Beantown Bugle

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Roddie Report : serious business

REAL happiness is....

Snuggling up with your big sister after playing in your new playroom all day and falling fast asleep on her lap while you wait for dinner... And her letting you sleep there... Love

1. Not living in a camper when the first snow flies
2. Catching up on laundry for the first time in a month (upstairs, and with the use of a dryer!!)
3. Having the kids Sleep in separate rooms...
4. ... But sharing a room for toys and playing
5. Very clearly seeing the light at the end of the tunnel
6. Having a closet so awesome it's hard to get a good picture! That's 9 feet of goodness that's mine, all mine! Matt has his own 9 feet on the right, currently being shared by the vacuum cleaner... It's a family tradition :)

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

DW2DT: News from Day 115

You may have heard there was some pretty big news here in Massachusetts on October 30. The Red Sox won the World Series, IN Fenway Park, for the first time in nearly a century. Oh yeah, and WE GOT OUR OCCUPANCY PERMIT!!! Not a moment too soon either, as the temps were dipping into the 20's at night and the camper was sold, to be picked up on Friday. We had been migrating into the house, first for showers, then for meals, over the previous week, and we had set up the beds the previous weekend, and we were more than ready for the big move.

Tim sent us an email just before lunch letting us know the permit was in hand, and I took off from work a bit early to come home and make the beds before I took the kids Home to the House for the first time. Yipeee! They were suitably excited about their new rooms and the prospect of living in the house again. Norah, forever the drama queen, shed a few tears for the trailer before the night was out.

Since move in, we've been very busy cleaning and settling in, not to mention building a sidewalk out front and the minimal amount of fall clean up outside. There is still much more to be done, by us and Tim, but living inside again feels great. Not too much time for blogging, but all is well!