Well this is swell (update on life and kids)
We're all moved and tucked in and in all honesty I keep pinching myself and waiting for the other shoe to drop because this is such a fine house and a fine lawn and we keep getting the weirdest surprises, like edible things the old owners planted, growing out of nowhere. And edible things we should never have found anyway, such as two big-ass common morels (these bitches are 129$ per kilogram) sprouting under my equally surprise rhubarb plants. Yes, money is tighter now but worth it on all accounts.
Grumpy undergone some kind of caveman transformation from renter-man to owner-man and actually started doing shit around the house. Not doing-shit-because-I-nagged-him-to-death like before, doing them before I even ask. He and my dad did a lot of work and we're still not done because they somehow got into their head to build me a kitchen table. Hey, who am I to deny them this :P Seriously, Grumpy's doing SO much better since the move. He's got more purpose than before. And damn is he sexy with a purpose. Never thought I'd still be crazy about him after 14 years, but here we go :D
Beetle's 5 and a half, starting school next fall, she's tall and sturdy like a horse. Already wearing shoes from the teen section -_- Her cousin who's only 3 months older is getting her hand-me-down! Speaking of horse, her horse obsession hasn't worn off so we're scraping money to get her riding lessons. Meanwhile I'm trying to teach her how to draw from life, and paint. We can't exactly afford riding AND painting lessons anyway lol
Émile is...annoying :P He's gone from terrible two to terrible three quite smoothly. But thankfully he keeps the hijinks at home and behaves quite well in public. This is when I'm happy to finally have a big yard. That boy needed some running.
Now next on my to-do list...all-year-round goldfish pond. NOT an easy feature in Quebec, this will need to be at least a meter deep. But hey, I've got all the time in the word (and one sturdy shovel)
Grumpy undergone some kind of caveman transformation from renter-man to owner-man and actually started doing shit around the house. Not doing-shit-because-I-nagged-him-to-death like before, doing them before I even ask. He and my dad did a lot of work and we're still not done because they somehow got into their head to build me a kitchen table. Hey, who am I to deny them this :P Seriously, Grumpy's doing SO much better since the move. He's got more purpose than before. And damn is he sexy with a purpose. Never thought I'd still be crazy about him after 14 years, but here we go :D
Beetle's 5 and a half, starting school next fall, she's tall and sturdy like a horse. Already wearing shoes from the teen section -_- Her cousin who's only 3 months older is getting her hand-me-down! Speaking of horse, her horse obsession hasn't worn off so we're scraping money to get her riding lessons. Meanwhile I'm trying to teach her how to draw from life, and paint. We can't exactly afford riding AND painting lessons anyway lol
Émile is...annoying :P He's gone from terrible two to terrible three quite smoothly. But thankfully he keeps the hijinks at home and behaves quite well in public. This is when I'm happy to finally have a big yard. That boy needed some running.
Now next on my to-do list...all-year-round goldfish pond. NOT an easy feature in Quebec, this will need to be at least a meter deep. But hey, I've got all the time in the word (and one sturdy shovel)