While my mom was here I commented, and she agreed, that this house finally feels like our "grown up" house. We've lived in apartments, both small and extra-extra-extra-teeny-tiny, and then we had our first house, our "project house," but now I feel like we're settled into a home.
First and foremost on my mind was that we have all of our children here (all of them as far as I know, I'm not swearing "no more kids, ever!" because that will obviously make God strike my overly-fertile womb with yet another small one just to tell me "shows you how much you know!"), and it's nice to have them here and just watch them grow, rather than growing them from scratch. The second thing was that it's complete. Weeeelllll, "complete" may be stretching the truth, but it's not a 3-year project like the Thornton house was. It is comfortably complete, I should say. The third thing is this:
I GOT A FREAKING PIANO!
It magically appeared in my living room one afternoon while I was playing at the park with the kids, and I cried when I saw it. It's gorgeous, right?? I have always, always wanted a piano; I played and competed for years when I was growing up and I've enjoyed playing for other various things even after I quit lessons, but I never had anything I could practice on. I dreamed of owning one of my own some day, and felt like when I did my house would be all grown up... and that day is now here! Congratulations, Kirsta, you're all grown up and so is your home. And thank you to everyone who made the piano happen, you know me better than I know myself sometimes.
6 comments:
Yay piano! Dad told me you cried when you saw it. Happiest moment of your life? ;)
So happy for you to have that piano. You do play beautifully! Hope your kids enjoy it too.
You didn't cry when any of your kids were born, but when you got a piano. Hmmm. ;)Excited for you to teach Jonathan! :)
You are such a grown up to have a beautiful piano at your house. :)
Maybe I cried because I have always wanted a piano, but I have not always wanted kids. That's only been recently, and now I don't even want kids. But dang, I still want that piano!
I'm just catching up on your blog and I'm so happy to see you got a piano! We're so similar--I grew up playing as well and have longed to have one as an adult but have always moved around way too much to pick one up. I hope to get one someday! For now, though, I'm glad a piano found it's way to you. Happy playing! :)
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