Part 3 of finally taking you on our journey regarding our move back from Germany to the Netherlands. Winter had arrived, hence, this update will be a bit shorter…
January 2023
Starting the new year in a new environment, hoping to leave the ordeals (and disappointments) behind us. With renewed energy, and the weather still relatively warm for this time of the year, we started to tackle a few smaller projects. There is a little hill in our backyard and I wanted to remove the bushes on top of it:
One day we were having lunch when I suddenly noticed a slight slope in the beam attached to the ceiling. My heart started to pound a bit faster and I think my husband almost got a heart attack. In previous posts (part 1 and part 2) I already mentioned the not so fun discoveries we had made this far, but this was truly a big scare…
Underneath the wood, we found a big steel beam. Fortunately, it is solid and it has been just a matter of wood coming off. Probably due to, again, method of construction applied. Since we already planned to change those beams, our hearts returned to their normal rhythms : -)
Meanwhile winter arrived and we started to design the future kitchen, I enrolled in a new study and we did all kinds of other activities suitable for this type of weather. Our smallest dog had lots of fun in the snow too, although I had to defrost him afterwards, haha. It always provides beautiful photographs, don’t you agree?
February 2023
As beautiful the environment becomes underneath a layer of snow, it’s still not my favorite season. I was pretty happy the snow vanished quickly, and I could be more active outside again. Still a lot of materials from the previous owners of our plot to sort out…
March 2023
With all the chores and such we had to do, February (which is already a short month) went by fast. I was already longing for Spring again, as always, and, also as always, I started the sowing season. Our Danja meanwhile chasing mice…
It had taken us a while, but I think March was the month we finally started to feel at home.
Not knowing what the future still had in store for us…
Next post: a life changing event… do we still live in our forever home?
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Finally I took the time te read…what a journey you two have made… wauw.
Hope you are doing more then fine and hopefully in a place (this one or … who knowes) that feels as home xx