Moving Again - a dose of perspective!

Ok so right now we livein an awesome older home 

on the north side of the city.  

Its the old north and not where I expected.  

WE ADORED the west side of the city before, 

but with Shane working in the industrial park 

the west side was a bit too much of a commute.  

Here is the short story.  

Nothing about being back in Lethbridge has been 

anything like I expected - job, house, school, 

it has all been drastically different but it all has the 

same mantra as when I came to see this house.  

It has kinda become our mantra for turning our life around 

and getting back on our feet!  

"I can't actually find anything WRONG with this."

That was pretty much how I felt about this home. 

I wandered around looking for problems. uneven flooring, 

cracked foundations, sketchy neighbors. 

Nothing came to me - there was nothing at all wrong with this house.  

(and for future reference there really isn't - even after 

snow and rain this house is solid and functionally sound.)  

Don't get me wrong it is DATED! 

But Pristine Dated - (not even that lovely old house smell)

I'm pretty sure that kitchen still has the original cabinets 

and linoleum from the 70's still in mint condition.  

The outside of the house is lovely cream stucco with glass. 

(I'm sure there's a proper name for this glittery stuff) 

But there was so much good going on.  

LIKE PRICE for three bedrooms we feel pretty lucky.  

It has an enormous back yard and garden plot, 

Including a HUGE tree in the back yard 

which made our long fall a ton of fun!!

Yes the Tutu is often worn over pj's at this house!!

 

It also included a carport, shed, cold room, 

and a TON of storage.  

This is not anything like our little 4plex apartment 

we previously rented in Lethbridge where the lawn and sidewalks 

were taken care of and we live down the street from 

a perfect little park, and close enough to church to walk in the summer.  

Like I said nothing about moving back to 

Lethbridge has been like I expected.

Most of the changes have come with that same mantra 

"I can't actually find anything wrong with this!"

Ms. A's new kindergarten - (Pictures  of Day #1 soon) 

There are some things that are drastically different 

but again I can't actually find anything really wrong with it.

Shane's new job - sometimes its hard with 10 hour days and 

overtime but compared to his previous job where he was

gone for weeks at a time or deeply depressed, stressed and 

generally closed, I can't actually find anything really wrong with it.

Like I said things aren't perfect 

but we're deeply grateful for what it is.  

Its a hard place to be working to get back on our feet 

and wondering where life will take us after we do.  

We don't have a lot of answers about the future but right now 

we cant find anything wrong with staying right here

 until we figure things out!!