Make a Home from Rented House

Another day is almost done at 200 Bartlett Road.

Pete and I have enjoyed this stop on our journey for many reasons. Among them, we've enjoyed living with Pete's parents and the way they can make a house a home. We've enjoyed the adventures in gardening as we've battled cucumber beetles and the reality of too much rain. We've enjoyed being snowed in, the glow of the wood stove, the endless shades of green this hill can offer. Scout lived her last days here- pouncing in the river, laying on the wooden floor beside our bed to protect us. We had no idea this would be her last stop.
Unfortunately, after 17 months, I just figured out the best way to arrange our living room furniture! But really, that means it's about that time to move again.

On Pete's 21st birthday, he was moving for the 21st time. That was 10 years ago. I lived in 2 houses the entirety of my life prior to college. Since our marriage of 5 years, we have set up house in 7 different structures (and I use that term loosely:) Seriously, Pete and I often wonder why our friends and family didn't stage an intervention at the Buckingham house. The mold in fact, "really was that bad"!
8 if you count our vehicle which housed us for the majority of our first summer married.
We have had such an adventure together...
And we are moving again.

We are so happy to be moving closer to the city of Asheville. We will find ourselves surrounded in the relationships we are desperately attempting to steward. We will be making four walls a home in the sweet, quaint Oakley community. It is way too close to Target's Dollar Aisle as well as the Screen Door (a local antique store), but we will make due.

We will head out of Weaverville May15th, so the move is on its way! A nod to "Mushaboom" lyrics..."I've found a man to stick it out, to make a home from rented house! Oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh!

We have a lot of life planned for the next stop... chickens, a community garden, artistic endeavors. Time will prove what will unfold of our adventures there. We'll be sure to keep you updated!