Winding Creek Circle

What would I give to have that kind of personal space!

Image from (Desire to Inspire)

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I think the pictures speak for themselves. I talk too much, and laugh too loud.

Here are some random anecdotes I remember from that day:
1. I have a new name. I’m Tita Maggie now, according to Sandy.

2. I think I was so enamored with the kids I wasnt able to talk that much to the mommies.

3. All mommies were seriously prettier in person. Well, except for me, modesty aside. Good thing I dont have acne or else I’d be such a BIG loser (pun intended hahaha).

4. I was really bitin. I didnt expect people would start packing up after the giving of gifts. If I had known I would not have initiated the gift exchange. Hahahah.

Until then.

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Lately, Edil and I would always talk about the house we will have someday. We often discuss land locations, area sizes, what to put in rooms, color schemes, what type of roofing we want to have and everything else. If you ask me, we might as well have the house already because all our plans are laid out, except for the money part It’s funny how much we have in common with regards to tastes and style preferences but can be complete opposites with everything else.

We would love to have a large lot, with a nice lawn and a small garden. We don’t like multi-level houses, we’d prefer bungalows with high ceiling. If we will get a second floor, it will just be a loft for books and an area for alone time.

We also mesh well with the color scheme tastes. He doesn’t seem excited with my love of orange for walls or accents but got convinced when he saw orange accent designs on the cherrywood furniture he wants.

He will leave the kitchen up to me, he just would like to have an island or a breakfast nook that has bar stools as chairs. We used to have that on our first home when I was a kid. Think of a canteen separating the kitchen from the ordering area. Edil wants something like that. Of course, with kids we would need extra tall stools for the kids. That would be nice.

Edil is also big on entertaining. Coming from a large family of eight siblings with a mom who can cook up a fiesta each time, they celebrate their birthdays every year with a giant party where everyone can come. Even if they are 25 already Edil would rather invite friends over than go out. So he wants to have a bar complete pub tables. I actually found this Cherry Finished Bar Set with Matching Bar Stools and showed it to him:

And of course he liked it. (It seems a little old fashioned to me but I guess it’s because of the shape of the stool legs). When not in use I think I can use this as a workstation in the living room (where it’s going to be, just in case) with my laptop.

House planning is such an overwhelming chore. It really consumes you that you cannot think of anything else. If only money is as endless as the ideas in our heads…

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I forgot to mention that we have curtains already. I altered the floor length Egyptian linen curtains my Mom had ever since we were kids and it fit perfectly. The only problem is that the curtains are a bit thick so it got a little warmer in the house. It is actually nicer during the evenings when it is cold but during afternoons, I feel like we are still in the city. It’s either I get nice ribbons or have them made so I can tie them together during the day or we replace them with bamboo blinds. I’m of course partial to the latter. I love my Mom’s curtains. The bamboo blinds look nice though, look:

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The nice thing about living in the suburbs is the wide space between houses. It is common here to have a small house with a wide open lawn and garage that can fit it three cars. I love that the kids have plenty of space to run around and enjoy themselves without having to go out on the road and risk themselves getting hurt. I do have one complain though. The garages here do not have roofs, making it hard to get in and out of the car when it is raining. And it has been raining a lot lately. People here can have carports installed. I think this will be easy to do, economical and will really be useful in the long run.

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