Homesick

As my heart aches to be up north. I am reassured by the fact that the calendar now reads: September. The weather will soon start to cool. Football season is starting back up. The leaves will slowly change into vibrant colors. Hoodies and jeans will once again be everyday attire. Soon, I will feel more at home.

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When I feel a little homesick...I like to listen to this ☺:



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Summer So Far

Wow, have I been a slacker or what? Been busy and just have gotten lazy with trying to blog. Here's the highlights...

I have a wonderful family and they decided that it was time for me to finally visit NH. I can't thank my Grandparents and my cousin enough! I was so excited I could barely contain myself. But the thought of flying alone, sure calmed me down a bit. Those of you that know me, my anxiety tries to rule my life. Flying alone would of been completely out of the question a couple years ago. But I bit the bullet and went for it. The flights up to NH out of NC were great...besides a slight headache, I loved it...flying home was another story...after a canceled flight and sitting in the airport 11 hours (thank you thunderstorms), myself and one other passenger were able to squeeze onto a late standby flight, otherwise it would of meant a night at the airport for a morning flight...sooo glad that didn't happen. I had a WONDERFUL time up there though, so

much fun! I also got to see my first movie at a drive-in, twice even!☺

Oh, and despite making sure I had lots of batteries and room on my camera for pictures...and I quote "I suck" because I hardly look any pictures...unfortunately all the great memories in my head can't transfer into photos...but here are the few I managed to take...

(Waiting for my first flight, lil' nervous but super excited!)

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(At Auntie Liz and Uncle Scott's for the Fourth of July Party!)

(Auntie Liz, Uncle Scott, Grampa)


(I finally met Kane)


(It's Vicki!)

...Some of my festive 4th of July (temporary) tattoos...


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Got a chance to go to the beach and put my feet in the sand...

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Where I grew up! Gardens look more grown, pretty much looked the same...

Beepa's ol' house looked just the same.

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Just before I left NH, Vicki put the final touches on the beautiful quilt she made me...I love it!

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Back home for my birthday...I turned 29...last year in my 20's, how did that happen?

Got beautiful flowers delivered for my birthday ☺

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Going through this divorce has had its ups and downs. One thing I didn't like was my finger felt naked. After years of wearing rings on it every day, it didn't feel right. So as an early birthday present/starting my new life gift, I was able to get a ring while up in NH (which made it just all that more precious to me). I love it down here, but I still miss it up there. I can't wait until I can visit NH again. ☺

What's Been Goin' On...

So, I haven't blogged in awhile. I just haven't felt up to it much. And it hasn't exactly been the most exciting around here either.

Our Easter was nice. Mike's mom Mary came down from NY for the weekend and spent Easter with us. She even got us Easter baskets, hehe. We had to go to plan B when it came time for Easter dinner though. It was still a lil' too frozen, oops. So instead we went to good ol' Bob Evans and had a nice dinner. Love that place, really friendly, relaxed, and great home cooked meals. So what if it is usually full of blue hairs, they know where to go! hehe. Reminds me a little of Friendly's up in NH. After that we went to the carnival. It was the last day they would be in town. Lots of fun! Not our typical Easter, but it was nice.

Lately it has just been alot of the same ol' thing. Working, studying, cleaning, keeping everyone fed and keeping the yard mowed. It has been in the 80's the last couple days, and it looks to stay that way the rest of this week! We have been doing alot of grilling! All the flowers are blooming, and the leaves are all popping back out. Only thing not so nice, has been the exuberant amounts of pollen. I've had to rinsed my car off with the hose every few days just to see out the back window! Everything outside has turned yellow! Hopefully soon that should slow down. Keep your fingers crossed!

Who Woulda Thought

I was getting "my face on" the other morning, when Mike hollered to me. He asked me to run in the bedroom and see what was on the TV. So I go in and see someone on HGTV (fun channel that is often on when we are both home) updating their Victorian home. "Look at the room layout." he tells me. I look, and its the exact layout of our bedroom of our apartment in NH.
Just before we got married, Mike got a bigger apartment, since he would no longer be living alone, and the apartment he had before in Concord was more like a closet. We still gotta laugh when we think of that first place he called 'home' in NH. Anyways, when he got the apartment in Penacook, it was an old Victorian house, that someone had converted into apartments. Still had all the huge old rope windows, original molding and plaster walls. The reason he called me in to see what he was watching, we noticed right away, that the layout these people had in their dining room, was the exact layout we had in our bedroom. So naturally, we came to the conclusion, that we used to sleep in the old dining room. Was kinda weird, and interesting. Sometimes we still miss that place. Didn't have the best insulation or windows, or the best parking situation, or neighbors. But it was the first place that we called home together.

*And talk about poor planning. When I lived in Loudon, I went to school (20 minutes away) in Penacook. Then when I moved to Penacook (1 minute away from my school) I worked in Loudon. Hmm?*

Bye Bye Loudon

Well, our last hold we had in lil ol' Loudon, NH is now gone. It's official, Beepa sold her house today!! We are happy for her, but sad too. Bye Bye house!

Autumn

Mike and I were talking last night, and we both agree, we can't wait until autumn arrives!!!! I don't quite know when the cooler weather will set in down here, since we have only been here since February. The summer actually isn't any hotter then it would be in NH, which surprised us a little, but it was a nice surprise, since I am not one that likes the heat. We do admit though, it is a great luxury to have central air, and we have grown very accustom to it!

But just thinking about the colder weather and being able to wear warmer clothes again, gets us all a tizzy :-) Makes us feel more at home, snuggled in a sweatshirt or fleecy, outdoors, and the cool air on your cheeks!! That smell of the brisk outdoors, I freakin' love it!!! I will have a hard time staying indoors! We plan on getting alot more yard work done then too, less bugs and critters. Maybe get in a camping trip.

I know it won't be too long from now, we are already seeing some leaves change, and the squirrels are gorging themselves on the hickory nuts from our tree. (Our backyard looks like a nut massacre!!!)

One thing I will miss is being in NH...that is my favorite place to be, in my favorite times of the year (autumn, and Christmas time)...We will have to see what it's like down south in the fall, can't wait!

Still a little homesick

Don't get me wrong, I love my new state, but every once in awhile I get a sad feeling. I still miss New Hampshire, and I think part of me always will. Although Michael assures me we will visit as often as we can, I still miss walking out my front door and being there.

Things have been much easier for us since moving here to North Carolina, and the weather is great (except for the hair frizz from the humidity sometimes, hehe). But I was one of those die hard new englanders that loved being able to say that I live in NH. The little state most people don't even know about down here. At least I can say that I grew up there. It's one of those, you appreciate it more after you lose it kinda deals. I always thought I would be able to share alot of the things I did growing up with my children, but my kids won't know what it was really like growing up north. That kinda makes me sad. They won't know the huge family gatherings I did growing up, because unfortunately I can't move all of my family and friends down south. Won't be able see it when you drive down a snowy road, just after a storm, while everything is still pure white, and when the sun comes up, the snow looks like pink lace on the tree tops. A quick drive to the coast, and your in the sand, and free to explore tide pools. Or a trip to the mountains in the fall, and hiking to the top of a mountain, and it looks like the forest is on fire from all the changing leaves. Those are some of the great things I loved seeing growing up, and I am thankful to my parents for taking us everywhere they did, Alot of hiking and camping trips left alot of great memories. I am looking forward to trying to find all the hidden places here.

We will just have to enjoy NH on our vacations! At least I know I'm not the only one that feels like this, Cortney is still referring to North Carolina as "South Hampshire" hehe. But who wouldn't miss being a short distance from this?