"So throw away those Lamentations,
We both know them all too well.
If there's a Book of Jubilations,
We'll have to write it for ourselves.."

-Josh Ritter




Sunday, February 22, 2009

Dinner Party (by Eric)

We had the Osers and the Schlegels over for dinner last night. Sean and Tamara brought their beautiful twin girls Jessica and Courtney, and Dan and Denise brought baby Nora along for the night (my first chance to meet her!). We gorged on Pizza, Thai food, French Fries, and far, far too much chocolate cake and brownies (Sean took too much insulin).

We had a great time. The Oser girls were amazing with our Nora Lee- they drew with her, played with Play-doh and even read to her at bedtime. She was DE-lighted with the entire situation, especially with the part where she got to eat all the chocolate cake she wanted and then get read to by two 6 year old girls before bedtime. Happily, not a single meltdown took place and she finally put herself to bed at 9:15.

It was a really nice night, and I was left feeling incredibly grateful for their company. Like so many things these days, it was a little bit bittersweet though. We’ve met some really amazing people in the last few years here in Pennsylvania, and it’s going to be really painful having to say goodbye and then start all over making new friends in Minnesota. The evening also reminded me of how much we’re going to miss our little house. We’ve poured ridiculous amounts of time and money into making it what it is, and it’s certainly nothing fancy, but it ours and now it’s just right for us. We love inviting people that we care about into our home. It’s really sad leaving a home that we’ve poured your heart and soul into, not to mention one that we’ve raised our daughter in.

Speaking of busting our butts on this house, that’s exactly what we did today. Nora Lee spent the day with Ms. Jessica so that Mommy and Daddy could do some last minute fix-up jobs before the house goes on the market this week. We re-finished the shower in the Master bath (a word to the wise- DON’T EVER DO THIS… unless you enjoy poisoning yourself), fixed the hole in the ceiling where I put my foot through the sheetrock, did a bunch of touch-up painting, rearranged some furniture, cleaned up the yard and made some repairs to the fence, made a MASSIVE goodwill donation (and gave away even more stuff via Freecycle), cleaned up the garage and the shop and painted a long-neglected front door. Phew! We’re pooped.

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