Going on a day trip while hobbling around with a broken foot isn’t what I would normally plan, but I couldn’t turn down the opportunity to check out the antique stores and my favorite used book store in Stillwater, MN while spending some good time with my dear friend and antiquing buddy, Cheri.  Cheri was also dealing with a bum knee, so we limped around the town together and really had a wonderful time browsing.  The weather was perfect and we even scored a nice parking spot. We hit Blackletter books first.  I first went to this bookstore when Jeff took me to Stillwater last October.  This store is just wonderful for the kind of books I like because the art book section is huge!  In the past, I would camp out on the floor and look through each book until I was satisfied that I had all of the

If you get it, you get it.  One of the most exciting things about moving for people like me is anticipating what the next house will be.  I’ve been this way since I was in 6th grade when we moved back to the states and I was going to live in an actual house (not a military-issued apartment), I began to draw out plans for a room I hadn’t even seen yet.  I thought about wall colors, curtains, furniture arrangement possibilities, and how I would want to style my shelves.  I did this with every single move since… dreaming, planning, and sketching.  I do this even when I don’t know what the room or house looks like, yet!  It’s just an intuitive process based on gut-instinct and intangible wishes. In thinking about what our future home might look like, I have that gut instinct.  I don’t know what the house