The House.. THE HOME

Our orders have been changed because of everything that has been going on in our lives. We will be staying in the New London area for an additional year. Dave has been given a "temporary support billet" for the year. He will be in the office occasionally. Since we sold our home in Quaker Hill and moved out of it, we needed to find a rental house for the year. We looked at big homes. We saw some furnished and unfurnished options. We looked at new homes. We looked at homes with ok commutes, and some with not so great commutes. What we settled on is .. well... sort of what we left. It is a blue house in Quaker Hill. It is about the distance of 7 homes from the house we sold. Its a bit smaller. A bit older. In better shape than what we moved into last time. And very charming. When we lived in Quaker Hill we loved that the local church (Quaker Hill Baptist Church) played bells at noon, 3, and 6. The church owns this house. It is just off their parking lot. The yard is big with plenty of space. There is a garage below. The kitchen has new counter-tops and flooring. The bathrooms have new sinks and fixtures. The rest of the house has hard wood floors throughout. They don't mind that we will be there for 10 months instead of 12. We decided to try and move in (and try to get settled) prior to the big day of Sept 5th, instead of after, so the lease will start Aug 1. It is cozy, warm, safe, inviting, relaxing, and makes my heart go "pitter-patter"... Its home. The search is over.