Moving in has been quite interesting. First, we had to determine what we were
going to bring over here and what we were going to put in storage. Going from a four-bedroom house to a
two-bedroom house had its challenges.
Downsizing. Significant
downsizing. It is quite alarming to
know how much “stuff” one has and, for all intents and purposes, one doesn’t
need.
Our house here at the coast is a two-story house with one
big area upstairs, which has become my son’s bedroom and play area. Oh yeah, and the closets are upstairs as
well. My wife has one and I have the
other. They are both four feet wide by
three feet deep. Downstairs, there is
our bedroom, which our full size bed fits nicely with about twenty inches to
spare on each side.
There is a little deck on the outside and a small yard, and
by small I mean smaller than one side of our old house. Square footage for the entire house is
1200. 600 sq. feet upstairs and 600 sq.
feet downstairs. That footage also
includes the little garage slash laundry room slash storage room.
Then we have the sun room.
Ah, the sun room. Small and
slanted, but housing the kitchen table, two sitting chairs and a plant
table. But the sun room was the selling
point of the whole place. That, and the
natural lighting throughout the house.
Oh, and all of the flowers and foliage.
Our house from the outside looks like a little barn or
garage, but inside, it is becoming our home.
We are learning to make due with small and are trying to develop a
simple lifestyle. The town of 750 we
are in has one grocery store, which is a bit expensive, so our main shopping
trips are twenty-five miles away going either north or south.
But, here we are. And here is where we truly believe God wants us to be in this season of our lives. we already miss our friends terribly, but soon our little cottage house here will be open for guests. You just have to like being close, crowded, and cramped. But here is home. Welcome.
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