Busy Who Me?

Been a bit since the last check in and I wish I could report that the house was on the market, or better yet that it was sold. But alas it still is our 100% ours. But on the flip side Me and the Father of all Things have spruced up this house and made it pretty- ok well I have done a ton of the sprucing. And did you know that sprucing involved washing sap off the siding? Or that it involves painting every surface, vertical and horizontal? Or that it involves putting molding everywhere? Or putting in flooring where there has not been flooring in 33 years, well more than 33 years, it has never been there!

I have never done so many new things. I have never fixed so many old things. And I am thinking that it is preparing me for the next home we will live in. I am now the fixer of all things on top of being the Mother of all Things, and I find I can do it all at the same time! And I even have pictures to prove it!

This is the before shot of my challenge for today.

This is a during shot and yes you see a fire going and Thing 3 the super "helper"

How many hazards can you see in this photo? I see a ton!

And here it is all finished!

Slow but steady the Mother of all Things is going to get us to the country, and in the mean time I ran across a 30 day challenge and it seems like a win win situation. I am going to do a bit more research on it before I announce the details, but lets just say I do believe it it something we should all think about. And for the month of April I will be working on it and updating my progress made.



Spring

Spring is in the air here in Upstate NY, which is odd, seeing as we are normally still fearful of snow this time of year. But this year instead of the regular 123.8 inches of snow we have received a whopping 50.6 inches. WOW! Like WOW WOW! So it seems like spring is here to stay, which for someone who has grown up here for the last 33 years it seems too good to be true. And by here I mean in this very house.

About 5 years ago we bought my childhood house. It needed work, like a bunch of it. Ok more like a ton of it! A bunch of said work was just so it didn't feel like my parents house anymore. I needed it to feel like my home- not my moms. No offense mom ((hugs)). So 5 years ago this was supposed to be a quick stop on our way to the country. Yeah 5 years have come and gone, 1 added child, many many gallons of paint, new carpet, new windows and a furnace later we are on the brink of a season on change. Did I mention we got rid of the giant pond- aka pool so we have a use able backyard? PS Duck have nested on the pool and laid eggs on the deck so pond was very accurate!

Once we had found out we were expecting we knew we had to get a bigger house. And if we were going to move then it had to be to our forever house. Now that we lost Thing 4, we don't really "need" a bigger house, but we do need more space. We need more country, less neighbors, less noise- unless you count a rooster or a cow! So this new season we are looking high and low to find what we want as a family home of our own. It doesn't seem to be an easy search seeing as there are not too many farms on the market, but it will happen when it is supposed to happen.

So these are our newest 2 to 1 odds- selling our house with the correct timing of finding another one. One that has 4 bedrooms, 5 acres, a barn and horse stalls are an added plus. <----- Just in case you know of a place ;)  But to be able to pull it off that means I have to make my very colorful house very very boring, and not be able to put in my vegetable garden- apparently gardens are less desirable than grass. Odd to my mind, but be it that may, I will fake conformity, I will fake cookie cutter, I will fake "normal".

So as we just had the time change, it is time for our lives to change and we too need to spring forward! I will keep you all posted on the adventure as it unfolds. It will prove to be interesting I am sure! And to quote Things 3's favorite tv show- Here we go go go go, on an adventure!