Goodbye house...

Since I have now been home a week and have little to do (due to the fact that I couldn't stay at Camp Brigantina), I have been trying to keep myself busy. I'm a little over 200 pages into Harry Potter 7 and I find myself not wanting to finish it because I really don't know what happens at the end of it. Then, I will finally be able to watch the last movie. But I am reading this book incredibly slow in comparison to the other ones (which took 1-3 days each), trying to soak it all in.

In other news, the house that I lived in ALL through college and after (until I moved to Ukraine) sold :( During the spring and summer of 2006, my parents and I looked at countless townhouses, condos, houses, and duplexes. The idea was that they would buy a house and I would live in it and have roommates in it during college, which is a pretty typical thing to do in a college town...and I was all for it. It meant not having to move my stuff every year from apartment to apartment and the best part: I GOT TO DECORATE IT :) I checked openhouseok.com every day, hoping to see a house that was semi-updated and had some charm to it. And finally, I found it.

(photo courtesy of Openhouseok.com)--great landscaping courtesy of mom :)

It even looks cute covered in snow :)

the view when you walked in the newly painted red front door (thanks, mom!)

the giant living space...

So bare...

the cute little white and green kitchen...I don't have any pictures of my own with my red appliances. Bummer! Check out the original 70's era olive green sink, stove, and venthood. They all worked and I actually really liked them :)

My bedroom (picture courtesy of openhouseok.com) without any of my stuff...

the drop-leaf table I made in furniture design that no one was ever allowed to put a drink on :)

another view of the living area

There were so many things that I loved and will miss about this house...Christmas parties, FISH gatherings, MUG, friend din, guitar hero, surprise parties, decorating for Christmas (going on the roof and putting up lights for the very first time!), the blue couch, I could go on forever. (pictured above: some of my FISH group from 2 years ago at our Christmas party)

There are also things I will not miss. Jill LOVED to come over to my house and find the set of k'nex magnetic balls and pieces (that I usually had hidden) and then drop them on the tile floor. The balls went bouncing in every direction...I finally gave the set back to my mom. Thank you, Jill Sowers :)

One of the last days I was in my house before I left for PC...goodbye Sunrise house :) I hope that the boys who will live there now will appreciate it as much as I did.

In other news, I need to get ready for my guest to come today! Catharine (who lives in Aleksandria--2 hours to the east of me) is coming to k-grad for the weekend. I didn't get a picture of us the last time that she was here, so I will do my best to do so this weekend.

Oh! Last news. I updated the contact info again with information regarding shipping and packages and sending mail in general. Check it out!