My Sister and Me

So I got a facebook message from my sister.

Yup, I said sister. Odd to talk about my sister when I never really knew her...or should I say them since I have two of them? They are half-sisters and the parent that we share in common is the parent I try to pretend I never had. Yet, never the less, they are my sisters and one of them, Sandra, contacted me the other day.

I have been so busy with wrapping up this shoot for Send In The Clowns that I haven't replied yet, but I will. Most people would probably be a whole lot more freaked out about this whole re-meet of another family, but It seems perfectly okay to me. The only part that was hard was hearing about my dad. She says he is 'on his way out' and isn't expected to live much longer. I have to admit that when I heard that part of the news I felt a lot like Diana Morales did in A Chorus Line.

Nothing.

Other than that bit of drama, life is grand. It has become exceptionally hot since closing and Leon and I and my mom have been slaving away at the house. Leon finished an entire french drain around our property all by himself and it is amazing!! I decorated our front mud room and repainted the front and garage doors. We are stupidly tan and feeling quite proud of ourselves. My real estate mogul cousin stopped by yesterday to take a look at our humble abode and said very favorable things. Best of all her comments was the simple statement 'oh, this will sell, easy'. It is so wonderful to have people say nice things about our house...it's like our baby, you know?

Which brings up a strange feeling that I had the other night. It happened after I saw a house on skhomes4sale.com here in Moose Jaw. It is the prettiest, most wonderful old character home and I have positively fallen head over heels in love with it. Suddenly I was overwhelmed with this thought...if I could live there I would happily stay in Moose Jaw forever and ever! The thought shocked me and so I shared it with my husband. He was shocked, too, of course, because all I ever say is how much I want to move outta here and go back to BC. But the more I looked at my feelings, the more confused I became. Was it about my house crush? Was it residual feelings I was having about my disappointing emails from the other night? Was it about the new community of friends that we have now made here or all the job opportunities that seem to be available?

Who knows...but I will give you the link to my house crush anyway, just so you can see why it might be enough to make me second guess myself;-)

Click here to see what I would buy if I had just a wee bit more money...

Ahhhh, I'll blame my temporary case of insanity to the heat. Seeing the mountains and ocean and smelling the green in the air of BC will cure me, I'm sure.

Won't it?