Towler Life

Sunday, April 28, 2013

We did it!!  After three trips, more than 35 houses, and a few tear drops on my end, we found the house we will call our home in Raleigh!

We are right around the corner from the neighborhood pool, walking distance to Crabtree Valley Mall, and have access to Shelley Lake Park and other greenway trails without having to crank the car.  Not to mention a mere 7 miles from the heart of downtown Raleigh.  It was certainly worth the wait and worry.  We are thrilled and cannot wait to settle in beginning of June!

As we bide our time in limbo, Dan is honing his architectural skills drawing blueprints of our house to scale while I have visions of furniture placement and paint colors dancing in my head.  In just 5 weeks, seeing Abbey catch the frisbee in her new fenced in backyard will make it all worth while!  She's getting in some good practice right now though at her grandparent's house-




Friday, April 12, 2013

"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." -John Lennon

This about sums it up.  This time last year I thought life was pretty crazy planning for a wedding.  I can now say at this point, planning a wedding has nothing on selling a house, moving (twice in a month and half), buying a house, relocating to another state, and finding a new job.  We are now in a single-digit countdown of days left in our town home.  I figured I'd spare you pictures of the spackled walls and rows of boxes and bags that are making their way to storage.

But, as John Lennon said, just because our life is busy moving to another state doesn't mean we haven't simultaneously had lots of other plans to keep us going at a rapid pace.  And these are the pictures I will share with you!

Spring has sprung and we are enjoying it as much as we can in between trips to the storage unit and to California-


Dan celebrated his Golden Birthday on the 28th!  Abbey made a special card for her Daddy and I gifted Dan with a custom knife made just for him by Kaelan's dad, courtesy of Schneeberger Designs-



We made our way back up to Raleigh with what seemed like a very successful trip.  Upon making an offer on a home we were very excited about, we found out there were multiple offers on the table and ours was not the chosen one.  After I spent a day sulking, I decided there must be something even better out there for us!  Since we first got news of our relocation, everything has moved seamlessly, affirming the decision to take on this adventure which leaves me confident that buying a house will follow suit.

Ready or not Spring Break came and we packed our bags to cash in our Favorite Things trip to San Fran, Sonoma, and Napa.  We had a ball!  Good weather, great food, grand wine, and gorgeous scenery.  

San Francisco Bay


Golden Gate Bridge


Alcatraz

Chinatown

Trolley Ride