Moving...

The last few months have been busy - I moved twice.  Needless to say, it's been a little crazy!

My sister, after spending five years in Chicago, decided she wanted to move back to Michigan.   My Dad had a large home in Michigan but only is spending 3-4 months out of the year here.  So, we decided to do something sort of crazy.

We put all three properties up for sale.  My sister's condo in Chicago sold in 3 weeks; I sold my condo to my golf partner & her family (I didn't even have to list it!); and my Dad's house sold in 6 weeks!  We were shocked that everything sold so quickly - we thought my Dad's house would be for sale for 6 months or more.

My Dad's house had been our family home for almost 20 years.  My parents built it when I was in high school.  I'm definitely going to miss it.  Lots of good memories there.

My condo - the one you have seen on the blog and shown in my sidebar, was in the same neighborhood as my Dad's house.  We lived in a golf course neighborhood.  He was on the 7th hole and I was on the 10th.  World's Cutest Brother and I spent a lot of time on the golf cart going between the two houses!  I'm going to miss my ladies league night and playing every Sunday with my Dad & Uncle.  Lots of good memories.

This Summer we started looking at lots and houses on Lake Michigan.  We found a lot we liked and after figuring out a few things, closed on our lot on New Year's Eve.  A very nice way to end 2012 and start 2013.

My sister and I took out a bottle of Prosecco to christen the lot.  Even thought it was freezing and crazy windy, it was fun.

{ baby sister }

{ me }

Lake Michigan is a beauty.

My Mom captured this gorgeous sunset:

We are currently working with an architect on our plans and hope to break ground in the Spring.

My sister will have her own living quarters and my Dad and I will share the main house when he is in Michigan for the Summer.  Of course, World's Cutest Brother will have a room for when he is in Michigan during the Summer.  I'm still holding out hope that I might meet the perfect guy and have my own family, but whatever happens, we will have the lake house in our family.  We are really excited!

In the meantime, we are renting a house not too far from our lot on a lake that connects to Lake Michigan. 

Our cozy living room at Christmas.  A little hodge podge becasue our furniture at the rental is a combination of all three of our things!

One of the best parts of the rental is this sun room - I think we will be using it quite often this Summer.

We are really close to the state park and will definitely be spending a lot of time at the beach this Summer.

I moved in to the rental December 1st and am finally feeling settled.  I'm looking forward to sharing the progress of our new house along with the design and finishes on the blog in the coming months!