Tiny Living

Growing up in a small house you would think that one would want to buy a bigger house when they got married and are older...not me. Not us. We've moved around so much in the past 30 plus years of marriage and because of that always rented. And although people would say, "you're throwing money away" I didn't care. Still don't. Renting for years has worked for us and doesn't make us feel obligated to stay stuck in a place for too long and for that I am grateful! 

So with that being said, after five years of living in a house that I thought we would be in at least until Noah graduated or Jon retired is up for sale.

While we were at my daughter’s graduation in Utah last month, we got a surprise phone call from our landlord saying that he’s selling the house due to health issues and that we have 60 days to vacate.

Well, my stress level cannot handle finding a place within 60 days so as soon as we landed, we immediately started looking and low and behold, our daughter Lexie helped us find the cutest space within a week. 

And it was a HUGE blessing in disguise…

We are in our mid 50s and we’re not getting any younger so having us leave a house that had stairs and a huge lawn was not feasible for us anymore. We just couldn’t keep up with it anymore. Sure the stairs  kept us in shape but there were many times where we accidentally almost fell down the stairs or even tripped a lot. But broken bones are not worth the risk-oh wait, my husband has already done on the job as a UPS city driver, and he definitely doesn't need that to happen at home. 

We also had garden beds that I never planted anything in. I am not a green thumb, never have been. My mother was a perfectionist at gardening, but not me.  The house on Franklin street worked out for us for five years but now that we just have Noah left in the nest downsizing makes a lot of sense. 

However, we are still paying the same amount of rent and that’s OK because this cute tiny living space is so worth it. The peace that it brings is worth the price. 

This tiny living space reminds me of a NYC apartment, but without living in the city. We absolutely love it and although I didn’t hoard too much it did help me get rid of more things that I realized I didn’t need and it was so refreshing to do that. 

Less is best and this space is exactly what we needed right now especially at our age. We adore it. We love it and Noah loves his room. 

Having our landlord make this decision, not only for his mental health, but for ours as well was something that we definitely needed, and we truly feel so much more at peace with this adorable tiny living space.

Here’s hoping we stay here until Jon retires and then move somewhere permanently where the state will not tax his pension! 

Life Lately Since The Year Began...

 

Is this it, am I done? Is this the end of my blog? I certainly hope not but here we are in the middle of June and I haven’t shared or written anything in the last six months.   

For the past 15 years I’ve always looked at my blog as a journal of my life. I haven’t written major long stories in a while. All I have done in the last few years is pretty much shared the same thing that I post on my Instagram and snippets of what we’ve done on a weekend and sometimes that can get monotonous for those of you who follow me and read.

I would love to go into depth with my writing. I would like to share more about my life and be even more vulnerable in detail like how I used to be when I first started this blog. Especially with everything that has been going on the world and with me up until now at 54 years of age.

I also want to bring light and joy into this writing space. I always don’t want to be a Debbie downer but sometimes I have to be because, well-that’s life in todays world.  

So since the beginning of this year, I have to say that life has literally been bittersweet- both happy and sad. 

Currently-The one good thing that is going on in my life has been becoming a grandma and my granddaughter is growing up so fast! She’s 7 months old now and because of all the A. I. crap that’s on the Internet and out of respect of my daughter I will not be sharing any photos of her on the internet. But we are sooooo happy to say we are proud grandparents of a beautiful granddaughter.