Hello All!  First off, I hope that you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!  It has been a long while since I wrote and instead of giving a line of excuses let’s just say we wanted to ensure that we had functioning internet and hot water before I started on my creative blogging 😉 .  Well, we have hot water (after our first 26 days here) & internet!  After brainstorming, many trips to the stores, and help from Daniel (our tiny house helper) we finally figured out the hot water heater process.  Without going into huge detail, the problem was that I have to have separate regulators for each gas line and buy new hoses that feed the propane to the gas lines.  I will tell you with days that we had just the stove working to having just the water heater working and now having both is such a relief.  I feel that it is now a complete home.  So to sum up the last couple of weeks we:

  1.  Had a nice weekend getaway to Boone, NC (deemed the coldest place in the south).  And on our last day there it started to snow.  The front desk attendant at the hotel said that we got a chance to see snow. (little did he know that we moved down south to avoid those dreadful little flakes 🙂 )
  2. We g0t to hang out with an old friend of April’s and her family.  She showed us around town, gave us a private tour of the Appalachian State University stadium, football locker room and some of the think tank rooms.  They have a good football team and their claim to fame is that they defeated No. 5 ranked Michigan a number of years ago.  It was great to be in the Blue Ridge Mountains, seeing the unique shops, and mining for gems!
  3. Sophie started school this past Wednesday and she fit right in, gave her new friends hugs, and had a great time.  She needed that social interaction not only for her but also for us!
  4. I started my new job the same day that Sophie started school and even though I didn’t leave hugging all my new friends I was sure excited to get back into the kitchen.
  5. On our way back from Boone, we stopped and picked a large handful of the O. Henry Magazine for our feature pictures! April and I are real excited.  The article is about our friend John (who heads up the TH Camp) and his experiences. The magazine included pictures from our own home. So here is the link again to the issue: (just click on the text).

O. Henry Magazine  We are in the article Home Wee Home starting on page 76.

 

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Overall, everything has been a smooth transition and are extremely thankful for all the support and prayers we have been receiving.  As promised we will put up a “live-in” video very soon so please stay tuned!

From the Rambler to the Road,

The Marzullo’s

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