We're still working on the naming of the house. Do we smash a bottle of champagne against the outside when we name it?
My mom has come up with a winner… I'm going to discuss it with Bill, then I'll share.
Tuesdays are my work days, so still no photos.
Tomorrow is HPC, it's going to be a long meeting. I spend an entire hour going through the packet. Yikes. So unless I find time in the middle of the day, I likely won't get pictures on here tomorrow either.
By now, would you expect anything different?
Someday I'll surprise you. Today is not that day.
Showing posts with label home. Show all posts
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Monday, September 29, 2014
Name That House!
I do have pictures from yesterday's adventure. Lots and lots of pictures.
Unfortunately, what I didn't have was time to put them all on my computer and then onto my blog. Don't worry, I won't put all of them on here. I'll pick out the best of the best. Hopefully. Then I'll post those.
Instead, what I want to write about tonight is naming our house.
Every house has a name. The British are well-versed in naming their country homes.
No, we're not British, but it's a cool idea. It's a fun way to invite people over. It was just in a magazine that you should name your house.
In New Jersey our house was called "Dewey", named after the street. We only lived in that house for three years. We've lived here for eight years and have yet to name this house.
In fact, when we were house-hunting here in GR, we looked at and put an offer in on a house on Linden. We have since referred to that house as the "Linden" house. We named a house we don't even live in!
If you haven't seen our house, here's the last photo I took:
Not that I want to remember all of that snow… it was a lot (I do love it), it just so happens to be a decent picture of the house.
Other facts to help pick a name: we live on College Ave. Our last name starts with "U". The house is half red, half beige/tan. I'm not a fan of the spanish "rojo"because that's what we use to describe our fifteen-passenger church van ("Rojo Grande").
As you can see we have no trees in the front yard. We do have a lamppost that is frequently home to wasps.
I've tossed around College U. Not clever or catchy enough.
We have that crazy steeped-pitch roof.
Big House…
Not descriptive enough.
I don't know why this is so difficult. It should be easy, shouldn't it?
This Old House?
Hm, catchy… but it's taken.
Anybody got any ideas?
Unfortunately, what I didn't have was time to put them all on my computer and then onto my blog. Don't worry, I won't put all of them on here. I'll pick out the best of the best. Hopefully. Then I'll post those.
Instead, what I want to write about tonight is naming our house.
Every house has a name. The British are well-versed in naming their country homes.
No, we're not British, but it's a cool idea. It's a fun way to invite people over. It was just in a magazine that you should name your house.
In New Jersey our house was called "Dewey", named after the street. We only lived in that house for three years. We've lived here for eight years and have yet to name this house.
In fact, when we were house-hunting here in GR, we looked at and put an offer in on a house on Linden. We have since referred to that house as the "Linden" house. We named a house we don't even live in!
If you haven't seen our house, here's the last photo I took:
Not that I want to remember all of that snow… it was a lot (I do love it), it just so happens to be a decent picture of the house.
Other facts to help pick a name: we live on College Ave. Our last name starts with "U". The house is half red, half beige/tan. I'm not a fan of the spanish "rojo"because that's what we use to describe our fifteen-passenger church van ("Rojo Grande").
As you can see we have no trees in the front yard. We do have a lamppost that is frequently home to wasps.
I've tossed around College U. Not clever or catchy enough.
We have that crazy steeped-pitch roof.
Big House…
Not descriptive enough.
I don't know why this is so difficult. It should be easy, shouldn't it?
This Old House?
Hm, catchy… but it's taken.
Anybody got any ideas?
Sunday, June 29, 2014
Making our house a home
It's our 8th anniversary in Grand Rapids! It doesn't seem like it's been that long, but it has. We've lived here more than twice as long as anywhere else.
The city has more to offer and has become the hip place to put on a list.
We're fond of it.
We should get out more and explore it, but we're busy working on the house.
We have seen a great deal of the city. There are just so many restaurants we want to try, plus all the free concerts and other art festivals it can start to become overwhelming. Plus it's more fun to do with friends.
Eight years is a long time and I'm happy to be here.
The city has more to offer and has become the hip place to put on a list.
We're fond of it.
We should get out more and explore it, but we're busy working on the house.
We have seen a great deal of the city. There are just so many restaurants we want to try, plus all the free concerts and other art festivals it can start to become overwhelming. Plus it's more fun to do with friends.
Eight years is a long time and I'm happy to be here.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
First things first
I will get to our trip tomorrow or Friday. For today, I'm thankful that we made it back.
Sami dropped me off at 11:51pm last night.
This morning she sent me a picture of the fifteen passenger van being towed to the dealer. "Big Red", as we affectionately call her, has died. I don't know what has happened to the ol' girl, but we may not get her back.
I am so thankful that we made it home.
Sami dropped me off at 11:51pm last night.
This morning she sent me a picture of the fifteen passenger van being towed to the dealer. "Big Red", as we affectionately call her, has died. I don't know what has happened to the ol' girl, but we may not get her back.
I am so thankful that we made it home.
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