~ home sweet home ~

So ... let's make something clear from the start. My back hates me. With a vengeance. Having said that, let me clue you in on something else. I did not ... I repeat, did NOT ... downsize nearly enough. Is that perfectly clear??

Having said that, let me say that I am absolutely in love with my new home. Which ... one week later ... does look a tad bit more organized and unpacked than the first three pictures here. A tad. Like .. don't get excited.

What these pictures don't reveal is the luscious painting that has covered up some darker colors I am not as fond of. Like the brown/gold and purple that was the master bathroom. I'll reveal that in later (more frequent) posts. For now take a look at the living room below which Mrs. Gee and I pulled together so that I could have a few moments of peace each day. Unfortunately, I took this picture without proper light. Get over that and just think ... peace.

Did I mention that I love my home?

Stay tuned to see it take shape.

Oh and ... thanks for your patience.

Finally !!

So ... the wait is finally over.

I am no longer ... home-less.

I am very excited about my new home.

However, my life's belongings and I will not be reunited until sometime next week.

At that point ...

I'll be burning these pants.

Just helping the Economy ...

So ... if you were under the impression that the construction industry was suffering in the recession ... you weren't entirely right. A whole neighborhood of homes went up in my sewing room this week, with nary a bailout in sight. I was blissfully at work on my paper-pieced houses and in true paper-piecing fashion ... my sewing room looks like it has been hit by a major storm system.

No problem. I'm sure one of the teeny-weeny, one-dimensional people who live in my teeny-weeny one-dimensional neighborhood will come out after dark and clean up the whole thing.

That's how it works ... right?

What's out YOUR window?

So ... we're home.

Sigh.

But, oddly enough, there are many things I will miss about our home-away-from-home. I will miss the experience of true city living. I will miss walking to get our groceries, and walking to downtown and the sense of community we had with everyone else who was walking in the opposite direction. I will miss looking out our window and seeing the lovely hotel and outdoor cafe (above) that was across the street.

Last week we received this picture from Sonny-boy and the Mrs. who live in a different city. This is what they saw out their Brooklyn window one week ago today. On the 11th. Of September. They also love their city views.

But today I could not be more grateful to look out my window and see my olive tree arching over the front walk. Yes ... I live in the suburbs and my house looks suspiciously like some of my neighbors' houses and it's still over 90 degrees out there in the shade.

But ... it's home.

So ... what are you looking at? What is your view? Feel free to show and tell.

schnitzel with noodles

So ... here are a few of my favorite things.

Simplehappy things that have recently brightened my life.

Which pretty much shows how bright my life already is.


New ironing board cover.

New shower head.

New closet space to arrange with abandon.

Now ... if I could only find myself a cream colored pony, I'd be set for life.

Jiggedy-Jig

So ... I'm home. And, truth be told, I'm a homebody. I am happy to sleep in my own bed and stumble into my own bathroom at 3 in the morning and eat my own cereal out of my own cereal bowls. Heck, I feel this way after coming home from a week at the beach.

I just like my home.

But this time it was a tad more bittersweet. 'Cause I had to leave these guys behind ...

... and that just isn't fair.