Dreaming beneath the branches

Saturday morning I awoke with trees outside my big bay window. The air was moist and you could feel it on your skin, and you could smell the forest...it felt like we'd been camping. But it was just our new house.

I can not properly express how much in love I am with this new home. Windows on both ends...a through draft and more natural light. Antonio doesn't have the cars out his window anymore, but he does have a playground...and it's not quite the drop it was at the last place. You can see the path, the field, the forest at the edge of Gatineau Park...and all night long at a surprisingly loud volume...crickets. Lots and lots and lots of crickets. They've been singing each night since we first slept here.

We have a real kitchen. We have our table in there. We have a dishwasher and a food pantry!
We have a woodburning fireplace and a mantle.
We have trees outside the front and back windows.
We have big closets. And a linen closet...in the bathroom!
We have a blue tiled shower and taps that work well.
We have our own laundry room with a handwashing sink!
And a playground. A place for Tones to ride his bike.
A Dairy Queen just down the street.
Shopping and a movie theatre a 3 minute drive away!
A parking space you can walk to in under a minute...no extra keys required.
And it's nice and cool inside...even when the oven is on...because the kitchen is separate!

We shopped at the Loblaws on Sunday morning, and found a printer almost exactly like the one we have, only it was on sale for $57!!! Had to pick that up, being as we'd allotted some of my parents' housewarming money for that purpose anyway...now we'll just have more to spend on other things like a ceiling fan and new curtains...which I can't wait to start making!!!

This place really feels like home. I love it here. This is probably normal for a new homeowner, they probably call it the honeymoon phase or something like that, whatever. I just feel more at peace than I have in a long time. This isn't just some concrete shoebox to keep furniture in, this is OUR home. And no concrete walls either!

And it's so easy on frazzled nerves to fall asleep to a chorus of crickets and wake up with nothing but green leaves out your window.