Home

 It’s a simple word, but it means so much.

Yes, we are now in our new home on top of the ridge.  We moved in the weekend of my 65th birthday. The last 5 months have been jam-packed with unpacking, cleaning, sifting through things we haven’t looked at in 3 years…and it’s glorious. 

And things are getting settled, slowly—we were only able to take 2 days off when we moved in April, and since then the only time we have had off was when our granddaughter stayed with us for 3 weeks—and that was a whirlwind of baking, cooking, teaching her how to drive—not much time to tend to things for the home.  There are too many things in the garage to park there, but we will get it done eventually.

The studios … I may have mentioned that I have 2 rooms instead of one larger room.  Total square footage of the two rooms is less than 300 square feet; in other words, not much.  I am resigned to it and the fact that I may never get another longarm machine or even a sit-down model.  While I am disappointed about it, I will make the best of it.  I’m still planning on learning how to digitize designs for quilting. 

One of the best things since we moved in?  I’m sleeping better.  I know part of that is due to the release of the stress of the whole thing, but it’s quieter here—and there’s less light pollution—two things that impacted my sleep pattern.  

While we thought we would be alone for a while here on top of the ridge, about a week after we moved in we noticed one of the lots across the street was leveled.  We met the owner a few days later and he has been hard at work moving the house along.  He is a nice young man and we look forward to welcoming his family when they move in.  Since then, two houses at the bottom of our street are nearing completion and two more a few lots over have just broken ground.  

And Sunday of Memorial Day weekend we celebrated the Hubs’ 65th birthday—our inaugural family gathering in our new home.  The weather was fabulous, the food delicious, and just having everyone here was nourishing to my soul.  Here’s a photo of the family that day:

Since that celebration we have had several more. We also have a wedding coming up next month and I’m probably making some garments for it.

I have been able to quilt, and have completed a UFO and other projects and I will post about them.  And yes, there will be photos of our new home!  In the meantime…

Go make!