the new house

moving is stressful.  I think it's just the change.  I'm 75% packed.  We probably won't move for 1 more week (we are waiting on Richard's first paycheck - then we can close).  I think writing out the positives might take the stress down a few notches for me.

Things I'm going to love about the new house:

• Feeling more permanent and hopefully making some friends
• 3 bathrooms!  (right now we have 1....its no good)
• Having a front door!
• Having a garage!  With direct access to the kitchen (no more using a wheelbarrow to take my groceries to the house)
• Having privacy
• Fruit Trees!
• Fenced Yard
• Library within walking distance
• 3 parks and 2 schools in walking distance
• Sidewalks all the way to a reasonably priced grocery store
• trail running less than a mile away
• AC!
• Stove right next to the sink (decreased incidence of burnt dinners)
• Porch
• a place for a hammock
• window above kitchen sink
• basement for housing visitors
• inside storage for camping gear
• direct access to laundry room (read as: less mud throughout the house after working in yard)
• beautiful place for a piano!
• a bath for the girls! 
• enough room for food storage!
• nice neighborhood with sidewalks for riding bikes with girls
• still close to the mountains, just now a new canyon to explore
• basement has a door - I can close it off to the girls - or have renters
• cute, updated kitchen (NO MORE WHITE SINK!!!)