Well, for those who don’t know, we bought a house last month, and have just finished moving in. It’s been a major disruption, and not one that was entirely planned. It began with me casually mentioning to my wife in March that, after paying for the two cars and my daughter’s upcoming wedding (May), that I would like to start saving for a house. My lovely wife, wanting to submit everything to God, asked Him for a sign–completely forgetting that our wonderful Lord has a sense of humor. The next day we got a call from our landlady of ten years, informing us that, because she was selling her own home, she wanted to move into ours in June when our lease was up, so could we kindly vacate the property by then?
After the initial panic subsided a bit, we started looking. By May we finally found a place (there’s very little real estate inventory in the Rochester metro), put in a bid, and had it accepted. We closed at the end of the month, and have spent this past week both moving in and prepping the old home. We’d been there ten years and have a lot of memories–really appreciated the home with which we were blessed.
So now, here I sit in my new living room. I no longer have a den to write in, though the house we purchased is about twenty square feet bigger. There is a lovely fireplace in the family room I hope to enjoy come winter, but it’s a little hot outside to do so now.
It’s gonna take a little time to figure this out, but I have several projects at various stages, and some new ideas I’d like to try. I’m hoping I can get back to writing soon.