thrilled to be back + showered in light.


Thrilled to be moved and even more thrilled to be back online! They'd told us that it *may* take up to 10 days to move our internet service. It only took 2.5 days, whew! In the meantime, I've received so many lovely messages, and I just can't say thank you enough. So happy to be able to catch up with everyone!


We were able to mostly finish painting (with some help!) before we moved all of our stuff into the house. We still have a fair bit of unpacking to do, and we still need to recover our mattress from another friend's house. Our last house was furnished, so we gave away our mattress. This house is furnished too, but they did take all their bedroom stuff. Now we're taking back our mattress--what indian givers we are! And as I write that I wonder where in tarnations that horrible/ridiculous saying came from? There is a single mattress in the second bedroom, so we've been sleeping on that for the past two nights. It must be a little bigger than a twin, though, because there's plenty of room and we've been sleeping like champs!

The house, though quite small, is so bright and warm! It feels much better to be here, especially now that we're connected. Soon we'll reach the fun decorating stage. Right now, we're going to do a little beach combing in our lovely 3-degree (C) sun, enjoy some fresh air and nourish our achy backs. 

{view of the sound by serkan yalin}

28 comments:

Barbara von Enger said...

Ah, it's just a joyous, happy feeling to be showered in light.

A warm welcome back, dear Lady!
I Adore the mustard coloured flowers pictured above. Reminds one of golden light of the sun.
Have a nice weekend;-)

Anna Walker said...

Congrats to being back! I love all of the pictures! so lovely, nice and gorgeous! :)

Christine said...

Glad you're settling in nicely. Sounds like you're going to love it there.

Claire Kiefer said...

Wow, Serkan took that last picture? So pretty! On a funny note, I do this lesson with my kids about word origins and the racism/sexism/etc. embedded in so many of our sayings (the one I hate the most: gypped), and Indian giver is one of them. :)

love you!

Joyti said...

Those photographs are so BEAUTIFUL!

k said...

can't wait to here how it progresses...decorating is so fun :) making a house a home...

stylenuggets said...

It's nice to settle into a new place slowly and put your stamp on it. Hope it all works out.

Abby said...

This sounds awesome! i'm glad you're all moved in and that you got internet pretty quickly. Can't wait for the decorating pictures (haha).

Alicia Lund said...

Aww how exciting! Congrats on your new move!

kaylyn. said...

I love the first picture you posted, it's so bright and cheerful:)

heather said...

Thank you all for the lovely comments and welcome back! :)

@Claire, yes, Serkan is quite the photog! (and I am quite the editor, does that count?) and I those loaded odd/stupid words are truly awful!

@Abby, we'll see if i actually take pics of the decorating. it can't wait to have something that's more truly ours, but all in due time...

xoxoxo

Joyti said...

Re: your comment...you can try making compote or cheesecake with frozen blueberries, I think it would work well. I've baked with those before, and they've worked well for me.

Poppies and Sunshine said...

Welcome back :) Hopefully you will get to the fun part soon...decorating! That is always one joy about moving!

paislea said...

gorgeous photos!!

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Nicki said...

Hello dear! I'm glad you're back! I left you an award on my blog today. Check it out! You totally deserved it! :]

Natalie @ Blossoming Visions said...

Thanks so much for stopping by..Congrats on the move. I just moved last month so I hear ya on the achy backs thing...Rest up : )

Josie said...

It's so exciting that you've moved into a new house! You'll have to show photos of the redo process!
Thank you so much for stopping by my blog and for your sweet comment! Yours is fab; I can't wait for more!
xo Josie
http://winksmilestyle.blogspot.com

Lynzy said...

Congrats to the big move :) Enjoy decorating!
XO Lynzy
http://fromskirtstoskillets.blogspot.com

OneCraftyFox said...

Welcome back! Sounds like you are getting settled in nicely :)

Happy weekend!

J. said...

Congrats on the move! Happy weekend! :)

Faiza said...

My wish for you is a weekend of bliss and internet service and light!

Valerie said...

Welcome back! Hope you have an easy time getting settled.

Valerie

Ashley/ MILK TEETHS said...

The decorating stage is the best part!! All i do is look at design/decorating blogs...love it!!

xx
MILK TEETHS

Unknown said...

Glad to hear things are well with the new place!!! :-)

Unknown said...

What a lovely and inspiring photo! Perfect to kick off a weekend!
xo
amanda

this free bird said...

That bottom picture is breathtaking.

Cuppie's on her way. Will probably take 2 weeks...It was $140 for UPS or $10 for USPS First Class...she had to go coach. It was not pretty...

ps - thanks so much for your note and CONGRATS on the move. speedy internet story is awesome!!


xoxo,
Carrie

Heather Taylor said...

Happy to hear you're moving in and settling well in your new home! It takes longer than you think to get everything set up, but is always well worth the hard work.
Indian giver- now that's a saying I haven't heard in years. Where did it come from? Seriously now?

Eadaoin said...

i know the feeling of waiting and hoping for your internet connection to finally come through lol!! i love moving house, it's so nice taking thing out of boxes and finding new places and spaces for them in a new home. i bet you're glad you're all finished now though, it's exhausting! good luck in your new place, i hope you are very happy there :)

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