Being Gone 6 Months

It doesn't seem like it has been 6 months. I talk to friends and family up North just about everyday.
Thank goodness for cellphones and the internet. I do miss everyone, not so much the store, but the
people in it. I think that the store I am at is much busier and the managers less stressed out or so it
seems. The winters down here are much better. Only one snowy day, alot of frosty nights, but nothing
else. I have been knitting and trying my hand at crocheting again. I need to get back to putting
all the things that I've moved down and don't need on ebay. I would like to get a new sewing machine,
an exercise machine of some type , patio furniture, and living room furniture. That will take a lot of
selling in order to do some buying.

I have been working on learning Japanese diagrams for knitting and crocheting tawashi. It is a challange and
interesting. I would love to learn a new language, but I don't seem to have a knack for it, not like Lisa who
knows French and Italian and is taking Japanese next quarter at OSU. I took German years ago and have
tried to learn Spanish with podcast lessons. I couldn't afford to pay for the associated written material online.
I can say Hi and Bye. I did try learning a bit of Korean, since I have a sewing manual from there from my
friend Christopher who now lives in S. Korea and teaches at a boys school. I have some beautiful fabric that
he brought back years ago. I need to work on getting a sewing and craft area set up again to sew some
of it into clothing. With getting ready to move and moving and being a band mom for a number of years and working 50 hours a week, I just fell away from sewing. Now that I have a lot more time on my hands, I think
that's its time to get back into it.

Snow in SC

This is big news in South Carolina-SNOW!!!
Of course, they don't have salt trucks or
anything like that, so it can be worse. We
are supposed to have 1-3 inches and then
ice. I will get some more pictures when
it is daylight. These were taken at 9:30 PM
on January 16th 2008. Gosh, reminds me
of being in Columbus on Dec. 16th 2007 for
Christmas at Steve's-same thing-SNOW!

More Steve's Condo

Here is the first floor of Steve's condo. The family room and game room.

The garage is in front of this room. There is a covered patio through the patio doors.

The deck on the second floor is above the patio. You can see the lovely snow
through the door. We had come up for Christmas and had a great time. Jim, Deb and the girls couldn't make it because
of the weather. From now on we'll have Christmas in July where weather won't be an issue.

Lisa relaxing with Dot.

More condo pics

Here is the extra room/dining room at Steve's. He is using it as an office.
The front door is down a half flight of steps from this room. Someday I
will transport my church pew down to the South. Just ran out of room in
the POD.

Steve's Condo

Here are pictures of Steve's Condo I took when we were in town to visit the middle of December. Lisa is sitting in his living room which is off of the kitchen. Through the
arched doorway in the kitchen is the dining room and the steps to the front door and
down to the first floor. There is also a powder room behind the kitchen. This is the
middle floor of three floors. There are two bedrooms and two full bathrooms and
laundry room on the third floor.

Where we live

Here is a map of the area of South Carolina
where we live. It is in Seneca with is to the
Southwest of the center of the bulleye. I
guess if the bullseye goes off, we probably
go bye-bye.
You can see how close Georgia and North
Carolina are to us. It is only about 15-20
minutes in either direction Northwest or
Southwest to the border of either state.

Backyard

Here are the pictures of the backyard.
You can see the neighbors yard going up
the hill and the hills in the background.

Living Room, Kitchen, DIning Room

Here are the pictures of our kitchen, dining room,
and Living room.

Master Bedroom

Here are pictures of the Master Bedroom,

Master Bath

and Closet with Laundry.

Pictures of the New Place

Here are Pictures of the place that we are renting in Seneca.
It is a duplex. Ours is the one on the right with the Jeep.
The second pic is looking up the street, you can see we are
at the bottom of a hill.

House for Sale

The house has been on the market now since the first of the year. We are getting a lot of showings lately. The one this evening will be the third time this couple has gone through and they are bringing the parents-always a good sign. Actually, the place is looking mighty fine.
Everything is clean and neat and put away. I still have quite a few items to go through and get rid of. Sort of a second go round. I probably should have done that over the past month or two, but you know how that goes. I will be very motivated since things are moving quickly. The weather has been very warm this week, not much rain, but it sure beats cold and snow!

Winter Finally

More snow and cold. We are getting tired of winter. Had about 8" or so of snow this week and below zero temps. Here is Dot on the deck. John dug a path for her and Cricket so that they could get to the yard. You couldn't find the steps.

Dining Room

Here is the dining room. The white spots in the picture are a reflection of some type. The valances match the border. The picture on the wall is a duplicate of the one that we had in our wedding pictures from the reception hall. The dining room set is a Duncan Pfyffe Mahogany with a buffet.