I love being able to stay connected with those I would otherwise have no idea about what is going on in their lives. I want to do my part in extending this same opportunity. The last couple of years have prepped me for this as I have written weekly letters to Shay and Sheehan while they were serving their missions. I wanted to continue with the weekly updates (which also got sent to my parents), but thought maybe this would be a great way to expand on the practice.
For those of you who have not had the chance to visit, I want to give you a tour of our house. We moved in almost a year ago. We're living on the side of the Calico Mountains. Our house is the highest house on the hill. We have five acres and our nearest neighbor is a half mile away.
Yes, it's in the middle of the desert and that presents some unique opportunities--like rattlesnakes on the porch, scorpions in the bedroom, and scorching temperatures outside. But these things are minor in comparison to the peace and beauty of the desert around us. We love to sit out on the porch in the morning and watch the sun creep across the desert floor before it pops up over the mountains. We love to lie out on the grass (yes we've had grass for about 3 weeks now!!!!) and watch the stars, planes, satellites, and recently the lightning. Our house sits under a major flight corridor and above two busy freeways. At times it seems as though time stands still and the world is going on around me like in a science fiction movie.
Can you tell we love it here? So how far out in the middle of nowhere are we really? Take a look for yourself.
This is the view of our house from the bridge over the freeway about a mile away.
This is the front yard looking to the east.
And this is the back yard looking north.
This blogging thing might turn out to be fun. Stay tuned.
2 comments:
Wow- that really is the middle of nowhere! We'll have to get a tour sometime. It's too bad Yermo would have been way out of our route up here. We'll have to maybe set up a family reunion in CA sometime.
Terri, I love it! I think you are more technical savvy than you give yourself credit for though! I want to see your patch of grass...will you post a picture of it?? Oh and guess what...I'm hot and it's in the 80's! In my Barstow days I thought that was almost chilly at times...
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