When we first started the building process for our house it was last November. The Husband cleared the acre of land of most of the trees and there we stood in the clearing. A place that we dreamt about to be our home. Quite honestly, at that point it felt like more of a far-fetched [...]
Tag: building a home
The Good and the Bad on Building a New Home
It is always interesting the comments I receive from people when they hear the Husband and I are building a new home. You can usually sort out the people who comment into two groups: those who have built and those who haven't. The ones who have built look at you and ask what phase you [...]
Simplifying our Life
We don't have a close date on our new house yet but we know it should be sometime in June. I have a garage sale planned for May and have started that pile which has turned into an entire room full. Nine years ago I moved in here with my ex-husband thinking we would be [...]
Sometimes it takes wine to make decisions
It seems my Husband and I were off this week. I have been snappy, he has been tired, the normal ebb and flow to our days seemed to be derailed and we were both going to bed annoyed. There has been no real reason for it, we can just blame it on the full moon. [...]
The Road to Building a House
After the Husband and I started dating we started seriously thinking about where to live together. Sure, he had moved into my apartment but I was doing everything to get out. We were ready for a home of our own but we weren't sure where or how that was going to happen. We live in [...]
Through My Mistakes 