Linda Rokos Watts

If there was ONE thing I could change about our KICK ASS new home, it would be stripping all the wall paper. That's the one thing about renting a home.....no changing. Here's a sneak peak at what we look at.... It could be worse, I guess, and I'm pretty good at working with what I've got. On the plus side this place has HUGE exposed wood beams, lots of open space, a great kitchen, great fireplace, and all OUR stuff. The two BEST things about this place though, are the people in it, and the views from our huge living room windows.  LOVE and GRATITUDE...

A big'ol  box of goodies showed up today from my mama. In it, Stella got outfitted for the ski season. Lots and lots of great clothing from Spyder. Stella (and my mama) have the HOOK UP. Lucky Ducky. I think she's going to be the best dressed kid out there, and these outfits are not including all the ones she got hooked up with last year. Yikes.  :) Warm, fuzzy, fleecy.  Workin it.....   Electric PINK... Stella has a great pair of black Spyder pants she got last year the will look awesome with this little number! Okay now that Stella's all set......my turn?!?!  Yes please! On the family front, things are great. We're pretty stinkin close to being 100% moved in. Both Troy and I are fighting a little bug that's been going around. It seems to bypass Stella (thank god) and get passed straight on to us. There are a LOT of kids in her school out sick. O'well, better us then her.  Sending out Love and Grati...

Today we did the drive over the Sandwich Notch to the town of Sandwich, NH for the annual Sandwich Fair. It was spectacular to say the least.   The leaves were AMAZING.   A small pit stop on the bridge.  Ah, the fair. Lots of live stock.  Love the piggies.  This was fun to watch, a lumber jack competition.   WAY TOO MUCH FRIED FOOD.  Stella and her buddy Avery. They had  a BLAST. Lovin this little one. What a great family day. Nana B, and Papa B had a great time as well.  Wishing Taylor and Jordan were with us.  LOVE AND GRATITUDE.

Becky and Bill (Troy's parents) came into town in Friday night and it's been non-stop fun since then.  Troy and I had to both put in a few hours at work on Saturday and Sunday but we had most of the day and evenings to spend time with everyone. Whew, what an awesome weekend....and the best part.....it's not over yet!  :)  Taylor and Jordan got to come up to spend some time with us!! It was sooooo great. Stella unfortunately missed the family picture before the girls had to go. Stella had almost ALL her ski team buddies in town this weekend so she was off visiting with them in town square.   Troy and his girls!!  Such amazing young women and one proud dad.  Jordan and Nana B.   *tAyLoR*  <3 Stella experimenting in the kitchen.   What a great weekend so far, everyone is still in their pj's this morning and ipading or laptoping but it's almost time to pack up an...

Today the world lost a true visionary. The advances in technology this man has made are far above and beyond what anyone else has done. Beyond his measurable successes, though, Steve Jobs claims one spot in history above all others: He realized what we wanted before we understood it ourselves. As I sit here blogging on my iPad with my iPhone next to me, he lives on in the technology he created. "You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future," he told Stanford University graduates during a commencement speech in 2005. "You have to trust in something: your gut, destiny, life karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life. Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Do...

This place is *slowly* coming together. Whew. It has been non-stop since Friday.   There is still a love-seat that matches the couch above that needs to be moved in, but the views are KILLER, the kitchen is being broken in with LOTS of cooking, the loft is being officed in...LIFE IS GREAT *sO HaPpY iN lOvE* Tomorrow Troy heads to Boston for the day and I've got a day planned with more unpacking, baking, and then soccer practice in the afternoon with Stella.......domestic BLISS.  Love and Gratitude.

This picture does not do the view justice but it's a glimpse of what we see out our living room and back deck into our backyard at this very moment. Still doing tons of organizing a making sure everything has it's place. But I still have to stop and look at the view like every 30 seconds!   :) Tuesdays are my favorite days so HAPPY Tuesday. Love and Gratitude