Just Another Manic Monday

My Mom made Jon and I this sign for a wedding gift.  It has gone through many moves.  The letters have fallen off and had to be glued back on countless times.  Today, however, I think it finally met its demise.  It fell off of a shelf.  The letter "O" came off and shattered shards everywhere.  I'm sad about it because its something that my Mom made...but I guess all good things must eventually come to an end.


Caitlyn had a nice play date today with her friends from the womb.  We were all in the same ward during their pregnancies and they were all born within 2 months of each other...and 3 of them within 10 days of each other.   (There must have been something in the water at that time!)  Such a cute group of girls.  All in different wards now, but we still keep in touch.




I made spinach, banana, oatmeal muffins for Caitlyn and her friends.  Then we also made homemade granola together.  It's so easy to make and it makes the house smell delicious.  I haven't made it in a while.  We have been buying our granola from Sam's Club.  Lately, however, the granola that we usually buy has been out of stock...so make it home we must.


We are starting to feel pretty good about putting an offer on the "Yellow House/Dream House".  I bet we will know within the next week or so what's going to happen with it all.  I hope that it works out.  Being out there in the peace and quiet away from all of the chaos of the city is what I crave so badly.  Going to that small town is like going back in time.  Jon was so delighted to see an old lady riding her Jon Deere Tractor down the road with a smile on her face.  The neighbors all know each other.  Everyone is friendly with one another.  Everyone looks out for one another.  And it's far away from so much criminal activity.

We can raise our own chickens and have fresh eggs!

I can picture the kids running around our land without the worry of them getting kidnapped or hit by a car.  They can have so much freedom to explore, like kids ought to have.  I can picture us using a telescope to explore the stars from our upstairs balcony.  The stars are so much clearer out there, away from the smog.  I can picture us relaxing on our wrap-around front porch while Jon plays the piano.  He has always wanted a piano on a front porch.  And that porch is so huge that it is an actual possibility for him!

Over time, we can landscape our property and make it look beautiful.  It's like a blank slate right now (it's all dirt, not even a cement driveway).  With time, it will be a beautiful oasis that we can call our own.  The kids (well, at least the younger kids) can have their wedding receptions in our own back yard.  I told Lizzie that it would be our forever house and that she would take her grand kids there (which she couldn't wrap her head around, ha ha).  

It would be a dream come true.

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