If you were here.....

You would see me....... talking with my neighbors
You would feel the sun shining on my front porch as issac and i sit on the steps and watching people walk by
You would talk to my mail man. He walks from house to house, greeting people by thier first name
You would hear the sound of lawn mowers
and smell someone grilling near by
You would see (and hear) us walking through the neighbors yard, because the dog got out, again.
You would love all the old doors in my neighborhood that are rounded at the top, making you wonder why they still don't make doors like that!
You would see sidewalks and hear many different bird songs.
You would see American flags.
and backyard playgrounds.

If you were here, you might think, "I love it here, this is perfect", and feel like this is only the beginning.

Yeah my house!

I really like my house. and i like it even more now. We just had 2 weeks of crazy construction stuff around here. Tons of men with tools, in and out of the house, saying things like "How would you like this?, and Have you picked your colors yet?, and "what were you thinking for the kitchen?" and "We're done for today, see you tomorrow!". it was pretty nice, i feel spoiled. I won't go into alot of detail, don't want to brag or anything. But do feel free to come for a visit anytime. I can share my house, really.

And, yes it IS spring! after that last post, it snowed again, ....and again. but i think that it is absolutley done now. (I mean really, it's totally uncalled for. this is april dang it.) we have all these little green leaves pushing up to the sky around the edge of our fence. Most likely we'll see some flowers when they are done. I can't wait to find out what they are.

Derek is working at a nusery in town, while he contiunes to go to school full time. Which means, PLANTS!, and nice yard (because he'll know how to take care of things) I like this. This is good. This makes wife happy.

Oh and if anyone is interested (which i can think of only one person who might be) i have started using a website called www.amblesideonline.org in schooling the kiddos. And well this is one of my full time jobs (teacher), and i get a bit excited about it. I don't use the entire site, but the method fits our family better than any other, and i think the time has come to get a tad more structured in school.

um de dum. well i am just blabbing. I really need a little social time. (i'd love to meet you at panera, lisa!)
Maybe next time i'll write something creative, entitled something like
"ode to my house"
or "Oh, how i love thee, house, let me count the ways"
or maybe "A day in the life...shauna and her house"