oh my gosh. ya'll should be here.

this house is too funny. yes, it's full of peace and calm and love. you can feel the warmth when you walk in the door. it's also full of so much silly fun.

angel has 2 daughters, one 10 - smart, pretty, sweet, kind of quiet for the most part. she and baby girl are tight. the other is 7 - a little imp. very expressive, independent minded, dramatic, hilarious.

last night the 7 yr old was walking around the house repeatedly singing "for she's a folly good pharoah, for she's a folly good pharoah, for she's a folly good pharoah......happy birthday to katherine"

except it's not katherine's birthday. and we're not egyptian.

angel finally had to tell her to stop talking. you have never seen such eyes...so much expression in those little eyes.

i'm crackin up still this morning over it.

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we're settling in. retrieving things from the house still, need to go over there and clean up some. i hate to leave things a mess, but it always was anyway. i don't think the husband even notices really. i offered, we'll see what he says.

our "apartment" here is downstairs, quiet, cozy, dark. i love it. i'm sleeping better the last 2 nights than i have in months.

i asked baby girl yesterday morning if she was ok with this, if she needed anything. she said "mommy, i love it. i feel like we finally have a family again".

when we came back in on sunday afternoon from picking up things at the house, the 7 yr old had made a sign that said "welcome family" and had all of our names listed. then it said "family forever" underneath it.

i've always wanted a house full of happy people and fun and love, and it seems as if we've found it here. as far as i can tell, it's going really well. i think angel is happy to have the adult conversation we share and the help we provide with whatever. shopping, cooking, cleaning...it's an easier burden when it's shared, ya know? and i know she likes the fact that she's not alone in this big house. so we'll see. she's told me to not look at this like a short term arrangement. i think i can do that.

hugs and love people. hugs and love.