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I have been playing with this new blog now and then for a few months without really doing enough to activate it. And so I'm just going to do it. Welcome to anyone who has moved over from Waiting for Hari. Yes, we have our girl and we are embarking on so much more -- David as Clerk of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Cheshire's adventures in Spain and Bolivia and her final year of college, and this move to Wisconsin. I am still feeling so very much in transition but I guess more along the process of transition than I have been.

Free fall from Indy to Madison. The sideways move west and north.


After weeks and weeks of cleaning and fixing and weeding and mulching, we finally put the For Sale sign in the yard last Sunday. Of course, Julia had to make sure that the sign worked, and that anyone could take a flyer. No kid proof lock on the "infor-tube" but those are clearly meant to keep only the grownups out. In the last three days, people have taken about 25 flyers. We have gotten two calls for appointments on Saturday. We are doing an open house on Sunday and St. Joseph does his work, we will have an offer by the end of the weekend.

On other fronts, Julia is doing her part to find us a new home. She considered something like what her Aunt Barbara is building. Julia likes those plastic logs and the built-in table.

Another option is something much more traditional. The shutters really turn her on.

Julia is having a bit of a hard time without Daddy being home. She had trouble getting into her classroom and once again has trouble with transitions.


Julia's firsts for the week are -- she dressed herself the other day. I've known that she could do this but she hasn't volunteered. She likes the attention and the personal care. I don't mind giving her this. She will decide to be independent when she is ready. Julia also has been going through the word books that we have. It is amazing how many nouns she knows. She is still have lots of trouble with prepositions.