Absent

I'm sorry it's been so quiet over here the last couple of weeks!  Just after my last post we got an offer on our house (after 11 months on the market)!  Once we were under contract we spent about a week looking at houses (getting our internet list of 50 down to 30 that we went and looked at during the week around babysitters and work, and then saw 5 together on Saturday, put in an offer on Sunday).  This past week has been getting ready for inspections, finding a good mortgage and packing.  I'm nearly done with two rooms!  Next is my sewing area and the attic.

We are down sizing from 3100 square feet, two story house on 3.8 acres in the mountains:



To a 2100 square foot (including the sunroom), one level ranch, on a 10,000 square foot lot in the city.



And luckily it has a den, which should be perfect for sewing (once we brighten it up a bit lot).  Plus it's right next to the back door and the kitchen!  My current sewing space is upstairs, and I have to walk through EVERY damn hallway in the house to get to the kitchen downstairs (which are the two most used rooms in the house, naturally).  What a waste of time and space.

In addition to all of that, we've been having a particularly hot and dry June, so motivating myself to do any sewing has been difficult.  I did get to spend one nap time working on the TARDIS quilt, but only made one block.  I'll try to write up a post about it soon though, it is going to be a fun quilt!

Now that moving is a reality (finally!), I have been thinking about blog changes.  We will no longer be living on Sparrow Lane, so I feel that a new blog name is in order!  Not sure how to make the changes yet...or what the new name will be.  But I'll be sure to keep you all posted!