You would think that by now, after living 33 years in Connecticut, I just might already know that some days it snows. I do know that it snows, but ever since we came back from North Carolina, I keep thinking that somehow it won't. Sure it snowed in North Carolina. Only once though. And it disappeared by morning. Which was nice :)
Now, everytime I read the news or listen to the radio, it seems like they are predicting snow. I don't remember it snowing like this before we went to North Carolina.
Ugh.
I am cold.
I am cold when it isn't snowing! I pull out the wool socks around the end of October and don't stop wearing my thermals until May, at least. It also affects my mood and I become increasingly cranky. You would figure that this would be motivation enough to move to a warmer climate. But.....
my job is here,
my Dad is here,
the kids have friends here,
heck we even have friends here!
so that means we are staying here.
We have recently have started looking for a new place to live. Our little cottage in suburbia is not going to be available to us this spring, so we have begun the search for a new home.
At first we laughed with glee, grabbed the laptop and searched all over America for a home. Sure there are beautiful bungalows in New Orleans for 20,000 where you can live on the top floor only, because there is still so much damage from Hurricane Katrina, the bottom floors are uninhabitable. How about the winding hills of West Virgina with a 4 bedroom 3 bath home on 17 acres costs $90,000 with a town population of 200? Where do these people go to work?
Then we realized that we probably aren't going to pack up all or belongings and travel half way across the country to move to a state that we have never been to without a job with 5 KIDS! That would just be too much for our poor frail emotional selves to handle at this point. Just surviving here, right now in Connecticut is hard enough.
So, here we are, looking for a home in Bristol of all places. The trappings of love.
On this last day of 2009, despite the snow and frigid temperatures, I want to officially thank the universe for all the blessings in my life. Health, Family, Love, Home, Food, Transportation that works, Friends and a good job.
And to all a happy new year!!
