Monday, June 6, 2005

Home Sweet Home

After being reminded by some of you of the fact that buying a super-cheap house in Rockford would require me to actually LIVE in Rockford, I have begun to let go of the idea of my awesome fantasy home happening any time soon. Let me be the first to say: THANK YOU FOR HELPING TO CRUSH MY DREAMS . Just kidding! Sort of. I know that I don't want to live in Rockford- and now that my grandparents will be moving into the area I don't want to leave Bartlett either. It's just sometimes I can't stop thinking about how neat it would be to live in a place that is not physically attached to another family's home. A place that has some character to it. And more bedrooms. And an awesome sun room and a pool.

ANYWAY, since I can't have that, I have decided to dedicate myself to making the home I DO have as beautiful as possible. I think I've done a pretty good job already at bringing our own personal style to a place that quite frankly had none when we moved in. But there still are a few things that I'd like to do around the house to spruce it up a bit- especially since we won't be going anywhere anytime soon. (Juli and Ava can look forward to some bunk beds when Ava outgrows that crib!) Summer is always a good time for house projects too. And having a retired Dad who is good with the tools and looking for stuff busy himself with is a nice perk.

3 comments:

  1. Just move to Milwaukee and get it over with already! :)

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  2. *Ahem* Again, no offices for The Company That Shall Not Be Named.
    (Jason has pretty much requested that it be referred to as so. No bloggy about worky, you know!)

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  3. We'll be happy to see you whenever you're around for a visit at least. ;) As I've heard natives say when asked why they raised kids here (after saying they thought it was "a good place to raise children," which although true is kind of a cop-out now that I'm here raising children ;)), "No one ever PLANS to stay in Rockford. It just sort of sucks you in." Ha! :)

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