unplugged

By on October 21, 2013 in Uncategorized

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Still no internet but perhaps tomorrow??  At least that is what the internet company is telling me.  Being here without a connection to the outside world (save our little outings to find Wifi for Poppa’s work) has cemented the fact that there is so much time I wasted before on the web.  So much time I could have used to do other things.  I promise myself to do better once the reality of internet comes to our house.

Yesterday, the boys came back from getting the mail (all the way up the road) and brought me a treasure.  A hand typed letter from a dear friend, one who I miss so very much.  A 3 page letter to be exact.  So sweet and so fitting for the week of living like its 1993 instead of 2013.  I savored every word, along with the little typos from having been typed on a typewriter that does not correct, like in the old days.  A sweet little envelope of seeds accompanied it.  Only a friend who knows me would do that and better than that is the fact that she remembered me mentioning an Asian green I grew years ago and have not been able to locate again.  Friends… they are worth more than riches.

I got the news today from Alex that she and Lewis will be moving into our house, herein after referred to as “the house” since it will now be our house and their home.  I can’t wait to see it as their home on Thanksgiving when we return to visit.

Matthew is about to walk.  I keep running around looking for him thinking that I may miss it.  He can now walk by holding on to furniture and even walls and is almost ready to let go.  He walks and crawls around everywhere, all day and thinks it so fun to have all his siblings chasing and following him everywhere.  I knew he would save walking for the new house.  In the days of packing everyone told me he would walk before we left but I know my boy, I knew he would do it once we were moved.  After all that walking and falling there is always a nap and with today’s weather, he was lucky enough to take it outside on one of our balconies, in the arms of one of his favorite brothers.

Today was much warmer than the day before which hopefully means I have more time to find winter clothing.  It is super hard clothing your children when you are trying to keep them in natural fibers.  That being said, we need to find lots of woolens, silk underlayers, mittens and such.  If you have any you wish to sell, please please send me an email.  I would really appreciate it!!

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and we are home

By on October 20, 2013 in Home, Uncategorized

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Please excuse my absence.  We moved up here during the wee hours Wednesday.  We camped out on our empty home for one last night on Tuesday after the second moving truck drove away.  That night we said goodnight to Alex and Lewis and set up our sleeping bags in my bedroom, the kids played hide and go seek in very much empty rooms and we all played a variety of card games until we all passed out.

The next morning, we swept the house clean while Lewis began preparing to move in his little family in a few days.  I sat outside under a tree with Alex and baby Lewie as we watched her husband run to and fro cleaning here and cleaning there.  It occurred to me that this was now his home and not ours though it is still our house.  Knowing that our daughter, grandson and son in law will be living, loving and laughing in our house, is comforting.

At noon, we packed the car, put the bunnies and birds in the very back of the van and then came the hard part,  the part I had not wanted to think of throughout this whole moving episode.  I decided that I couldn’t possibly say goodbye to my babies, so we hugged and drove away.  The tears held until Alex and Co. could no longer see us and then there were tears, silent painful tears.  Lots of them.

We had to stop every 2 hours to change the bedding in the carrier holding the bunnies so Poppa wouldn’t complain about the peepee smell and then of course we would all get a bathroom break and a chance to stretch our legs.

I started on a cowl to keep busy for the 14 hours we were in the car.  I was hoping to get it done before we reached home but forgot to plan for driving through mostly darkness so I am still working on it.

We finally drove up our driveway at 4 in the morning.  The kids were all somehow awake and beyond excited.  We had everyone close their eyes until we were in the driveway and then I wished there could have been enough light to capture their faces as they saw the house for the first time.  When we moved to Brooksville, they were all very small and did not have much of a reaction to moving in to a new home, but this, this was priceless.  As they ran in to see this new place that we could be calling our home, they ran about here and there, claiming rooms and shouting so many thank you’s to momma and poppa for our new digs.  (oh goodness, did you miss the post with the new house???  here ya go.)

They haven’t stopped thanking us.

We have so much work ahead of us, everyday presents new challenges.  Apparently we are in a dead zone with no cable, phone or internet until we figure out the best solution to these issues.  I am at this moment using the internet at Panera to post this but hope to have some type of connection to the world soon.

In the meantime we have been playing the woods until we are too cold to talk, playing cards and board games and as soon as I find the popcorn maker, we will be back to movie night (I should probably find the box of DVD’s too).  Mostly everything we own is still in boxes including our shoes which means some of us are wearing flip flops which is what Floridians wear most of the year. We are taking it a bit at a time.  The only things I really need to find right now (besides warm shoes) are the pots and pans and not gonna lie, finding my hair iron would be a total bonus.

I have so much to say…I do and I hope to at least go to the library (Panera is a way expensive habit to get into) every few days to share them with you.  Everyday would be nice huh?  If you have internet right now, take it from me, you are blessed.

I will be sharing the house, room by room with you as soon as we get the internet solved.  Until then, thank you for all the emails, sweet comments, prayers and kind thoughts.  Some of your comments, through Facebook and here have been a balm for my aching heart.  You are all so special to me and your words mean so much!

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