So yeah, it looks like we’ve got a verbal agreement on The Perfect House. The Boy will call up this morning to go over details, but it seems like a done deal.
Wow.
Talk about moving fast.
I love it.
After several years of feeling like my life had completely stagnated, working a job I hated in a city I disliked, trying for a baby that wouldn’t stay, here I am, getting everything I want within a month or so. (Ok, granted, I’ve known the baby and the no-more-hateful-job things were coming for a while now, but it’s REAL now!)
I hardly know what to blog about.
My husband is getting excited about Permaculture chicken-coops.
I’m getting excited about painting rooms, selling books on eBay (house furnishing fund!) and joining a New Moms group in the little town. I’m getting excited about the prospect of being a house-mom for a while, getting back into baking & cooking and (to a lesser extent!) cleaning routines. Looking forward to scouring the area’s antique markets for cool furniture. Looking forward to building Thor a playhouse out back. And a swingset. And teaching him to ride a bike. And taking him hiking.
And meanwhile, I’m off to my last day of work, looking forward to setting aside this part of my life, hoping it doesn‘t make sense for me to have to come back for a week or so in late fall to secure maternity leave benefits or anything.
It’ll likely be 6 months or more before we’d really move in – we won’t be closing ’til late September-mid October – and who moves to NH in the middle of winter? Which is good – give me time to adjust to baby-schedule here where things are familiar and easy, (and I can use the fancy stroller I still have my heart set on!)
More pictures to come, once we’ve got some stuff on paper, but I will leave you with this one, of the second floor of the library – with the reminder that this is a LOUSY picture compared to how cool the library actually is…
Totally and completely jealous of the personal library!!!!
Awesome! Congratulations! The guest room is a priority, right?
Have a wonderful time in Italy. Maybe we can figure out getting together when you get back and before you deliver.
Life is good!
Longtime lurker–out from the shadows again–congratulations! Library looks amazing–what fun to fill up those shelves! Have a great time in Italy and keep baking little (big!) Thor! Will you be blogging while you’re gone? If not, we’ll miss you!!
OMG – I miss like 1 day, and so much is happening! The house sounds absolutely perfect for you! And Thor is thriving, and Italy is almost here! It is like your karma is coming back to you in spades – and you deserve every last bit of it.
Lousy picture or not, that’s an awesome library! I’m drooling. That would be a fantastic office. Congratulations!
What an absolutely exciting time for you, your husband, and Thor. Congratulations on the abundance of blessings. You deserve each one of them.
Oh my my
what a kick ass library
a LIBRARY
ooooooooooh. envy.
Hot damn, so so happy this is working fast enough for you to dream on vacation-
so happy you’ll be so close (whoo hoo!)
xoxo
Kate
So happy for you, and welcome (soon) to New England! We are very happy that you, Thor and your lovely boy will be joining us (although, to be fair, I’m a Massachusetts girl).
Now you won’t run out of bookshelves! It looks great. Do younget to keep a place in the city too?
That should be “you get” obviously.
sweet!!!
I am so very excited for you! The owners of the house must be thrilled that they received an offer from a family of writers/book lovers who will truly appreciate such a fabulous library space.
I can only imagine how overwhelmingly blissful it is to be in a position where so many dreams are falling into place all at one time. Enjoy this!
Oh and have a fabulous time in Italy too!
OK, that’s it, I’m movin in with you!
Happy Happy Happy for you!
And, jealous.
That library is the most awesome thing I’ve ever seen!
Congratulations!