We're HOME!

With the help of MANY church and neighborhood friends, we made our move smoothly onto the quirky-cowboy-named street of Leather Strap Drive. We are in HEAVEN with the house! the new paint! the landscaping, the huge closets, the super tall ceilings and arches into the kitchen...the wood flooring and new carpeting. And most of all the warmness we feel as a family, arranging each room, hanging our mountains of family photos, relaxing after 5 long years of knowing that we were not in our final house...knowing we hoped for one more house that included a 'game room' for the kids & their amigos; a guest room for our dear and looney relatives when they come (the loonies know who they are! hee hee), a "man-cave" for Ted, a/k/a "a study" that is covered in pictures of France, his diplomas, superheroes, Elvis, books, French stuff, Ansel Adams and bookshelves filled to the brim all the way around the room. Don't forget, the recliner off to the side, where Ted can lay back every weekend for his private movie viewing along with chums, Ben and Jerry.

Moi: I have a huge space in the spare bedroom for my books, crafts, scrapbooking stuff, etc. I also ADORE the huge pantry and the butler's pantry (as it's called: this breezeway between formal dining and kitchen) and I am in love with the yellow (accented with black wrought-iron fixtures) bathroom that has avocado-colored towels, candles, fruity soaps, homemade artwork by Nick and has a very soft rug  that looks like a sea anenemoe (spell that?!) with long ruggy tentacles. It's groovy! I love having a GUEST BATHROOM--sweeeeeet!

And not to forget, now that we have 2 stories, we have a huge "Harry Potter closet under the stairs" where Nick professed he would sleep when he first saw it; it has become the treasure spot for all our of food storage and 72 hour kits, coats, extra bags, sleeping bags, etc. And it is a room with no outside walls (which is critical in a state like Texas that gets tornados yearly). So we can climb in there if need be: eat a granola bar, raisins, water, color, do a crossword puzzle, dig out a rain poncho and play the ABC game if we get bored. hee hee

I will take photos of this DREAMY house when I FIND MY CAMERA! ARG! Come one, come all, come visit us!!!! We have a special room for you, new bed and my mom called it "the spa room" when she was here, so that might get your wheels turning towards a vacation!