Yay! This weekend we had friends come out from the city. Since the arrival of our little one, our social scene has slowed waaaaaay down. So we are really making a point to have people over while we still can. What's going to be really nice when we move in with the folks is that we have already decided that my husband and I will watch their dog when they go out of town, and they will babysit when we need a grownup getaway.
But this weekend was really fun. We got a ton of karaoke for our Playstation 3 at a second-hand shop. The baby stayed up a little late dancing with us while we took turns singing. Then she slept soundly all night long. She even let us sleep in later than usual - thanks, baby!
Now I really should start packing...
Monday, April 30, 2012
Friday, April 27, 2012
Preserving Memories
Yesterday my daughter, Emmie, and I went around the house and took pictures of each room.
I try to do this with each place I have ever lived in. Sometimes I am fanatical about trying to preserve the past. I have a faulty memory and like to look back and reminisce. The other day I looked at old photos of my dorm room where I did my graduate studies. It was fun to see how I've changed as well as how I've stayed the same.
We can only bring the necessities with to my in-laws' house. The rest is going in storage. Ever since we made the decision to make this move, I have been saying goodbye to my material possessions and all that they represent:
"Goodbye, pots and pans. It was nice that we received you for a wedding present. I really loved cooking dinner together with my husband in our kitchen with you. I hope that I can use you again real soon."
Or, "Goodbye, leather recliner we saved up to buy not too long ago so I could sit and breastfeed the baby. You are really comfy. But it was also cool that I could whip my boobs out in any room of the house when the baby needed to be fed." It's not going to be the same with the in-laws, no matter how well we get along!
Material possessions are just things. And you know you don't need things to make you happy. Good company and a roof over your head goes a long way. You can't say, though, that the things you call your own aren't a part of you. Losing them, or putting them away even temporarily, makes you realize the memories and meanings that are woven into them. So, I'll save these pics on my laptop, which is coming with, and I can always remember. At least until the day we unpack the pans to cook in our new house.
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| My fiction bookshelf - how I'll miss my books! Note the small framed postcard on the wall: Van Gogh's "Still Life with Bible". |
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| My dorm room, circa 2004. See the postcard there? |
"Goodbye, pots and pans. It was nice that we received you for a wedding present. I really loved cooking dinner together with my husband in our kitchen with you. I hope that I can use you again real soon."
Or, "Goodbye, leather recliner we saved up to buy not too long ago so I could sit and breastfeed the baby. You are really comfy. But it was also cool that I could whip my boobs out in any room of the house when the baby needed to be fed." It's not going to be the same with the in-laws, no matter how well we get along!
Material possessions are just things. And you know you don't need things to make you happy. Good company and a roof over your head goes a long way. You can't say, though, that the things you call your own aren't a part of you. Losing them, or putting them away even temporarily, makes you realize the memories and meanings that are woven into them. So, I'll save these pics on my laptop, which is coming with, and I can always remember. At least until the day we unpack the pans to cook in our new house.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
... with the In-Laws
Say Cinderella and the Prince tried to make it on their own. They paid for their wonderful wedding on credit cards. They moved into a cute little rental just outside the kingdom. Then they had a baby. It didn't take long for them to realize that their meager income combined with their mounting debt was placing a mighty large toll on "Happily Ever After". In order to get their future back on track, they knew what their new little family was going to have to do: move in with the King and Queen.
And that's where I am today. My husband and I have decided that we, our baby daughter, our cat, and a few precious pieces of furniture are all going over the hill and through the woods to Grandma's (and Grandpa's) house. We were facing re-signing the lease on our rental for a mandatory two years. That's not what we want - we want a place to call Home. White picket fence, etc. And so, like many young Americans today, we made the difficult decision to move back in with his parents, my in-laws.
So this blog will chronicle my family's interesting journey. My hope is that the end result will someday be us "moving in" to our own house. In the meantime, I will share with you our trials and tears, lessons and laughs. It's not going to be easy. It's going to be really, really hard. But if you ain't got family, what have you got?
And that's where I am today. My husband and I have decided that we, our baby daughter, our cat, and a few precious pieces of furniture are all going over the hill and through the woods to Grandma's (and Grandpa's) house. We were facing re-signing the lease on our rental for a mandatory two years. That's not what we want - we want a place to call Home. White picket fence, etc. And so, like many young Americans today, we made the difficult decision to move back in with his parents, my in-laws.
So this blog will chronicle my family's interesting journey. My hope is that the end result will someday be us "moving in" to our own house. In the meantime, I will share with you our trials and tears, lessons and laughs. It's not going to be easy. It's going to be really, really hard. But if you ain't got family, what have you got?
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