Okay, so we're all done moving in to our new house! Life has finally returned to normal and it is so nice to be in a home where we are not walking all over each other. Although I am nostalgic for our little Czech cottage at times, I am definitely in love with our new house. It took me a little while to feel comfortable here. I actually had a sense of being homeless for a few weeks. We have settled in, however, and I realize that this is exactly what we wanted. It has all those subtle architectural details that are so scarce in modern houses; pocket doors to the dining room, leaded glass in the tops of the sitting room windows, wide wood trim and yellow pine flooring. We didn't get our fire place (Patrick still mourns this), which seems odd for a house of this age to be without, but they must have originally had a couple of wood burning stoves instead. There are aspects of an old home that I didn't forsee having to live with, such as the loud creaking of every step on our staircase, excruciating when one is trying not to wake a sleeping baby, and the never ending list of small repairs that need to be taken care of. However, it is fun to have a house with so much potential, to look forward to completing little projects that will bring the satisfaction a home owner feels when they put love and work into a home that is theirs.