Moving to Pennsylvania over a year ago, we decided to rent a townhouse until we knew exactly which city we wanted to settle in. For so many reasons, we have chosen to stay in the town where we currently reside and have begun the great house hunt. It feels great (by which I mean huge) because after the initial start we see what challenges we face. Although my husband and I have been married for fourteen years, we are learning exactly how vastly we differ when we discuss our 'dream home'. The good thing is we love where we live right now and feel like we have the time to find something that will fit for all of us. One thing we agree easily on is how much we love this town and I am reminded of it every day and was especially so when I went to purchase some of our fall decorations from a family farm. No one manned the stand and it operated on the honor system. The honor system? No way. Foreign concept around the parts that I come from. But here, it is common practice and one of the many reasons I fell in love with this place.
Fall decorating has been taking place indoors as well and as much as I love putting out the decorations and enjoying them for the duration, I loathe cleaning them up. Ah well, it is worth the hassle.
I am still in Herriot country. I completed the biography written by his son and it is absolutely perfect. A must read for those who read Herriott. I have moved onto the fourth book in his series, The Lord God Made Them All, and while the episodes feel a bit disconnected, I like this view into his life as a father and am enjoying his adventures abroad as he oversees the delivery of livestock from England to other countries.
I am finishing up my last Christmas projects which makes me very happy. I can finish up the shopping next and then move onto a project for our foyer that I have been wanting to start using the same colors above and adding a brown. It took me ages to decide on this color scheme while in the yarn shop and was still iffy once I started but I like it so much I am going to use it to make our foyer a little more welcoming.
The weather has finally turned and I am all so happy. The flannel sheets and fleece blanket have made an appearance, and this morning I finally switched on the heater.
But I did brave the cold first thing this morning to vote and rewarded myself with a gingerbread latte. The cups are here!Happy Tuesday!
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I LOVE those Snowman sheets and pillows!
Good luck with the house hunt... very lucky you don't have to operate with a deadline. I know the perfect house is out there waiting! The gingerbread latte sounds good. Wish I'd thought of it after I hit the polls...
Oh Stacy! I kid you not...just last night I was thinking of your post from last year that featured 'the cup'! That's it then, let the festivities begin.
Love your holiday decorating too, I'm a sucker for plaid.
I didn't know about the Herriot biography. I will have to add that to my Christmas list. I love all of the stories, but my favorites were the dog stories. We had beagles growing up, so I'm a little biased. :)
Thanks so much for sharing! (I'm looking forward to being able to pull out some flannel sheets.)
verity - I love them too...to the point they are becoming threadbare but I hate to replace them:(
JoAnn - Not too late to reward yourself:) Thank you for the encouraging words.
Darlene - I do believe they have begun...even the stores around here couldn't wait until the Halloween decorations came down to put up Christmas stuff. No love for the turkey.
Susan in TX - Yes, do ask for the bio. His son does a very good job writing and you come to love the man behind Herriot just as much as the slightly fictionalized alter ego. I completely agree with you about the dog stories...they are my favorite too. Reading them can be very distracting because I will start thinking about all the ones I have loved throughout my life. We grew up with a mixture of dog breeds...ranging from poodles to German shepherds to rottweilers but we had two Golden Retrievers and I am completely biased towards them:) Unfortunately we never did have a beagle but I always wanted one. I suppose it isn't too late.
Just looking at your photographs made me feel all snuggly and warm.
Everything looks so cozy and lovely! (I loved that James Herriot book, too, the whole series in fact.) Blessings on you!
Charley - And isn't it the perfect time for cuddly and warm:)
Bellezza - Thank you. I am loving the whole series too. One book left at this point and I am not sure how much longer I will be able to save it.
What a beautiful posting, Stacy. I love the picture with the books.
It's so exciting looking for a house, but especially when you love, or at least don't mind, where you are living while you look. It is so much more relaxing and really fun that way.
I read all the Herriot books years ago, but while I own the biography, I haven't read it yet.
Love your sheets! I recently got some flannel ones from Garnet Hill with brown stripes. They are called cocoa. Oh, the joy of flannel!
Nan - Thank you, Nan. Starting out looking at houses reminded me of the scene in You've Got Mail when Kathleen is going to meet ny152 at the park for the first time and she wants to run but tells herself to cool it. We are now in the cool it phase. I was able to stop myself from reading the last Herriot...now it is waiting for me just like the bio is waiting for you:) Enjoy the cocoa flannel!
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