Slowly we are
settling in at the casita. Frankly, it had not been well cared for. The inside
walls had been repainted and a wall-to-wall carpet installed, but the ancient
kitchen stove was broken and the refrigerator was missing a shelf, dented, and
dirty. The windows were covered with grime and the kitchen and bathroom floors
were very dirty.
First we replaced
the kitchen stove, but it arrived badly dented and damaged.
We have a new
energy-efficient refrigerator, but the damaged stove has gone back to the
store.
The stove
replacement won’t be here until the day after Thanksgiving, and that’s just
fine. Here is the great advantage of intergenerational living: we will prepare
meals in the main house.
This afternoon
Dennis tackled the dirty windows. Isn’t it amazing how clean windows brighten a
home?
We still need some
furniture and lamps, but our tiny casita – less than one-third the size of our Kansas home – is beginning to seem like home.
Copyright
2015 by Shirley Domer
We humans do have a way for pushing ourselves into the corners of our new space and making it our own. I even feel that way with a tent, two sleeping bags, and a floor mat when we go camping. A bed, a campfire or source of warmth (can be a sleeping bag) and we call it home. Enjoy! Love, Linda
ReplyDeleteIt's fun seeing you and Dennis settle in! Lucky you have connections to the "big house." Our oven quit working right before Thanksgiving a couple of years back, and we managed to use a roaster for the turkey, dressing and pies! Sending you both love!
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