I looked out the window just now, and I can see the big dipper. It must be an illusion, because
It looks enormous. I know that I am a few thousand feet above sea level now, but I cannot comprehend that it makes that much of a difference!! It is huge compared to what it looked like when I would be sitting out by our pool... interesting.. and with that, I am off to dream land. More to come tomorrow!

Closing on the new house tomorrow at 4. This makes me feel as if I am going to hurl.
Oy.

We put the offer in at the beginning of June. This has taken forever. There has been much hoop jumping, and paper work like you would not believe. We did not have to go through this with our last house. It was easy peasy.

Of course, that explains the whole mortgage crisis, right? Just give a house to any one! They made us fight for this one!

We still have to pack M's playroom. We have been putting it off so as to avoid the meltdown of the century. That will be done tonight. The kitchen will be done tomorrow, and then I am scootching everything on the porch OVER, to make room for what is down stairs.

We move Saturday. I pick up the uhual at 8.

There is that hurling feeling again.


;)

It has been one of those days. I mean, it has not been dreadful or anything. I just had the day planned out a certain way in my head, and it went NOTHING like that. LOL.

We still managed to get a TON done. It has not been too terribly hot today. All of the bedrooms and clothes have been packed up. We have one more closet to do, the kitchen, and then to gather all of the crap that accumulated in the apartment downstairs and the root cellar, PLUS all of M's things out in the yard. Aaaaalmost done.

We found out today that closing may not be Thursday, but either Friday or Saturday. NOT good. ARGH.

But, there is nothing that I can do about it, so gotta let it roll!

Off to have dinner.. another picture post coming hopefully later tonight!

Since my family here does not really want any part of us, I have made sure that we have had a fantastic summer regardless. Because no matter how much I try to play it off and act like I don't care, it stings pretty badly. They have cookouts and parties and stuff and everyone goes except us. We are excluded from everything. I am working hard on just focusing on what I have here in M, T and my mom. They are what matter. Don't make people a priority in your life when you are merely an option in theirs, right? Hell, at this point, we are not even options. *sigh*

Moving on....

The other day we decided to hit the creek. It has been so hot and humid here, and with no air conditioning, it gets to be a bit much at times. We hit one of my favorite spots, and it was a wonderful day.






Upon arriving, I noticed a whole bunch of butterflies gathered in a muddy spot. So, I grabbed my camera and snuck on over to watch them. It was an amazing moment. I settled in, and snapped off a few shots of them. I shifted a bit, and they took flight all around me. It was awesome. I could hear the fluttering of their wings. I felt like I was in a dream for a few seconds. It was really cool.








The water was pretty cold. I was the only one to get in all the way, and I enjoyed every second of it!

M loves looking for fossils and pretty rocks, and she really gets a kick out of seeing fish. She tries to catch them with her hands! ;)

One of the cooler parts of the day though, was watching the trains roll by overhead on the bridge. We got to see 2 or 3 of them that day.





It was a most awesome day, indeed.

I have missed the FL sunsets. A lot. Being tucked in the valley here, the sun goes down behind the mountain around 5, and sunset is not until much, much later. Kind of a bummer, so the other day, my friend J and I went off in search of a sunset.

It was cloudy and overcast and we did not really expect much. I guess that is why I was so thrilled with the photo's I shot that night!

The evening was wonderful. There was a wonderful breeze blowing around the smell of the country (cow poop and hay, gotta love it!), I was with friends that I adore, we saw lots of deer, and the sunset turned out just beautiful!

I got to see where J grew up....


I got to spend some quality time with J and her momma D.. and I just REALLY enjoyed getting out and seeing some of the area. I cannot wait to do it again!!

There are a lot of old and abandoned houses around here. Each time T and I go to the VA Hospital in Clarksburg, we pass this one place, and I always say, "I HAVE to stop and shoot this place!"



I finally did, but was only able to fire off 2 or 3 shots. The house is on a sharp curve. I was in the street, as that is as close as I could get. The entire property is fenced with barbed wire. There is a gate with a sign stating that there is livestock roaming around and the gate must be locked at all times.

I was bummed that I could not get closer.

T and I were talking about the old place the other day. He was wondering aloud about its history. The architecture alone lets us know that this was not a poor family that built the house. I would LOVE to see the inside, even in the decaying state it is in, I bet it is beautiful. This place just screams at me when we drive past. I would love to know who lived here. What did they do for a living? How many families lived here over the years? Why did it end up abandoned?

All questions I will never know the answer to. :(

My kidlet is going to be 5 exactly one month from today. *sigh*
She is such a fantastic kid. I love how people respond to her. She is such a ... light. Does that make sense?

We will be moving at the end of the month. For those of you that don't know, we got a house in an nearby town. Thanks to my mom, we will have a wonderful new start. I am hoping to really set roots down in this place.

We will start going to church. M will start kindergarten. Next spring, I am planting a garden. I want to get some fruit trees.. an apple tree, a peach tree, and a cherry tree. I also want a gorgeous red maple for the front yard. I want to fence in the yard, and have blackberry, raspberry and blueberries growing along side the garage. I would also like to make a small grape arbor. :)

Big plans. Let's see how many I can actually accomplish.

I have yet another blog (no worries, I am staying right here as well) that will focus on that sort of thing. This here blog is going to mainly be about M and T and my mom and I.. our little family... :)

My writing is sort of all over the place, and I want to try to reign it in a bit.

We get to start over in this new house and I am hoping to stay organized, and on task. I want to blog regularly, both here and at the other place. I will link to it when it is ready.

And with that being said, I must go for now.. Have a great weekend!