Playing Hookie

This Wednesday both Jeff and I were ready to leave for work, keys in hand, when we both looked at each other and said we didn't want to go to work. So for the first time ever (at least for me) we played hookie from work last minute. We didn't have anything exciting planned. We just felt that this sunny August day was perfect to spend with each other. And since we are sans kiddo's we better take advantage of our spontaneity while we can!

We ran a few fun errands like picking up peaches at a local farmers stand, hitting up a thrift store, and then day dreaming about our new house. This awesome news is only a partial excuse for my absence online. The other part is laziness. Sewing hasn't ceased but taking the time to photograph and write about it has.

But let's not dwell on that. Let's talk about the new house! We are first time home buyers and I can't tell you how exciting this whole process has been. We've been saving for what seems like forever and started to look this spring online. The worst/best part about waiting and saving is that we got to spend a lot of time deciding what we liked and didn't like. So we were quick to say no to many properties that came on the market. But time was on our side and patience paid off. We ended up getting many of the priority items on our wish list. Newer home in the country with land surrounded by farms. And its less than 10 minutes from Jeff's work. Amazing!

Hopefully, this will be the last time we move for a very long time. I am so ready to plant roots.

Long lane leading up to the house. We plan to plant fruit trees in the front yard.

View from the mudroom through the kitchen into the living room. Check out all the natural light!

View from the breakfast room which we are just going to use as our dining room.

Dining room

We take possession in 9 days. Our actual moving date is 2 weeks later. Between Labor Day and out of state work trips it works out better that way. We have our rental til the end of Sept so there is really no rush. I can clean the new house before we move in, get settled, then have time to clean our rental. :)