Sunday, September 7, 2008

Casa Del Summer















Welcome! I invite all of you to take a tour with me of my Texas abode!This, obviously is my front yard. Someone from the church comes to cut my grass and take care of the flowers here in the front. Which is good, otherwise it would probably be a jungle in my front yard with who knows what kind of animals!







This is the view from the front door. If you walk straight ahead, it opens into the family room.


This is the view that you find when you look immediately to the left once walking into the house. This is the living room/welcome room. I really don't spend too much time in this room, although during the day, the sun shines right through the big picture window and makes is so bright and calming!


This is the family room, the room where I spend most of my time. (Sorry the picture is so dark, I took it at night time. As you can see I have another picture window in this room which also brings in a lot of sunlight...ahhhhhhh.


Here is my spacious kitchen! There is so much storage space and space to move around, you can actually fit three-four people in it at a time and not be bumping, elbowing and tripping each other while cooking! Hmmm...not that I have that problem though living alone...however when I have people over, which I do a lot it makes things easier.



This is the view of my family room from the kitchen. It's all so open which is great for having people over, you can discuss and keep conversation going even while in two different rooms.

This...is the hallway. Ooooh. Ahhhhhhh. ;)


The guest bathroom! Actually I use this one instead of the one off my room because it's bigger and I like the colors better. :) You can't see it in the picture but I have a bath tub! Which means...yes you all know....bubble baths!


Here we have the spare bedroom, which is where all my guests will stay when they come to visit...hint hint. ;)


This is my bedroom...and yes I still sleep with a stuffed animal. His name is samson. He's a big mouse.


View of my room from the bed. In the right of this picture you see part of a door. That is the door to my "walk-in-closet". yeah, it's huge! Lots of space for shoes. :) If the picture would have extended a little bit to the right of the closet you would have seen the bathroom that connects to my room. sorry, i only had so much time to download pictures-I couldn't get everything. :)


And this is my backyard. Perfect for parties, bonfires, a hammock and to plant flowers and herbs. :) So much potential!

So, there you have it folks, the tour of my house in Texas. It's great. I really enjoy the house a lot. God has been good. He's good all the time, and this is just some of the evidence of His goodness and provision.

Saturday, September 6, 2008

And so it begins.....

It's a beautiful day today, the skies are bright blue, the crape myrtle trees are in full bloom with beautiful magenta flowers and the grass is a vibrant shade of green. The air is a bit crisp as well which tells me that fall is on its way; and this....refreshes me.

I'm beginning to settle in here. I'm finding local stores to frequent, I even found a coffee shop that isn't starbucks, it's called the Java Lounge! As I'm getting to know people I am finding out the small, unique quirks about Texas and hearing about fun places to go in nearby cities. There is antiquing in Jefferson, a rodeo in gladewater, a boardwalk in Shreveport, LA (which is the casino junction for this area), live blues music at the the local coffeeshop, sweet tea everywhere (it wouldn't surprise me if it started flowing in fountains here....mmmm sweet tea fountains!), the fitness center on Letourneau Campus where I can go to exercise, a 4 mile bike path, several state parks nearby in which I can get away for a weekend and camp, tall tall pine trees, magnolia trees, well just trees everywhere-and many more things that I'm looking forward to finding! I'll definitely be posting more about my excursions in East Texas so you'll have to visit my blog frequently to hear all about it!
This blog really is all for you! Many have asked about life in Texas and so I thought I'd have one place for people to go to hear and see the things happening down here. There is a southern charm and I do believe it's growing on me!
Ya'll come back now, ya hear?! haha!!!! (oh dear...what's happening to me????!!!!)