I know it sounds gross…but this humidity is just not fun. You take a shower and then take the kids outside to play and you’re sweating like a giant pig in less than 5 minutes. So…here’s my question…why shower?! You’re just going to get sweaty anyway. I know all the southern women out there are just rolling their eyes at me…but hey they were born here and their sweat glands are way more adjusted to all of this than mine are! Just a thought! It certainly keeps me giving the boys baths every night! Hey does anyone know a good toner…I look like a grease pit!

Sorry to share this one…but some things you just gotta share!

As it turns out…some people do have more answers than me! (Although I will never mention this again!) As I was lamenting the deficiencies of my new home…my dear friend Ann (who did I mentioned has remodeled some 5…yes 5 homes) suggested that I live in the space for a while before knocking things down and tearing out walls! And I am here to tell you that she was so RIGHT! Thanks Ann! There are just some things about this new place that I now find so cool…like a huge linen closet and the laundry room…which I thought was horrid and actually just needs a little love to make it ever nicer than it is! And it’s very functional being on the 2nd floor…yep…near the clothes! I’m loving some of the doors I was going to wall up and make windows…and the mirror in the master bath…for those who have seen it…has yet to come down…the floor plan in there is functional too…needs some love and cosmetic fixes, but it’s workable! Now who knew I would be admitting this!

Other than that…things here are going fine! I’m am still swimming in boxes…I guess at some point I will get around to them all…but for now they sit and stare at me…I’m wondering what’s in some of them!

Lots of love! Donna

Hi All!

We have had the most wonderful rainstorms here over the last couple of weeks. Today we had thunder, lightning and a lot of rain! It was still really humid, but it’s a very beautiful sight…especially coming from Southern California where we don’t get a lot of rain! It’s been really nice to experience it!

We finished getting our screened in porch together this weekend. We got some patio furniture (finally) and I put up some light strings from Target…for the porch…it really has made it a little sanctuary out there! Finally some solice in an otherwise totally disorganized home!

How is everyone doing? Tell me some stories…I’m tired of hearing about myself!

Love to you all…more than you know!

Donna

This week has been pretty weird! We have a ton of things to go through and put away and still there are boxes to be opened and today when I went to the store by myself all I could think of was going home! Oh…I don’t mean I miss the old house or that I hate it here (although it is SO different I wonder what the hell I’m doing here sometimes) it just isn’t familiar and I miss being able to call friends and see people and do the usual things that we used to do (the farm, the zoo, the beach…man do I miss the beach!) I am stuck in between and I really feel it sometimes! No matter how often I tell myself that we’re on the two year plan I’m just not sure and I feel lost!

I don’t want anyone to feel sorry for me…I look at my life and I know my kids and husband and I are healthy and we live in a nice house on an acre of land…most people would kill for this kind of life and I am trying to be grateful…it’s just hard when you didn’t ask for or want the change in the first place!

Sorry to lament tonight…I’m just feeling it today and I needed to get it out! Tomorrow is another day!

And to all of my friends who have to move for their husbands work…my hat is now off to you because I don’t know how they did it so many times…all the while sucking it up with a smile on their face (even if they were crying inside!)

As Meg Ryan said in ‘you’ve got mail’ I’m just putting this out there to the big cosmic void!

Love to all!

and I am SWIMMING in boxes! How do you fit your life into a ton of boxes in one large trailer? Let me tell you…if we do come back….I am throwing away everything extraneous and buying all new stuff when I get there…new dishes, linens, towels, pots and pans…I won’t throw away anything sentimental mind you, but everything else! And can you believe I actually had 2…count them….2 boxes of pantry items! What am I doing with pasta, cereal and raisins…like I can’t buy them here! Sigh…guess I thought I was moving to some remote village in Africa or something! I am crazy like that….the biggest diaper bag (backpack) so I can always be prepared…the biggest purse (so I can keep most of the stuff from the diaper bag…just in case…even though my boys are potty trained and the most I could need would be snacks, hand wipes and a band aid) and then the most boxes…just in case they don’t have raisins, band aids, or toilet paper (yep…packed that too) in TN! Good grief! Well…I’d better go to sleep now so I can try to unpack more boxes tomorrow…on the upside….the boys are sleeping in their own beds tonight with all of their stuffed animals and they are SO happy! They originally wanted their own rooms and then Logan wanted to be with Brendan again…so we moved them back together…they are so cute and happy together! They giggle themselves to sleep and then wake up happy and ready to play! It’s so cute! The first morning Logan woke up and said “Good Morning Brendan” Great to see ya!” How cute is that! Gotta love it!

By the way…the total weight for our truck was 17,500lbs…one of the movers today told me that we weren’t his biggest move by a long shot…the biggest move he ever did was 63,000lbs in over 2 giant semi trucks! It sure made me feel better about all of my crap….not really!

Today I woke up thinking that 2200 miles was a really long way away from everything and everyone real that I know and love dearly! Can’t describe the feeling…just putting it out there that sometimes life is strange and makes no sense but you have to ride the wave anyway! Tomorrow I’m hitting Starbucks!

Well…today we had our washer, dryer and refrigerator delivered…I almost kissed the delivery men! I was so excited to actually be able to wash clothes and keep some food in the house! On the food note…we went to a store today called Kroger…now I’m not really a store snob…I love Costco and Target like the best of us….but I go in there and look around for organic milk and butter…well no organic milk….at all…none…not even anything that says no hormones added…good grief they must like additives out here….I go to the butter section and they actually have kroger brand organic butter…so I pick up a package and check the expiration date….every single package on the shelf was expired by at least a week! So…finding natural foods out here may be a little bit of a problem! We do have a Wild Oats (like Whole Foods) I think I will live there! I may even petition Whole Foods to open here….or expand the Wild Oats since they want to buy them! Good grief! After we got home from dinner….Scott was putting out the trash for Rachel (our trash lady….we will meet her and her pickup tomorrow!) and Logan found himself a tick which we didn’t have to worry about back in LA….and now apparently we do! So…for now we will buy (online of course) some natural bug repellent….and probably have to ship in milk on dry ice…and now I have to pick ticks off my kids like a gorilla! Only I won’t be eating them…maybe I will save them and someone out here will want to fry them up! Here’s to all of you…my dear friends for life! Smile at the fog for me! Missing the west coast and all of you but loving the appliances! Donna

Well…here is my sad attempt to stay on top of technology and stay in touch with all of you…by starting my own blog. Yes, something you would think a mom had no time to do, but being in a new state with no commitments has its advantages…like starting over and really getting to choose what you want to do! Not just jumping in head first is hard for me so that will be something I will have to really work on!

It’s weird to be here…in a new state…with no family or friends…as I sit here Scott has gotten us online (Thank God) and he’s watching some clips online from Young Frankenstein…only my crazy husband! And today I got lost trying to get back to the house from Lowe’s! And have I mentioned how quiet it is here!?! It’s so quiet that my ears were actually ringing last night…I come from CA…it’s not supposed to be that quiet anywhere! (Except at my sister’s house…she lives on 3 beautiful acres near Monterey…but it’s SO quiet there! No streetlights either!)

Anyway…I hope you will indulge me and join in for some girlie banter…even though I can’t be with all of you to enjoy wine and chocolate in person…maybe we can spend some time together online! Just grab your wine glass and some chocolate and spend a couple of minutes with me!

Lots of love to all!

Donna

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