Beginnings

Well, here we go. My first attempt at blogging. I love to talk / write, so this should be easy. Right? Shouldn't it? Ummm...so why don't I know what to say?

I guess I should start with why we're here. J and I are so happy that we are going to be grandparents. Our daughter and her husband are expecting a baby girl in early December. (Check out The Tad Show http://thetadshow.blogspot.com/) What a wonderful Christmas / Hanukkah gift she will be. I've already started spoiling her rotten, and buying everything pink in the store. As soon as she gets a name, I'll let you know.

And finally, after 18 loooooong months, our house is under contract so maybe we'll be able to get out of this too big formal monstrosity with too much yard that never really felt like home. We have a lovely little lot in an older neighborhood in town; close to shopping, restaurants, places to walk and bike. We plan to build a "new old house" there - a house that will be comfortable and cozy when it's just us and the dogs, but that will expand with love and laughter when our children, their spouses, and our beautiful grandchildren are there to visit. This is our fourth venture into home building and we learn more each time. Hopefully, this is the last time, but I've learned never to say never.

In any event, we plan to enjoy dual adventures over the next months. We hope you enjoy reading about them.