First blog!

Ok after several attempts to get help setting up the blog, I had to go solo and hack thru it on my own. It wasn't very hard but I'm not sure where these words will end up!

We have been at the beach for one week today. It feels longer since so much has happened and our life is so completely different. Going from a large planned community in suburban Texas to a small beach town in the Florida panhandle gives me a few thing to write about.

First the nuts and bolts...do we fit in our new place?

Lots of people have asked how the 1,500 sq ft loft works for our family of five (me, my husband our three kids and two dogs). After living in a large house with a two car garage and a big back yard, I was a little unsure. So far no problem. We all fit ... well, we all fit minus lots and lots of stuff we left behind in Texas, (a whole blog of its own later about getting rid of the stuff ). But for now know that I sold, donated, and trashed like a mad women in preparation for this move. I have to say other than drawer space for the clothes I never wear, I really don't miss it at all. (The clothes I do wear still hang on a chair, a hook or the side of the tub just like they did at home!)

The third floor loft has high ceilings and lots of windows which make this place feel pretty open. The bedrooms are smaller and the girls share a room with a triple bunk that they seem to love so far. The first night here they had three friends sleep over!

The no garage is new. My bike is in a public bike rack outside the entrance to our three story loft building, unlocked. Every day when I bring the dogs down to walk them on the "common" or "green" across the street from my place, I look for my bike. Like a miracle, every morning, it is there right where I left it! My kids rip sticks are strewn across the sidewalk or in the hall way of our building with about four extras that belong to their friends.

As promised, well as I promised myself, I can vacuum the whole place in about 15 minutes. I have to admit I've only done it once. So it looks like house keeping really will be a lot less work...good more time to blog! Pictures are coming but first I have to figure out how to get them on the blog with the words...how do it know?