moving this blog

I am working on a new blog site as I’ve decided I no longer care for Wordpress and want something “easier”.  This site will no longer be updated with new posts.  Email or leave a comment if you would like the new address and I’d be happy to give it to you. 

closed, sold, gone

Today it was official.  Our house in Colorado is sold.  The lady who bought it had her closing this morning and we were notified it all went well and that our check would be coming soon.  It’s a relief to have the last loose end taken care of and also that we won’t have to carry two mortgages any more.  We were all just so incredibly sad about it.  It really hit me in an unexpected way because I thought I was over it and would be okay considering we’ve been in Washington now for 3 months.  I didn’t feel okay in the least though.  Tom and I hugged and felt sad together reminiscing about the major moments we had in that house over the 11 years we lived there.  Brenna was born in that house which is probably the most major one.  We became a FAMILY in that house.  I can still visualize the moment where she started to crawl, where her first steps happened, how she used to sit in the stair landing (affectionately called The Treehouse by all of us) and let her legs dangle through the banister bars, our almost tame “pet” squirrels we’d feed everyday in the backyard, the lovely mountain view from my upstairs craft room, and just several dozen other moments and things about the house but now it’s gone.  I tell myself that just because the house belongs to someone else it doesn’t mean my memories do.  The memories are mine no matter where I am or where I live.  Like they always say on that show Clean House, “memories are not things”.  Still, I will be sad for quite awhile.   I’d feel better if it was a nice family moving in there but it’s a single lady without any kids, at least that is what I was told.  That just feels like a waste to me after all it was to us.  I don’t understand why a single woman wants a 4 bedroom house but to each their own I guess.  Brenna said she is actually relieved some other kid won’t have her bedroom.  Sigh.

Goodbye, house.  You will always be missed and in our hearts.

some things on my mind

Just venting and dumping random things on my brain.

The plumber came today to fix a chronic problem with Bren’s sink upstairs.  Cold water leaks and the hot water always disconnects so when you turn the handle nothing comes out.  He was only here for maybe 10 minutes and said he fixed it.  Guess what?  The cold water still leaks.

The freezer in our new fridge has a water leak down the back.  It’s gotten progressively worse so tomorrow the fridge repair guy is coming. Let’s hope he does a better job than the plumber.

The new entertainment center for the upstairs living room gets delivered tomorrow and then we can finally hook up the other television.  Sharing one tv among the three of us has been a pain now for almost three months.   We’ve also been without our beloved Wii and Playstation 2 this whole time since we agreed the upstairs living room will be more like our “rec room” .  I  imagine that Bren will be upstairs nonstop for a few days making up for lost time.

Due to the fridge coming between 10-2 and the furniture being delivered from 2-5, guess who won’t be leaving the house all day?  It’s kind of a relief actually.  I think I’ll stay in my pj’s.

Brenna has been enjoying her Young Chef classes immensely.  She is so happy we moved to a place where it’s literally up the road only a mile away.  Since it’s going so well I enrolled her in the Master Chef program where they not only learn skills each week but take tests and earn badges working up to a black chef jacket.  She is very excited about it all.   In addition to classes I occasionally have her take some of the themed workshops.  Today she took a knife certification workshop which is required for all students 10 and up who want to use a real knife in class.  Otherwise they have to use a plastic one which has been frustrating for her the last couple of months.  I’m pretty nervous about this whole thing since I don’t even let her use a knife at home much except for the easiest of tasks.  It puts my mind at ease that they require the use of a kevlar glove on their guide hand at least.  She passed the class with all fingers intact!

Our house in Colorado is scheduled to be sold on Wednesday.  The closing is scheduled with a notary coming to our house for us to sign all the paperwork.  I’m a bit disappointed we don’t have to go to Colorado for it.  I was hoping for a quick visit when the house sold but no such luck.

It will be nice to get the money out of the house so we can pay off all the bills we’ve racked up during the moving process including all the new furniture we’ve bought.  I also get a new car when it’s all said and done.  I can’t wait.  As much as I love my Expy it’s just not the right vehicle to be driving in a more city setting.  It’s a constant battle to park, merge into traffic, zip through left turns at green lights, etc.  It’s just not that kind of vehicle.  I’m sad to see it go because I’d wanted a big V8 for so long.  It’s been a fun four years though.  If we ever move to the boonies I will definitely get another.  This girl loves a big truck.  Just not driving it in an area with a lot of traffic.  Not loving that.  At all.  I’m not sure what I’ll end up getting but I want something compact and not expensive so I don’t stress about things like door dings.  We went to the Seattle auto show last month and I sat in a ton of cars and narrowed the list somewhat.  At this point I am not sure what I want though.

Also, tossing around the idea of moving my blog and starting over at blogspot.  I am not feeling the love for Wordpress any more and like the features of blogspot and how it’s so much easier to edit templates and such, at least for me.   I don’t like the impersonal slick templates I always find for Wordpress.  Even the ones for personal blogs have a cold business-like edge to them I don’t care for.   I am able to edit CSS and have gotten fairly comfortable with it over the years but am not familiar with writing my own from scratch for the desired results I have envisioned in my head so I get frustrated just sticking to editing widths, fonts, and the banner heading graphic.  I sure miss the old days when HTML was just standard.  I am so good at it.  Darn it.  Oh well.  Progress marches on.