Wednesday Hodgepodge

1. Spring has officially sprung (in the northern hemisphere anyway)...did she roll in more like a lion or more like a lamb in your neck of the woods? What needs more of your attention in terms of a good spring clean this year-your house or your garden/yard? 

It has been soooooo windy here.  The past couple of days were calmer but the winds have been crazy this month.  

We will be focusing on our house since we are moving.  We will have so many boxes to unpack.  Titus helped take some of my flowers to the new house (irises, tulips, and lantana).

2. What's put a spring in your step lately? 

Defintely when I walk into the new house and see how much work the workers are getting done from day to day.  The change is exciting to see!  It doesn't look like the same house with the ceiling scraped and wallpaper gone.  

3. When you were a kid, what was the best snack to find in your lunchbox? If you didn't do the lunchbox thing, tell us what was your favorite after school snack. 

I took my lunch occasionally and my Mom always overfilled it with more than I could eat.  I don't remember sides but remember asking for "wonderful ham."  I don't know why I called it that, I meant the thinly sliced ham on my sandwich.  

4. In what area of your life are you planting seeds ? 

I try to be encouraging and play seeds of encouragement for one of the college girls at our church while she's away at college.  

5. Why do you live where you do? Would you consider living somewhere else? Why or why not? 

Perfect timing for this question since we are about to move.  
We moved here in 2010 because of my husband's job after being in that place for 7 years.  We were happy to be back to this area.  We loved this house and have always wanted to look for a little place outside of the city limits with a few acres...we don't need or want a 100!  We've looked with our Realtor at various houses that came on the market since 2019 which is crazy.  We even made some offers.  

One of several qualifying factors for where we looked was in the same school district.  Since I'm on the school board I have to reside in the district.  

We are excited to live in a new place but do have some emotions about leaving this home.  When we came here Caleb was in 1st grade.  Now that we are leaving he is married and doesn't live here and we have Titus who is in 4th grade.  

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

The days are ticking off quickly as the time comes to be out of this house.  The progress on the other house is exciting to see.  I may cry like they do on the home makeover shows when I walk in and see it finished.  

Here is a picture of the kitchen after they took out the cabinets hanging above the bar.  I have plenty of cabinet space elsewhere and am so glad we took this out.  It really opened it up.  You can still see the fruit basket wall paper near the ceiling above the sink.  That's coming down too, I think they worked on that yesterday.

Have a day of blessings! 

 Bethany