Memory Lane Monday

This was our first home.

Richard actually purchased it (for $57,000) shortly after moving to Buena Vista (pronounced Byoo-na Vista rather than Bway-na Vista. . .we just refer to it as BV), Virginia where he had accepted a position at Southern Virginia University (I had just transferred there from a community college in North Carolina to complete my last two years of school). We were married in September 2002 at which point I had the privilege of joining him in this cozy little bungalow! We had so much fun making this house a home together. We painted, we renovated, repaired and beautified.

Looking into the living room from the kitchen

Looking into the kitchen from the living room

Our bedroom (I wanted this room to be "fun." We were newlyweds and definitely had romance covered! This is the "toned down" version of the bedroom. Prior to selling it, the trim and baseboards were the same color green as is on our bedspread. Knowing that the blue was probably going to be overwhelming enough for potential buyers, I decided to paint the trim and baseboards white again.).

The first winter we lived in this house, it was so cold that we slept on an air mattress in the den (the only room that did not have drafty windows (all of the windows were original to the home except for the windows in the den, which was an addition to the house). It felt like we were having a sleepover every night! Our next door neighbor had a mullet. He also had a band. We called them the "Mullet Band" and often found ourselves drifting off to sleep to their not-so-quiet tunes. Rather than feeling perturbed by the "Mullet" and his band (yes, we actually referred to him by this name. . .not when talking to him of course, we called him Jeff then, but between the two of us (and maybe some of our close friends) he was the "Mullet"), we often found ourselves laughing and even dancing, to their interesting selection of music and enjoyed our frequent, private concerts.

This is where we fell in love. This is where our family began. This is where our triplets were created. This is where many wonderful and cherished memories were made. I miss our cozy home in the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia. I miss Southern Virginia University, where I graduated and then worked, with my husband, until October 2004 when we moved to Ohio to be closer to family prior to the birth of our triplets. I miss it, but I cherish every memory that was made there and look forward to telling my children and grandchildren about "where it all began."

Southern Virginia University (Winter 2002)