lets start with friday-
drove 3 hrs and bought a minivan. Am I still a new yorker if i own a minivan? of course i have lived in md for 2 yrs now so maybe the minivan is the least of my problems.
but its a lovely Plymouth voyager that i have decided to call "the rock" cause its a plymouth and all. i'm sure very few people who live around here will get the reference.

sunday went to sign our lease and get the keys for our new house. its wonderful and the thought of living there makes me happy. of course the thought of living almost any where but here makes me happy.
Peter and I spent the rest of the weekend cleaning, bleaching, and packing stuff from moldville.
we made a lot of progress but there is still more to do. I had a little dream that we would be done by sunday night. totally unrealistic I know and really setting myself up for disappointment but what else is new?

peter is going to bring some boxes over during the week but the big push is on saturday. we don't want to rent a moving truck this time so we are enlisting friends with vans and doing smaller trips to get it all done.

ok new topic-

i have a ratty old red sweatshirt that is worn in all the right places. i've had it forever. i look at it and see comfort. peter looks at it and sees a gross old sweatshirt that is ready for a new life as a rag. i see his point. and to be honest if it was his sweatshirt it would already be a rag. he got me a new sweatshirt to replace this one, its nice, nothing to complain about but i think he thought that with the new one coming in the old one should go out. i, however, already packed the new one. and need something to wear. we packed up a lot of clothes already and new yellow sweatshirt was among them.
this weekend my mil saw my old red sweatshirt and asked if she could buy me a new one. she was being nice having no idea the hornets nest she was walking into. so i give in, when your husband and mil both can't stand to look at your old duds i guess its time to re purpose. once we move and new yellow is unpacked old red will get a new life. i'm not sure i have it in me to use it as a rag but maybe a pillow for jonah's new room since it is so soft from yrs of wear and wash.

good things about new house-
-its near the water
-its a house
-i can have a garden
-j can go outside and play with ease
-space
-p can have an office/music room
-i can have an office/crafting room

not so great things about new house-
-landlord wants us to tell neighbors that we are cousins (she is Philippino so i'm not sure how that will work)
-furniture not so comfy so we are going to buy a couch
-thought we were going to be able to store stuff in attic, now told we can't

the pros clearly win but its good to be honest about the cons.
I can't wait. of course we will be tied to this place for the foreseeable future since we're suing them and all.

jonah has been such a champ through all of this. smiles all around, happy as can be. we are so blessed.