and dining room table arrive, we are completely barren of furniture on the main floor. It will be awhile before we can afford to do much changing or furniture arranging, so in the meantime we can dream up exactly what we would like to do. Believe me, there is plenty.

My Aquabats loving kids are thrilled with our home, and have spent lots of time playing at the ice cream bar and sliding down the stairs in sleeping bags. Out neighbors have 11- and 7-year old boys that are very nice. The kids enjoyed chatting with them last night. It's great to be home!