I am in love with our house ( Read more... )

We liked this: http://matrix.northstarmls.com/Matrix/Public/Portal.aspx?L=1&k=362148X657B&p=AE-353926-343-P house. In the end, we decided it wasn't the one for us (at 69,900). It certainly has an appealing price tag now,

by Jack Gilbert ( Read more... )

Dear Guy on Lake Street this Morning ( Read more... )

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We, theoretically, will soon have a house.
The bank took their sweet time getting signed papers back to us, but have done so and we now have a closing date of October 27th. I won't be able to relax and accept this until we have the keys.

maybe then I'll be able to sleep at night. I'm not counting on it.

but mostly. HOUSE!

"I was having a dream that we were camping. And you were so warm that I didn't need a sleeping bag. And then later I was taking the tent down and there was snow on the ground."
"there was snow and you still didn't need a sleeping bag?"
"no. you were a furnace"

Yesterday Morning, I went for a walk down the dirt road behind my parents' house and did a little jogging. I am not engineered for running, so it was nice to only have about five houses, three cars, two dogs, and some cows to witness this less-than-athletic feat ( Read more... )

I've been in quite a funk the past couple weeks, and about the only thing that seems to reliably improve my mood is a trip to the garden. While I'm there, and usually for a few hours after, I am too utterly delighted by all the raucous growth to be sad ( Read more... )

I am again awed by how great sexy spring is ( Read more... )