"Come what may, and love it!......Yet in spite of discouragement and adversity, those who are happiest seem to have a way of learning from difficult times, becoming stronger, wiser, and happier as a result." ~ Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin

August 30, 2009

~ Our home ~

I don't want it to seem like I'm complaining. I'm just writing about life so I can look back someday and call these the good ol' days. We just finished moving AGAIN. We are living in an old house that some friends own. It is humble, and little but we are calling it home. Heath and Deric painted all the walls which turned out really nice. They had to scrape off about 7 layers of wall paper in the kitchen (talk about an all day job). I just want to say that my husband is a hard worker. He is NEVER lazy, never. There are two bedrooms in our home. One of them is smaller then some bathrooms I've seen but it fits both boys. In the other room our king size bed sits on boxes of food storage. There is one closet in our home in the bigger bedroom. It holds my seasonal decor, all the extras (TP, diapers, wipes, etc), towels and stuff, 72 hour kits and the rest of the food storage not able to fit under the bed. Oh, and Heath worked his magic so we can hang a few articles of clothing in there as well. There is no carpet in our home. Our home will be heated by a pellet stove which is suppose to cost around $250 to heat for the entire winter. Until today the water pressure has been horrible. 30-45 mins to fill the bath, flush the toilet and you had to wait to wash your hands. Today Heath changed some kind of filter and bingo, water pressure. I'm pretty excited about the water pressure mostly because that means I can use the portable dishwasher. The only door inside our home opens up to the bathroom. Our water comes from a well. This made me a little nervous but a water filtration system has eased that. Our home does not have blinds but a few curtains with homemade curtains to come. We are in the country and our home in not close to stores, however, we are close to friends who live across the street. They have chickens, horses, a cow, dogs, cats, and huge blueberry bushes. They are good people that are genuine. There is no air conditioner in our home but there is love. We are so blessed. It's true that my glasses are held together with super glue and that I have to wash the chicken poop off my eggs before I crack them. We are happy and growing and learning.

5 comments:

The Papa's said...

Sometimes it's the hard things that make us grow the most. Unfortunately, they aren't always pleasant. It was good to talk to you the other day. Give everyone a hug & kiss from us. And gosh dang it, we want some pics of the new place!!! ;)

carrie said...

I loved reading this post Erin, made me feel like I was right there in your tiny little place with you. You will probably miss it when you leave!!! Take Pictures!

WASHINGTON PUCKETTS: said...

They will be the good 'ol days when you look back. I do all the time and think I want to go back and then Matt reminds me that we thought it sucked at the time. :0) I guess I'm never happy. Enjoy all the quirks while you can and I'm sure the boys will just love it there despite all the inconveniences.

Michelle said...

I saw a vinyl sign that I wanted for our home that said "Be it ever so humble there is no place like home." So true

mk said...

Wow. I love it and I could picture it right there with you! These are the good ol' days, huh? Pete and I say the same thing after sorting through the latest financial trial and any other goodie that come from grad school life. We're gonna miss this one day. I love your little place and I can't wait to see the inside! And when you mentioned your seasonal decor, I got even more excited for pics of you place!! It's gonna be adorable! I just told Pete the other day to make sure he put my Christmas and Halloween boxes in an accessible place because those bad boys are coming out again very soon. Oh and Asher's little pointer... hello cutest thing ever.