Settling In

We are settling in! My folks were here for the first week to get the necessary stuff out of the way. Still have to put books on bookshelves, hang pictures, and hang curtains. Still some nooks to unpack. And some piles of random things still looking for a place to call home. But the home is functional and comfortable. We bought a new couch to replace the white one I put out to the curb a year ago. We love the community we live in. We are only 1.5 miles from his work. We bike all over. Festivals are every where and every weekend. Live music is everywhere. You can't swing a dead cat without hitting a park with a playground. So far we love it. I might have a different answer in February due to the seasons. Here is a photo of our home. (technical difficulties that I hope to later clear up prevented me from adding that photo at this time) It was at one point a small one story Bungalow. The woman was widowed with one son. She raised him here. He got married and added a second floor making it a duplex. (lots of duplexes here). Then as his family grew he converted it back into a one family home. On the first floor is a kitchen, eating room, living room one bedroom (that is our spare room that we call "the grammy bedroom"), and one full bath. The basement has a finished room at the bottom of the stairs, then the unfinished laundry area with boiler, a semi-finished area we are using for storage, and then "the man cave" finished office. On the top floor is our bedroom with a huge closet, a room for Liam's toy and play area, Liam's room, and an area I have claimed as my office. So plenty of space to stretch out in. The trick will be not to fill it in the 3 years we expect to be here! Okay, gotta run!