May

28

Arrived

After a couple of the most exhausting days I can remember, we are in Eugene, unpacked and settling in. More to come, but I thought I’d share a few of the photos I’ve snapped via phone:

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My favorite things so far:

• Being able to visit family whenever we want (look at my nephew, baby Charlie! He’s getting so big!)
• The ridiculously vast expanse of the rental’s backyard
• The giant windows everywhere
• The charming street we’re on, and the nearly incomprehensible quiet of the neighborhood (we see maybe one car every hour or so)
• Eugene! It’s awesome!
• Lying in bed at night and hearing the wistful sound of far-off trains
• The fact that my boys are communicating with the neighbor kids via notes taped to a ball that’s thrown back and forth over a fence

I am so happy to be here, you guys.

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Nolita
Nolita
11 years ago

Oh Linda, I am so happy for you guys! So great to see your dreams coming true. What a wonderful life you are giving the boys (and yourself!). Very, very happy for you, woman!

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adequatemom
adequatemom
11 years ago

Welcome to your new life. So happy for all of you! Thanks for bringing us with you on this journey!

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Juliette
Juliette
11 years ago

Congrats! This gives me hope…our plan is to be in a similar situation next summer (in our case, fleeing NJ for somewhere down South).

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Melissa C
Melissa C
11 years ago

I love this. And like Juliette, it also gives me hope.

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June
June
11 years ago

Oh, Linda, yay!!! Congratulations, and have fun house hunting.

We just snagged a buyer for our house (pending inspection, anyway), so I am figuratively following you a few months later.

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Sarah C
Sarah C
11 years ago

Congrats on the move. House looks cool.

I saw your twitter request for a dustbuster. I have a rec but I”m not on twitter. I am deeply in love with my electrolux ergorapido (like 99 at Target), which is a rechargeable electric broom (sits on a charging base) with a detachable handheld dustbuster. It is the best of both worlds, and is the only thing keeping my toddler’s cheerios from taking over my kitchen floor.

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Rachel
Rachel
11 years ago

Gorgeous. I love your dining room. I hope you all get a riding mower for that backyard.

That ball is magnificent.

I don’t know if it fits the bill, but Oreck makes a little handheld vac that I could wax poetic about. We have four dogs, 10 cats and a lot of family and that thing hasn’t missed a hair or crumb in over TWELVE years and is still working like a boss. You can also get attachments for cleaning in tiny spaces, like stereo components and crevices in the car. It’s a only a little pricier than your average handheld, and for a machine that will probably see your boys through college, it’s worth it.

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laziza
laziza
11 years ago

OK, this is amazing. Very happy for you. LOVING the notes taped to the ball!

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LizP
LizP
11 years ago

Welcome to town! And the clouds are finally going away. You got here just in time for a sunny week!

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Redbecca
Redbecca
11 years ago

Yay yay yay! This is the stuff real dreams are made of!

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Danell
Danell
11 years ago

The goodbye book from school keeps making me cry every time see it.

Congratulations, so so happy for you! I hope it just keeps getting better and better for you!

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Amy N
Amy N
11 years ago

So happy for you guys! Yard is awesome, ball even cooler, good-bye book so sweet and fabulous – all the nice things they said about Riley!! And baby Charlie…no words.

BTW…have you seen that the zombie invasion has started in Florida? Just saying…as soon as I saw that story I thought of you!

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Amy
Amy
11 years ago

Hooray for you guys!!!! I am so happy YOU are happy! Congratulations !

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Becky
Becky
11 years ago

YAY! So happy for you guys. Thank you so much Linda for sharing so much of your life with us!

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alyson
alyson
11 years ago

ALL of that is your backyard? Geez, it’s more like a little boy corral!

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Mandy in NH
Mandy in NH
11 years ago

These pictures are amazing….congrats on making it through this move! My daughter is six, and I can’t imagine wanting her peers to say anything more than that she is kind and helps when they are hurt…those notes are a testament to a wonderful kid, with amazing parents. Hoping you guys continue to get settled in quickly and easily!

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Liz Kreiger
Liz Kreiger
11 years ago

Yay! You made it- you guys found a way to live the life you were dreaming of! Good for you – Enjoy it all!

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Angie
Angie
11 years ago

JudithNYC, what a great story.

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Heather M.
Heather M.
11 years ago

Happy for you guys. Hopefully we’ll get down to see you and even meet little Charlie soon. Congrats :)

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shriek house
shriek house
11 years ago

So happy for you guys. You made it!!

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Bethany
Bethany
11 years ago

You did it!!!!!

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Ali V
Ali V
11 years ago

I wish it was socially acceptable for adults to make friends via note-ball. So sweet and appealing to the socially anxious. I’m also deeply in love with your amazing backyard. You could run laps out there. Congrats on the move!

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April G.
April G.
11 years ago

The ball with the notes sounds like a story! I love it. Glad you’re settling in so happily.

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Sonia
Sonia
11 years ago

Congratulations!

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anne
anne
11 years ago

Yay! So, so happy for you and your family!

Note: be glad those trains are far off. I lived next to a freight train line (500 meters away from a crossing) for 3 years, and it was nightmarish. They sound quite sweet from a ways off, though!

Anyway – YAY! You give me so much hope for my own changey future. :)

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