Oddz Bodkinzville

WE ARE HOME!!!!!

My home. My home with the too small house on the big (for this area at least) plot of land. Of course, most of the land now looks like a jungle because the yard hasn't been mowed since last year. However, the dogs are in heaven spending hours roaming the yard, familiarizing themselves with the land that they had been away from for so long. There is also a pile of dirt in the driveway waiting for landscapers to come and spread about and slope to draw rain water away from the house. The dogs, however, think that the pile of dirt is just for them. Already someone is digging him or herself a cave in the side and they spend a great deal of time running up and down the pile and getting their feet all muddy.

And then the two of them go and sit on the front porch, something I swear they never knew existed till we moved back, catch their breath and set off on another adventure.

We now have a usable front door with a window the length of the door which the dogs think is just the best and most times they go out one door to then come in a different door AND their doggy door hasn't been installed yet and when it is, I swear those dogs will be in and out a hundred times a day. Kali hasn't stopped grinning and Charlie will sit for hours on the porch simply because he can.

I LOVE MY HOUSE!! I love my house. I love the colors the floors the cabinets the new french doors and the promise of a deck. I love the extra bathroom and the space Josh has in his two rooms in the basement. Two rooms painted bright and light and a far cry from the cave like basement he had been living in. All of that dark paneling is gone, thank god and everything is lighter.

Josh had friends over and one guy, our usual Wednesday night visitor when we were in the rental, asked for a tour and then stood in the living room and asked me why did people just paint their interiors white or off white when they could put such COLOR into their life. Ok, I like the colors even though it reminds me of a pinata but who would think a young man would appreciate it so. Then the rest of the friends chimed in later as to how great the house looked and was I happy and how glad they were for us. I'm glad for me too!

We like the extra long windows that the county demanded be put into the bedrooms so we can get out in case of a ....shhh...f.i.r.e. I like the soap dispenser that is part of the kitchen sink, the small breakfast bar and the hanging lamps (to come) that was the idea of the builder and a surprise for me. I liek the space and I SWEAR I am not stuffing the house full of furniture and STUFF. My craft room is a little crowded now but once I get in my storage from Ikea All that boxed stuff will be sorted and stored.

I actually have sheets etc that match. My bedroom furniture is going to be light wood and not that dreadful dark that we had. I'b be happy with a white chest and night stand and i already have a white bookcase that I put together (tho not too well) last night. NO shades or curtains yet but shades are a priority and curtains will come when I find the perfect ones.

I have a new camera but I want stuff in a settled before I start taking pics and posting them.

Now I just have to finish emptying the rental house, then call the disaster services guys to come and take the furniture back, then hire a cleaning service to clean and mop which should be easy for them in an empty house. Serv Pro still has what they were able to save and on top of all of this the husband wants to go on VACATION for a week to the beach leaving the 15th. Which means staying ina HOTEL something I promised myself I wouldn't do again, not after 31 days in one when this all began.

I know it will all be done, eventually but I do wish there were elves or magic folk or someone I could hire to come and empty the rest of our stuff out of the rental so I wouldn't have to go back there ever again with the stepford neighbors. I think however, the only magic folk will end up being me with my banker boxes. oh well. This too will pass.