living the cheesehead life
Wisconsin is now officially our home (at least for the girls and me). We arrived June 12th but not without a lot of drama and major delays. However, the travels brought us here safely, and we are now in our new house. The movers arrived with our household goods on Wednesday which means we were in this place for almost a week without any furniture. It was okay though because it gave me the opportunity to get the painting done on the entire first floor. After working around the clock the house is now unpacked. Obviously, being here alone with the girls made the task much longer and stressful, but I persevered and got most stuff put into place.
Mike was here from June 12th until June 15th but had to head back to MD to finish up at school. He’s set to return on July 1st or 2nd. While here he was able to get a few projects done such as helping me paint the kitchen and install the dog’s invisible fence for the yard. We also spent some time around the area and discovered that this is actually a cute town. They have their own trolley cars that run on tracks/wires, and the cost of riding is only $.25/person. Of course, there is a hot dog joint called Trolley Dogs just across the street from the tracks. Every Saturday from May until October the Harbor Market takes place downtown. There are several local growers, restaurants, and artisans that come each week to sell their goods and services. The downtown area has a few quaint shops and restaurants. Annie and Mimi were ecstatic to discover the Downtown Toy Store. It’s a huge toy store in a renovated orpheum theatre. Since the town is situated along the shore of Lake Michigan there are several beaches to visit. While on our short tour I also found several fun and unique spots for future photo shoots. On Father’s Day we drove Mike to the Milwaukee airport which is only about a 35-minute drive. The girls and I were sad to see him go.
The wonderful news about living in this house is that there are little girls Annie and Mimi’s ages on either side of us. Of course, the girls are constantly asking to have play dates with them especially since one of the girls has her own “convertible” and the other girl has a bouncy house and both girls have nice, wooden playgrounds in their backyards. It’s all pure heaven for them! The parents of these girls have been great, too. When the movers were here both moms took turns taking the girls.
I have taken a few pictures since we’ve been here but have not had the chance or energy to upload them to the computer. I will do that soon. Having the house unpacked means that I also have the guest room set up. Please feel free to visit:)
June 22nd, 20084:52 pm at
Yay! You are back to updating your site! I really want to visit soon! How long is the drive from here to there?
June 22nd, 200810:08 pm at
It’s ONLY 6 hours, my dear. I’ll be expecting you tomorrow for dinner;) Ha, I really wish you could come visit. Really, you are invited anytime you wish.
I forgot to mention that the Jelly Belly factory is only 2 miles away from my house. Six Flags is only about a half hour away, too. There is also a hugh water park (a couple actually) really close by.
June 23rd, 20082:01 pm at
Happy Wisconsin and welcome back to the mid-west. Kenosha sounds really great but I know you guys w2ould make the best of everything regardless of where you live. Please tell us your new address. You can send it via e-mail in order to keep it off your blog.
Give hugs to the girls for me.
Love,
Dennis
June 24th, 20085:59 pm at
Yea! I am so happy you guys are all settled in. I can’t wait to see pictures of what you have done to the new house. I am sure that it looks great.
June 25th, 20083:17 pm at
Glad you made it there all safe and sound. We’ll come and visit sometime when we come up north again. Sounds like a great place to live. Anywhere in the mid-west is a great place to live!! Post some pictures of the painting and such!
Love, jen
July 6th, 20081:34 am at
Jen–such a cute website. So glad your move went somewhat smoothly, and I can’t believe you already have your whole first floor painted! When do you paint? Once the girls are in bed? We just completed our move this past weekend and we’re exhausted. It was horrible and we only moved about 8 miles away! Sounds like you guys are in such a great town and how fortuitous to have little girls living on either side of you! What heaven…
We love the pictures you did for us. We haven’t had a second to think about what we want to order–we’re still drowning in boxes and leave for Utah on Thursday. Thanks again for taking the time to do them even though life was so crazy to do them.
Best,
Jana
July 9th, 20085:58 pm at
Dennis-
Thanks for checkin’ in with us. We are really enjoying our new digs here. What a difference from D.C.! I sent an email from Mike’s and my email with our latest address information. Let me know if you didn’t get one.
Maggie-
So when are you guys coming to visit?!? You never did make that trip out to D.C. We would seriously love to have you guys anytime. The decorating is slow going because I’m really trying to get the organization done first and foremost. I’ll definitely take pictures once it’s at an acceptable level of decoration.
Jenni-
Sounds good. We’ve got plenty of room here for y’all. The girls would be so ecstatic to have your girls visit. We’ll be seeing you guys in just a few shorts weeks though. Yippee!
Jana-
I’m so glad you stopped by. I’ve got you guys bookmarked with our family/friends websites so that we can keep with your lives, too. I hadn’t realized you’d being as quickly as you did. Congrats! You need not worry about getting your order to me quickly. I totally understand your situation.
Painting the first floor was stressful, but it got done. I was able to tape the moulding while the girls were playing around here. A couple of times I had the girls go over and play with the neighbors while I did the edging. Then the bulk of the walls had to be done while they were asleep. The best part though is that I did it all before the furniture arrived. I would have liked to have gotten my bedroom done as well, but there was so much to do once the furniture arrived.