The Stockings Were Hung

 

My lovely new mantel

 

When we bought the house, we were mantel-less

 

But thanks to my husband's mad carpentry skills

 

And the removal of the gas logs

We now have a wood burning fireplace

 

With a mantel that looked like this in October

 

But is now dressed up for Christmas

Change of address

 

We've moved!

Technically, a little over a month ago, but we're still getting settled in.

 

These were the listing pictures

 

We're starting to work on little projects and will be updating along the way

 

So for the grand tour....... the living room

 

Dining room

 

Kitchen

 

Family/dining room

 

Downstairs bath

 

Master bedroom

 

What is now Tess's room

 

And Teagan's room

 

Up the stairs

 

There is another bathroom

 

Tatum's room

 

and Travis's room.

 

Down to the basement

 

is where you will find the laundry

 

and a rec room

 

which is currently storage and

 

Tanner's room.

Changes are in store, stay tuned.

Come on in

Okay, since you've asked for it, and I've been a slacker blogger.

I'm pretty sure I took this picture straight on but it sure looks like the porch is crooked. Not much to see out here. We never use this door as we always come in the garage.

But, if you were to come in this door, this is what you would see.

You could walk straight down the hall into the dining room

Or head up the stairs, but that is where the children live, so you don't want to go there.

It is generally a big ugly mess.

If you turned to your right at the front door, you would head into..

the Mama and the Papa's room

which leads into this bathroom with the huge tub that looks really inviting

but is usually a preschooler swimming pool or a glorified dog bath.

The doorway to the left in the entry hall leads into the living room

which is where I'm sometimes reminded how cute my kids are

unless of course, they are behind me, fighting over the remote.

Walking through the doorway there on the right will lead you into 

the kitchen 

which required some strategic posing to avoid the mess on the counter.

Ignore the fingerprints on the fridge. 

And off the kitchen is the mudroom/office/entry/segway to the laundry room.

And that's all you get for now.

There's a horse in my front yard.

Long lost update

Yep, it's official. I totally suck at blogging. It's not like I can say I've been really busy because although I have been recently, I haven't been since MAY.

Anyway, here's the long and short of it. Shortly. Alot of stuff happened in the Spring. I might post about it. I might not. I interviewed for several different midwifery positions but finally accepted one at a birth center in Tennessee. So here I am. In Tennessee. Alone.

Our house in Ohio is for sale and while Bobby waits to find a position down here, he and the kids are staying in Ohio. Which kind of sucks. Especially since I am essentially on call all the time and can't just run up the road to say hi or kiss my babies good night. I'm hoping that something gives soon. Either he finds a job or the house sells. Not that finding housing down here has been easy.

On a good note, I do love my new job.

It's beginning to look alot like.....

On Monday afternoon, before we headed out to this place

we took advantage of what will probably be the last semi warm day to throw some lights up on the house.

This one wasn't helpful, at all. In fact, she made it just a bit more tedious.

This one didn't want his picture taken so this is all I got, before I had to chase that one down there

back into the house because she took off her coat and hat and gloves.

What's up with the grin?

I mean really, is she related to Popeye?

Anyway, this is the end result. Not the greatest pics but I took them from the car.

Remember, we were on our way out to see much fancier lights.

This pic is probably a better depiction of the true colors. We went with LED lights for the first time.

I'm not sure how I'm liking them.

I mean, yeah, they use less energy, they shouldn't have to be replaced before I die, and you can string a gazillion together without blowing them up, but the blue is just really, well, BLUE!

I suppose next year when I don't have to pull out and replace several dozen burnt out bulbs I'll be glad I splurged. And even with an after turkey day sale, they were still a splurge.