{"id":4706,"date":"2010-11-18T03:47:27","date_gmt":"2010-11-18T07:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=4706"},"modified":"2010-11-18T03:49:52","modified_gmt":"2010-11-18T07:49:52","slug":"a-new-journey-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=4706","title":{"rendered":"A new journey begins"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a><\/a><\/a>They say when one journey ends, another begins.\u00a0 I’m excited to finally say that today<\/em> was the start of that new journey for our family.\u00a0 I was given a key today by my husband, a very special key.\u00a0 This key will open the door to a place I haven’t really mentioned on my blog:\u00a0 our new home.<\/em><\/p>\n

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For some reason I kept our home building process under wraps.\u00a0 There were times I was going to post pictures of the various phases we were going through, but then I decided I might as well wait til the very end.\u00a0\u00a0 Sometimes I don’t talk about things until they’re a “done deal”. \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 Some of you may know our home-building process was a very, very long one.\u00a0 Shortly after\u00a0we bought this lot, I went in to labor with our 4th son and my husband met me at the hospital in a 26 ft. moving truck…can you imagine finding a place to park that?!\u00a0 That little baby just turned 2 last month!\u00a0 So you see this is a dream that has been in the making for a very long time.\u00a0 All of the things they say about home-building are true:\u00a0\u00a0 it can be very stressful and always takes longer than you think.\u00a0 I have to thank my husband for persevering and for making it all happen, with everything going on in our lives and at work.\u00a0 Soon I won’t have to spend 2 hours a day commuting back and forth to the kid’s schools!<\/p>\n

Remember my recent blog post with a flashback to the 50’s?\u00a0 Our original home was built in 1956<\/em>.\u00a0 Like many current home buyers \u00a0in this area (where land is very scarce), we chose the home to tear down and build new.\u00a0 The lot was great, backing to parkland and\u00a0 a playground in walking distance.\u00a0 The owners were a fascinating couple in their 80’s.\u00a0 They could be seen out walking with their transistor radio or riding on their tandom bike.\u00a0 They had a great vintage VW van that reminded me of the one I grew up with.\u00a0 We had their blessing to tear down the house as it had not been updated and would have needed considerable repair to be shown new.\u00a0 I’d like to share with you in pictures our journey that has taken 2 years and has finally come to an end today, when we finally recieved our keys.<\/p>\n

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If you don’t hear much from me here, I’m off “feathering” my new nest!\u00a0 The timing of all of this is a bit stressful with the holidays approaching and a few jewelry deadlines approaching as well.\u00a0 Is there ever really a good time to move though (maybe the summer time would be good!)?\u00a0 All that matters is we are finally here….on the verge of making new memories and carrying on old traditions. We already started a few when we took the kids over after dinner tonight.\u00a0 Here’s to new beginnings!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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