Today marks one month since we moved into our new house. We're nearly unpacked and settled. I think there's 20 boxes left to unpack. Beyond that we still have pictures to hang in some of the rooms and little things like that. For those of you who want to come visit, the guest bedroom is coming along nicely. We have everything except the mattresses! Ha! A lot of people emailed and asked for more photos of the house, so we did our best. We'll continue adding photos as we finish rooms, etc.
On friday, we went with grammy and pops to our local wal-mart to do some tree shopping. 110 trees later we were home. That's in addition to the 40 trees they bought the week before. On saturday, we did some work in our yard. In the area near our front porch, scott constructed a white arch with bench then we laid a gravel path. Together, we planted wisteria (for the arch), bleeding hearts, tickseed, russian sages, boxwoods, yarrows, cedars, firs, lilac and a crabapple tree in that little area. Scott is finishing the antique-looking water-pump style fountain then this area will be complete for 2006 with planting additions planned for 2007.
In the coming weeks, we'll plant the trees in our yard and the others at my parents. We have an oak, weeping cherry, crabapple, pear, birch and maple to plant at our house. In the photos, you'll see the trees lined up along our porch awaiting their destinations in our yard. This is to keep them safe from the wind. we also have 40 emerald greens to plant. You can see them standing like soldiers along the borders of our front yard.
Sometimes when I stop and think about it, I'm weirded out by the fact that I live somewhere other than San Leandro. We went to the movies the other day (which is a post for another time) and as we left the theatre, it hit me hard that we weren't just on vacation. We live here in Bismarck. It's taken me nearly the full month to stop saying "back home" and start saying "in CA". This really is home to me and I'm happy to be here. It feels like I've finally come home, finally come to the place I was meant to be.
We think of you all often and hope you'll come visit us in our new home.
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