A Season of Change . . .

I walked around the house and the yard this morning taking photos of all the changes that are taking place both indoors and out.  Shelves and walls are now mostly emptied of the things that have filled them for the last 15 years.  We've covered the pool and the sandbox for the last time.  The garden ornaments have been taken out of our little plots of land that we've planted in and buried our beloved fur babies in.  I've been taking photos of the views I've been looking at out our windows for such a long time now.

The remains of our vegetable garden.

Can you spot the bumble bee??

Ready for the pod.

Naked walls . . .

. . . and a {mostly} empty garage floor.

The feeling of anxiety that filled the pit of my stomach a couple of months ago has now been replaced with a sense of peace (most of the time!!) and excitement for the memories we're going to be making in our new home and our new town.  We're still waiting for a closing date on both houses but we should be hearing something very soon. 

Our hydrangea is now mostly shades of pink.  The new home owner has assured me that I can come and cut some whenever I want to.  : )

Our neighbor's tree. 

Our other neighbor's apple tree.

We're very happy with the people that have bought this house.  They have a great energy about them and I can't tell you how much that means to me.  They also have two young sons that are the same age as our two older sons were when we bought this house 15 years ago this month.  The pool and the sandbox will be filled with happy children and the house will help with more happy memories for them all.  So wonderful!!!

It's definitely a season of change and we're ready for it!!!  : )


Happy and safe weekend to you all ~ Wendy

Party Time with a Side Order of Letting Go . . .

It's finally here!!  The day of Meggie's big birthday celebration with her classmates!!!  Hurray!!!  Although we're now going to have to find something else to threaten taking away from her.  LOL!!  We have approximately 20 five year olds headed this way at noon.

Drawing in the window.

The bouncy castle is ready.  The goodie bags are ready.  The cupcakes are baked.  Just need to be frosted.  The outfit she wants to wear today is spinning in the dryer.  I've had a burst of energy this week and have been up until almost 1 am every night.  So unlike me!!!  I'm going with it though.  I get more accomplished at the end of the day then I do in the morning.  This is something that I've always struggled with accepting about me. 

So many of my friends are up and out running errands and getting things done in the morning.  Except for rare occasions, that's not me.  I've been setting my intention for either accepting things about myself that I don't necessarily like or changing those things that I don't necessarily like.  I've thrown in the towel and accepted this about me.  Not fully yet but moving in the right direction and that's good enough for me right now.  : )

There have been lots of thoughts and ideas floating around in my mind lately.  More than usual.  The art of letting go is something that usually comes pretty easily for me but lately it hasn't been.  Our move has been a very large question mark in my mind.  Our house is still not on the market.  The market in Cornwall-on-Hudson really doesn't have anything conducive to our wants/needs.  The house that I fell in love with that was pretty much my dream house is now officially sold.  I knew it was going into contract but in the back of my mind I still had a little glimmer of hope.  In my heart, I know that everything is falling into place for the perfect house for us and for our current home to be the perfect house for the next family that lives here.  : )

I just noticed she has marker on her nose!!  : )

Many blessings for a beautiful weekend ~ Wendy

Letting Go and a Very Special Thank You . . .

On Saturday,  my honey and I spent almost three hours in Home Depot.  With long list in hand, we wandered the aisles looking for the remains of what we need to finish getting our house listed for sale.  It's starting to get real for me.  I've begun packing away all of the family photos and knick knacks that have sentimental value to me.  Our realtor told us this enables potential buyers to come in and envision where they would put their own personal things.  It's also helping me to detach from my home of almost 15 years.  

Some pretty pops of colorful flowers at Home Depot.

I have to admit I'm a little sad to be leaving.  I have a lot of memories connected to this little house of ours.  My first husband and I bought it together.  We brought our third born son home to this house.  I look out our front window and see the beautiful Japanese maple tree he planted  not long before he passed away suddenly four years after we moved in.  We were embraced by our little community when he passed and I can't begin to put into words how eternally grateful I am for that.

Six years later, with my new husband, undoubtedly sent from above, we brought home our sweet baby girl to this house. I've watched our two older boys grow from young boys to young men here.

Waiting to go in for my c-section.

So many beautiful memories that I'll always carry with me.  But I know in my heart, it's time to move on and make new memories in our new home.  It will be the first home that Jim and I purchase together.  It will be a new chapter in our lives and I'm so excited for that.  New places to photograph, new friends to meet, new friends for the kids to meet.  I'll be closer to my family and still only a half hour away from all that we have now.  : )

Speaking of new friends . . .

My wonderful new friend and fellow blogger, Lorraine, of  Mama's Mercantile , sent Megan this beautiful daisy headband that she made all the way from England.  I saw it on her blog and Megan happened to be looking over my shoulder at the time.  She said she LOVED it!!!  I commented to Lorraine about Megan's reaction and she generously offered to make one for her. 
 

She is one happy little girl and has worn it every day since we received it!!!  Thank you from the bottom of our heart, Lorraine!!!!  You are the best!!!!  We loved the handmade card, too!!!!  XOXO

 Many blessings for a beautiful Tuesday ~ Wendy

Easter Goodies at Jones' Farm . . .

Spring has arrived at Jones' Farm along with lots of wonderful Easter goodies.  I wanted to share some of them so you can see why we love visiting there so much!!

I fell in love with these adorable little chicks and ended up bringing two of them home with me.

Some hand-crocheted eggs and chicks.

Not for Easter but I fell in love with the hippo in the middle!!!

I really loved this faux jellybean and chocolate  bunny garland.

 And these don't really have anything to do with Easter but I thought they were great!!!

We had a brilliantly gorgeous day here in New York today!!!  I drove into the city to pick up Jakhai and he'll be staying with us thru next week.  The windows are open and there's a nice breeze coming thru without it being too cold.  There's lots going on at the house.  Hammering and sawing, packing and soon to be painting.  I feel the winds of change in the air and I'm feeling a little excited about it.  We hope to have the house listed some time in May.  My cousin (also our realtor) has given us our final TO DO list and it's a long one but we're up for the challenge for sure!!!  : )


Many blessings for a beautiful day ~ Wendy