I still say that it looks like there'd be enough room for me and Mama to help fill it up if we should decide to sell out here and move in with you. I could even bring my tractor and mower to help maintain the premises. I'd even offer to pay for the escalator or chairlift for us to get up to the upstairs bedrooms.
Seriously, we know what a hassle y'all have had in the housing market for the last half year and are thrilled that you're finallyable to get back into a normal life even though it's a 2-day drive away instead of 2 hours.
While - at just under 1900 square feet - the house is stately compared to our 1400+ square feet in FW, it's still modest compared to a lot of the houses we saw which, with finished basements, came to over 3000 square feet. That's just too much vacuuming!
Hopefully the 2-day drive will be enjoyable and we think you'll like the premises here enough you'll want to stay longer. Gideon is ready for "the Papas and the Memaws" to come visit anytime now. When showing him "his" bathroom upstairs, we mentioned that he'd be sharing with the grandparents when they visit and now he mentions it at least every other day. Yesterday, he said he wanted to save the rest of the watermelon in the fridge for when they visit.
So glad you guys are getting settled...and am a little jealous that you are on the shores of the Chesapeake while we are here in 100 degree TX. Also have been trying out your cookie recipes that you post on the right. Keep em coming!
I'm a born-and-raised Texan and a chronic late bloomer. An expatriate and world traveller turned stay-at-home mom to three who refuses to dye away the gray my 41 years have earned me, I find small moments in my days full of diapers, dishes, and dirty laundry to really see, fully do, frequently pray, and casually create. I posts those explorations infuriatingly infrequently here.
Rocky Ledge Bars: I was so excited when I finally had all the ingredients to make this. How could they not be "to die for"? But they weren't so exciting - too sweet, too much, something. Butterscotch chips overwhelmed other flavors.
Banana-Walnut Chocolate Chunk: Made these awhile ago, don't remember much about them. Guess that answers the question.
Mint Chocolate Brownies: We made these a year ago for Christmas and I plan to make them this year too. Delish.
Yin-Yang Wafers: FromThe Complete Cookie. Delicate and delicious. A refrigerator cookie that can be frozen in a roll and sliced off of as needed.
Chocolate Nut Swirls: From The Complete Cookie. Also delicate and buttery like the Yin-Yang Wafers.
Peanut Thumbprints with Chocolate Ganache Filling: From The Complete Cookie. Not as impressive as it looked (or sounded). Needs more peanut taste. The "ganache filling" also makes it hard to store.
Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies: The heavens opened and angels sang. Perfection. (Be sure and use Hershey's Special Dark Cocoa.)
Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies: A good cookie. I like peanut butter, so I think I would increase the amount in this to 1 cup. I also added pecans, but peanuts might help contribute to the peanutty flavor.
Toffee Chip Snickerdoodles: Interesting concept. Not sure if it can still be a snickerdoodle with chocolate chips. The dough is very light and creamy. But I think 14 minutes was too long in my oven. The first batch was mostly crispy without too much chewy. Will be baking up more batches from this dough soon. Flavor was just not as striking as I'd anticipated.
Espresso-Chocolate Toffee Shortbread Cookies: Gideon found the cookie cutters and wanted to use them and I couldn't settle for just a plain ol' sugar cookie recipe (not even with cocoa powder added in). I used instant coffee powder, instead of instant espresso, and it seems to have imparted an adequate coffee flavor. Delicious for dunking in coffee.
Chocolate Cherry Almond Crisps: From The Good Cookie. Nice flavor, but I wouldn't have minded a little more oomph from the cherry flavor.
Alice's Chocolate Chip Cookies: Or in her words, "The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Ever". And it is pretty damn good. I'll be making again sometime soon for further evaluation of its worthiness of that title.
Congratulations! Wooohooooooooo! All that grass is YOURS!!!!
ReplyDeleteAmy, I am SO happy for y'all!!!! Congratulations! And a super woo hoo for the yard! :o) Can't wait to see pictures of the inside.
ReplyDeleteOh my, that is a beautiful house! Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE seeing what it looks like. And seeing Gideon made me miss him all over again.
ReplyDeleteAwesome! I'm so glad you guys are getting a chance to settle in now.
ReplyDeleteI still say that it looks like there'd be enough room for me and Mama to help fill it up if we should decide to sell out here and move in with you. I could even bring my tractor and mower to help maintain the premises. I'd even offer to pay for the escalator or chairlift for us to get up to the upstairs bedrooms.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, we know what a hassle y'all have had in the housing market for the last half year and are thrilled that you're finallyable to get back into a normal life even though it's a 2-day drive away instead of 2 hours.
While - at just under 1900 square feet - the house is stately compared to our 1400+ square feet in FW, it's still modest compared to a lot of the houses we saw which, with finished basements, came to over 3000 square feet. That's just too much vacuuming!
ReplyDeleteHopefully the 2-day drive will be enjoyable and we think you'll like the premises here enough you'll want to stay longer. Gideon is ready for "the Papas and the Memaws" to come visit anytime now. When showing him "his" bathroom upstairs, we mentioned that he'd be sharing with the grandparents when they visit and now he mentions it at least every other day. Yesterday, he said he wanted to save the rest of the watermelon in the fridge for when they visit.
So y'all are welcome anytime now!
So happy for you guys! What a yard!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful home! I know you guys will be settled soon and all the hassle will be well worth the wait. Congratulations!!
ReplyDelete-Karla
So glad you guys are getting settled...and am a little jealous that you are on the shores of the Chesapeake while we are here in 100 degree TX. Also have been trying out your cookie recipes that you post on the right. Keep em coming!
ReplyDeleteCongrats, Amy! Beautiful house, yard & child!
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