Changes

I have decided to name my quilting business "Sunrise Quilt Studio". The sunrises we view from our deck are so pretty and I need a name that I can continue to use if we move again. This one seems to fit the bill in that respect. Now I have to file all the paperwork required by law to get this done.

Paul and Hannah are in Reeds Spring this weekend to pack up some of the items we left behind and bring them back here to Jefferson City. Paul and his brother Dave, took our old refrigerator back down to the Reeds Spring home and we'll be selling it with the house. We had a showing of the house on Friday, but so far we haven't heard anything back from the realtor. We have 5 weeks left on the contract with this realtor and we're hoping the house will be sold before the contract is up.

Hannah is making friends at her new school so things are going better for her now. She says that this new school is a lot different from her old school and it is taking a bit of adjusting for her. She's pretty resilient though, so she'll be fine.

I spent the weekend unpacking boxes of books. My books are all unpacked as well as the girls. Paul still needs to unpack and organize his books, but he hasn't had the time for that yet. I also got into the basement and unpacked as much of my quilting supplies as I can for the time being. We need to get some additional lighting installed for the quilting machine because the basement is so dark.

I came across a stack of quilt blocks left over from a quilt I made for a friend a year or so ago, as well as the fabric to make the blocks with. So, I decided to take a break and get in some piecing time. This will be a 30's basket quilt. I had enough fabric to make the blocks and borders, but will probably have to purchase more fabric for the alternate blocks. It felt good to be working at the sewing machine again :)

The list of changes to make in the house isn't too long, but they are things that need to be done, such as repainting the bathrooms, changing door locks, adding lighting in the basement, and buying curtains for the kitchen - which doesn't have any. The morning sun comes in through the sliding glass door in the kitchen and really heats up the room. That won't be a problem in the winter, but it is now when it's so hot outside.

I'm still rearranging the kitchen cabinets - finding places for everything so that they are conveniently located. We are slowly getting used to things.

Adjusting

We are almost completely unpacked. I still have to unpack some books and organize things. The wiring for the computer doesn't work in the familyroom where we want to put the computer, so for now we have it on the counter in the kitchen! Paul is going to do some re-wiring of telephone line so we can get the computer back on it's desk and then I can get the family room organized.

Hannah doesn't like school here as much as in Reeds Spring. She's willing to give it a try, but the first 2 days of school were mostly reviewing work for the coming year and classroom rules. She's bored! Hopefully it will get better as time goes on.

Sarah is doing well with her homeschool work. She's catching on to reading a lot better this year than last and she's really enjoying our science studies about mammals.

Once we get completely unpacked, I'll be doing some painting in the house. The bathrooms could all use fresh paint especially the 1/2 bath that has a sand-textured paint on it. The sellers left several cans of paint so I won't have to do any shopping - I can just use what we have on hand. So nice!

I wanted to post photos of our new house, but the cord I need to download photos from my digital camera didn't make it up here. It's still at the old house in a box. Paul may be making a trip down there this weekend to check on the house and bring back a few things and the camera cord is one of the things on his list. Once I get it I'll post some photos. Hannah took some gorgeous photos of the sunrise this morning. Maybe I should rename my business "Sunrise Quilt Studio" instead of "The Quilted Lily Studio". I'll have to ponder on that a bit :)

Susan

New Beginnings!

We are getting settled into our new home. The past 2 weeks have been hectic with packing up the old house and trying to unpack the new one. Even though we had movers doing the work of packing and moving, it was tiring! So many decisions to make and questions to answer; keeping an eye on everything and trying to have some sense of normalcy for the kids. We are doing all the unpacking ourselves and are up to our knees in boxes and packing materials.

We spent 2 nights in hotels between the closing on the new house loan and moving in since there was a 3 day delay between the closing and the moving date. Even the kids got tired of eating out and eating convenience foods!

The neighborhood we are living in is very quiet. We have several hundred acres of vacant land behind us that helps with the quietness. Our lot is 1/2 acre and part of it is fenced so the dogs are happy to be near the house and to have plenty of space to romp - although it has been too hot to do much more than lay on the deck and pant! The day we moved in was 106 degrees!

The view from our deck is gorgeous! I'll be posting photos of it. It will be interesting to see it in the fall with all the changing leaf colors - a good inspiration for a landscape quilt :D

My quilting machine is still in pieces in the basement, but I hope to have it up and running over Labor Day weekend. We're having visitors that weekend that I hope to recruit to help us put the machine together. I'll be ready to quilt then. We'll be making changes to the basement to finish it off, but that will come with time.

Hannah's first day at Thomas Jefferson Middle School was today. It was a mediocre day with getting used to a much larger school and a new group of kids. They mostly had orientation today. Hopefully she'll be more enthusiastic about school in a few weeks when they get a routine established.

Caleb starts college at OTC tomorrow. He is still living in Reeds Spring for the time being and working at Ozark Mountain Resort.

Sarah is homeschooling again this year. We started our school year today with reading, writing, spelling, science, math and social studies. It was a full day.