Moving Forward

Where to start?

It's been so long since my last post,

so much has happend since then.

If you remember we put our home on the market

last year March, it stayed on for

six and a half months with tons of showings,

a few interests, even one that was serious but

couldn't get a loan.

After much frustration we removed our home from the market in October.

Then after a two month break we put the house

on the market end of December,

we thought we'd try to sell it ourselves

this time.

Well, two weeks after putting it back on

it

SOLD!

We couldn't believe it. The buyer loved the house,

drives by our home everyday and

NEVER

saw it for sale until one day he said the sign

jumped out at him and he called

the number.

Well that same day they came over, walked

through and asked us when we

wanted to close.

So, we closed Febuary 27th.

Our home went from this crazy caos and overwhelming

craziness for several weeks then on Monday

it looked like this

It was very hard for me.

I cried for two weeks.

Yes, this is what we wanted to do, it was our choice,

but it was still very hard.

This was our first house, we put a lot blood, sweat and tears

into this home.

Renovated this home, each and every room, we had

a lot of memories here.

But now, we'll make new memories.

We're in Maryland now, renting a small apartment

with our belongings in a storage unit.

We hope to buy a home here now.

But I would like a break for a while, the last six weeks

have been insane

so it'll be nice to just take it easy before starting to

fix up another home.

We made it, we survived the first phase of new

beginnings.

Hello Out There.....

Doesn't that fire look inviting, wanting to curl up with a cup of hot tea, coffee or hot chocolate, with a good read or maybe crocheting a scarf or sweater?

Who has time for that?!

There has been so much going on around here that I don't even know where I would start nor would I want to get into it right now, there have been some good things going on, some very stressful and overwhelming things going on right now, we lost a dear friend very suddenly over the weekend and have a funeral to go to this Friday evening.

As for some other things going on in our life, well it'll have to wait.

It's one of those things, if I tell you and things fall through then I'll have to come back on here and print a retraction and so why go through that humiliation, right?

OK, so for right now, you'll have to wait and see.

In the meantime, we sold our living room set and are now sitting on our wicker furniture and an Ikea chair, which has been OK, but it's not a soft, squishy couch.

Our new Sofa is on order, right now in the warehouse being put together.

I am SO VERY EXCITED! Can't wait to show you when it arrives.

Hope you are all well and happy and are staying warm.

Things I "Love"

This time of year when I find myself cooking and baking more I realize how much I enjoy kitchen "toys".

My DH bought me an Emeril Stainless Steel pots and pan set which I've waited for many years

(sorry for the picture quality)

Then for one of our anniversary's he bought me this wonderful thing that I've always wanted

(Exact color too)

I use it all the time. I have friends and family that own one and they told me they hardly use it because it's too heavy to move around or it doesn't scrap up at the bottom of the bowl, but I got it anyways and I LOVE it.

I have the perfect place on the counter for it so I don't have to move it around to use it.

Today I plan to make Gluten Free Cherry Walnut Oatmeal cookies and I'm using this baby for it.

DH also bought me a Knife set that we purchased at Kohl's, it's the Food Network brand of stainless steel knives, I couldn't find a picture of it, but oh my, I didn't realize how dull my other knives were until I pulled these babies out.

On the first try I sliced a nail off!

Don't worry, no bleeding involved, thank goodness.

They slice like butter, it's amazing!

And last but NOT least my parents bought me this wonderful time saver

I use this Cuisinart all the time, I'd cry if it ever broke down.

So yes, I get excited about kitchen gadgets like I do about shoes and clothes, so I have to stay out of those stores.

What are your favorite Kitchen gadgets?

(I know I said in a previous post I won't be posting as much because of time, well, looks like I have some to spare)

Getting More Done:

We recently got rid of our DirecTV and signed on for Netflix instead, that was a tough decision to make since I enjoy the Cooking Shows and HGTV plus the TCM channels as well but we wanted to make some changes and find time somewhere in our crazy schedules to be able to do more. Plus the price of TV these days is absurd and we thought it best to put that money towards gas since we are on the road quite a bit.

Now that we've been without TV I find that I don't miss it. On Netflix I get to choose the movies and shows that I WANT to watch and I'm watching movies I've never even heard of.

I also am getting more reading done, I finally purchased the

Little House Books

I found it at a local antiques store, I am missing two books which I will have to find.

As a little girl I watched Little House on the Prairie and loved it so much, I often wished I lived during those times, life was hard for them but they enjoyed work, family, worship and used their time wisely.

Today so many of us waste time in front of the TV, computer or playing video games all day long. They used their hands then, made their own things, learned so many trades, I'm not complaining, we have amazing technology now and can get more accomplished in a more timely manner, but we also waste a lot of time too and we don't even realize it.

Anyway, I at times say I was born in the wrong era and yet I'm amazed how far man has come since then.

But, my point was, I am enjoying more reading and doing more projects around the house here and learning another language with my DH. We're having a good time, busy but a satisfying busy. 

I didn't realize how much time I was wasting until now.

So Much To Say, So Little Time

As you can see, I've posted so very little these past few months.

Our lives here have suddenly taken on a very busy

course, like so many of you,

so busy that I don't have time to sit and play on the computer

and read some of my favorite blogs.

I also don't have time to write on my own blog.

Is this good-bye?

Not right now, every now and then I will post, but if it is far and

few in between, then it may one day be.

So you won't see many new posts, maybe once a month, maybe

more, we shall see!