Saturday, August 17, 2013

House in Holland!

YEAH, internet is up and working!!! It is truly a blessing and a curse. I can now communicate with the 'world', you know Skype & Facebook; pay my bills and other such things that the computer and internet allow us to do. 
 
However,  it does have a downside...  I can find myself spending way too much time in front of this screen.  Life and the weather here is really nice right now, so I will work hard to limit my time.
 
Below I am giving you a 'tour' of my new home. Kearsten and I spent a lot of time yesterday bringing the pieces together.  It was a real delight to watch how pieces of our furniture fit together.  The upstairs is not complete yet, so you will be seeing only the middle floor.  The basement is that, a basement! Very functional, clean, painted with separate rooms for Kearsten and I to store our stuff! 
(captions under picture)
 view coming in back door
notice Frankie on couch sleeping
 view coming in front door
there he is closer :)
 front porch
 looking into kitchen from 1/2 bath doorway
 looking out from kitchen door
 close up of our 'den area' if you look at the first pic you can see where it fits in the scheme of things
the view from my work table...
 
 
I've met a few of the neighbors, Loretta is going to take Frankie and me down to the Dog Park, she has a puppy about the same size and age so they want to run together .. a downside to the back yard is it isn't fenced in ... guess you can't have it all :-) 
 
Here is Frankie taking a nap near me, patiently waiting for me to get off the computer ! 
 
 
Love and blessings till next time... 
Margaret


Tuesday, August 6, 2013

WHAT'S MISSING?

I heard myself say, "I'm going to do my Blog".  It was said out loud in the presence of others!  So here goes ...

This was my view at 70mph traveling down RT 90 ... I will miss the sunsets that can often be specular

If I had a picture of all the people I've spent time with over the last two months saying Goodbye to, I'd add it...  there are old friends, I've lived in the Finger Lakes area since 1995 .. a few years :) I followed my daughter up here from Northern VA to Bible School .... She stayed and now calls this part of the country home.  I will miss having someone to go exploring NY with ...


Sunday we spent some quality mom and daughter time exploring the wonderful State Parks NY offers ... I will miss them ...

I have new friends, some I've come to value through the Tea Party and the Festival for Freedom ... like minded and kindred spirits! 

I won't miss the politicians NY State offers!  But I won't use this to vent that :) 

Friday the movers arrive to put all my earthly belongings into their truck and take it to Holland...  OK, if it is going by truck it is obviously not leaving the States .. so 8 hours West they will stop in Holland, Michigan! 

I will share about Holland in my next Blog ..  I'm promised myself I would get this out!!  

My email address, cell phone and Skype addresses all stay the same ... my new address is:
56 E. 21st St
Holland, MI 49423

love,
Margaret and Frankie