Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Our House


After a few delays caused by a woman on the other side of the country, we closed on and got the keys to our very first home on Friday! As you can well imagine, life has been a rampant flurry of activity since and while extremely happy, I'm already a bit tired out.


As luck would have it, our lease on the apartment doesn't run out until the end of this month, so we have more time to move all of our stuff over then we've ever had before. That being said though, when you're a bookworm like myself moving can be an arduous task as numerous boxes of books are awfully heavy!


We spent the weekend cleaning up the house and yard, painting and beginning to move things over. We plan to have our bedroom and most everything else moved over by this coming weekend so we can have the house all to ourselves, my brother and his girlfriend can get a taste of having their own apartment, before the lease is up and we're all living together again for a few months.


Things have been quiet over here on the blog, as not only have I been moving house and packing, but we haven't transferred the internet from the apartment to the house yet. Probably a good thing as it's quite distracting! You can see more photos of the house on my Flickr page, here.

I'll be back super soon with some pictures of the house with a bit more furnishing and to play a round of Someone Help Identify the Plants in the Yard!



P.S. I hope you all had a beautiful Ostara! I typically plant sunflower seeds charged with what I'd like to 'grow' to celebrate, but as the weather has been erratic and there were some pretty wicked thunderstorms and hail over the weekend I haven't done so yet. Maybe tomorrow - better late then never!

P.P.S. I'd like to thank Polly, a.k.a, Green Witch from Pagan by Design and a certain 'secret' nominator for awarding me the Wonderful Web Witches award! If you hop on over and take a peek, you'll see that my admirer has been likewise honored! ;)

26 comments:

  1. The pictures on Flickr page are great. I love the last one...man and tool
    You have a very beautiful home.
    May you never be hungry or go to bed mad.
    May your bread never fall and a good time be had
    In the home of your heart
    and the place where you rest.
    For you now hold the true saying, Home is the best.
    Blessing of forever love, The Olde Bagg, Linda

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  2. Your house is gorgeous Danni! It looks so cozy and perfectly witchy. I love my house now, but I know someday I'll move and the thought of moving all my books, oi vay ; ) Wishing you many happy blessings and happiness for your new home.

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  3. Look how beautiful your house is!! And so many trees and green 'stuff" everywhere. I love the photo of you and Joe!! So happy for you!

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  4. Congrats!! I cannot wait for the day to be posting the same! :D Looks beautiful and the yard just looks stunning, even with the weather and such. Hope you guys have fun painting and getting all settled in.
    Congrats on the Wonderful Web Witches award as well!! :D

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  5. ~to your new home...your new life that will unfold upon these grounds...the memories that will be created and the love and laughter to be shared...may it be only a beautifully sweet life ahead making your house a home...a gorgeous place for the both of you...congrats my dear friend...much love light and blessings always upon you and yours~

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  6. Oh wow, Danni, your house is beautiful! Congrats on becoming a house owner... just heading over to Flickr to be even nosier ;-) x

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  7. Looks lovely:) Congratulations

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  8. congratulations! It looks like a lovely new home

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  9. Huge congratulations. May you find a wealth of happiness in your new home :D

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  10. This is simply lovely! All the insides and the outsides! I am so happy for You and I wish You the happiest life in this house!
    ps.: I know what it is to buy a home, we have done this two years ago and its hell:P But the reward is there in the end!:)

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  11. Your home is GORGEOUS!! Congratulations!

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  12. Congrats on the new place!! It looks like the perfect place for your family. Love the hearth!!

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  13. Yay for getting your house! And you two are adorable. ^-^

    I hope the rest of your moving goes smoothly. ^-^

    XOXO

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  14. Awesome!
    congratulations both of you! I'm very happy for you!
    that house is very pretty! I wish to find something like this this summer!

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  15. Oh how awesome!! Congrats on your new home. Can't wait to see what it looks like when you put your own personal stamp on it. Congrats again...how exciting!

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  16. Congrats on the new home Danni, it's beautiful. Awesome hearth too.

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  17. Congrats! All the best for you and your new home!

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  18. Congratulations missus! I can't believe I missed this momentous news, I'm a bad blogger friend indeed :( Anyway, I'm so happy for you both - and I love that first picture of you two! The house looks lovely too, I hope you have many, many happy years in it.

    May Brigid bless the house where in you dwell.
    Bless every fireside every wall and door.
    Bless every heart that beats beneath its roof.
    Bless every hand that toils to bring it joy.
    Bless every foot that walks its portals through.
    May Brigid bless the house that shelters you.


    Roisin x

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  19. What a sweet "welcome home" photo! Your new house looks beautiful and full of wonderful possibilities. May you enjoy it for many, many years to come! Theresa

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  20. Beautiful house! May your years there be blessed with happiness, love and laughter! ♥

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  21. Oh Danni! What a perfect house!! I'm so happy for you!

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  22. Yay!!!!! I love these photos, Danni. The 2 of you are so adorable and your house and yard are beautiful! Congratulations a million times over. Don't forget to buy a new broom for it! ;-)

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  23. Yay! SO happy for the two of you!! And I love playing Identify That Plant!!! :)

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  24. Beautiful house! I am seriously so very jealous! My husband and I have been trying to save for a house, but it's really hard in this day and age :( One day though! I absolutely ADORE your backyard! Looks like my kind of oasis! Congratulations :)

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  25. Looks like an absolutely lovely house with a wonderful yard! Congratulations!

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