I am a very thankful girl these days – exhausted but thankful. It has been almost 2 weeks since we moved our family from the Ding Dang Woods to this phat ass home on the hill and “thrilled” just doesn’t cut it. We are currently unpacking boxes and rearranging furniture but this place took no time at all to feel like Home to me.

I thought I’d be a little freaked out being that this is such a big house built in a maze-like fashion by an eccentric old man who may have died here- but I’m not. I do occasionally get flashes of the movie “Amityville Horror” when I’m home alone and the roof creaks, but only the scene in the beginning where they love the house and agree to buy it. I’ve already decided that if I see Mr. Walter’s ghost here roaming about, I will thank him profusely and then sit him down for tea because I have a million questions about this place – answers to which he took to his grave.

One of the most striking features about this home are the number of windows. Most are centered around a stunning view of rolling green pasture and Virginia mountains majesty, but every room has them. The kitchen has the highest number of windows with 24. It is really all windows and sliding glass doors. The master bedroom comes in at second place with 10 windows. This home situated on enough land that privacy isn’t an issue – unless the someone is in your yard or in your house. Yes, folks, if you strolled down to the kitchen for a midnight snack you could look right into my bedroom and possibly catch enough action to blind you for life. So, of course, we worry about the kids.

The house came with no window treatments. Mr. Walter lived alone and apparently wasn’t concerned if the deer spotted him in the raw. As you can imagine, having that many windows dressed properly could cost a fortune but for the sake of our children’s eyes, we decided to order them for the master bedroom. This was one of the many tasks I accomplished before we moved in. I met with someone from a window treatment shop, we went through catalogs, took measurements and I placed an order. Done. Well, almost done. Because each treatment is custom made, they take 4 – 6 weeks to get here. Luckily, the window treatment company offers you temporary blinds while you are waiting. The rep. told me that my temporary blinds should arrive by UPS in a week. Phew.

A week went by and no mini blinds. This was not a good week. There is no way on God’s green earth to get your groove on with that many freaking windows in your bedroom – not with kids in the house anyway, and we have those, you know. Things were becoming extremely tense as an all time No Action record was set in our bedroom. We were tired anyway – but still.

Friday they finally arrived.

cue angelic music

Was it a good weekend?

You bet your mini blinds it was.

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