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Remember when I told you that we accidentally bought a house?  Well, we are so excited!  Because that house?  It's almost ours!!  :)  We're set to close on October 23rd, pending the appraisal.  The appraisal is due sometime later this week.  We don't expect any surprises. 

I also wanted to clarify:  We didn't really buy the house on accident.  It's hyperbole, people.  :)  When we walked through this house for the first time, we really liked it.  A lot.  We simply couldn't see how it would end up working out.  We very much wanted this house from the beginning, and we're thrilled that, to this point, it has been a dream-like experience.  We have sailed through every step, even the ones that we thought would be major obstacles.  We are so thankful.  :)

And it seems that the impending move has had quite an effect on my psyche.  I have re-discovered my love and joy in cooking and baking.  My very small counter and my old appliances are annoying me, as always, but I'm trudging through and enjoy these house-wifely duties.  I've been really on-top of my house-keeping duties, as well.  I'm taking pride in my home and finding myself able to weather the small irritations much better.  I kind of forgot what it was like to feel like this.  I forgot why I was so gung-ho about being a stay-at-home mom in the first place.

Now, I'm remembering, and I'm pumped!

In fact, when we move into the new house, and I've got more room to maneuver, I'm considering an experiment...a major experiment.  I think the Goodwin family might try to exist on a diet of only "slow food."  A fellow mommy in the blogosphere, Veronica, is currently carrying out this experiment with her family.  She just started, and she's documenting the entire experience on her blog, The Slow Food Experiment.  I'm incredibly intrigued to watch her take this journey, and hers is one of the few blogs I'll continue to read and follow during my "unplugged" internet vacation.  :)

(If you'd like to read a condensed version of what's involved, you can read her version of the rules.  I'm excited to attempt the experiment, just to take the cooking adventure!)

Obviously, there is great potential for major health benefits with this method of cooking and eating.  I highly aware that my family is not eating well, and I want to change that fact.  Immediately.  I'm thinking that extreme measures are in order.  :)

Because my kids?  They are totally worth it!

They are growing so fast.  I took them shopping for their new fall shoes yesterday, and I couldn't believe it when the shoe salesperson measured their feet.  Ruby is in a size 8, and Burke is in a size 4.  He will be out of infant shoes in no time!  And an eight??  An eight?  Those shoes looked like such big girl shoes.  I just can't believe how quickly the time is passing.

I am really starting to enjoy being a mommy again...a whole lot.  The sappy, sickeningly sweet kind of enjoyment.  I love it.  :)

What's going on in your lives?  What are you attempting?  Any experiments you're considering?  Any major life changes happening?