Resurfacing

Whenever I'm trying to make a point about something, whether to L or my kids or even my friends, I like to follow L's rule requiring three reasons behind any argument. You can't just say something is true -- you have to list 3 justifications that it is true.

It just so happens that I have three definitions for the title of this post.

1. Resurfacing: returning from the depths of the unknown. I haven't written for months and months. The past month, I really regret, because it was a bit of blogaphobia on my part, but mostly just a lack of time to sit with the computer in peace. The previous few months were full of big life changes: putting our house on the market, planning a move to another state, looking for a new home and moving. Lucky, lucky us, even in a dismal Michigan real estate market, we sold our house on Craigslist (yes, really) in less than three weeks. But the latter three life changes all ended up being more complicated than they needed to be, for reasons not worth boring you with. Which brings me to...

2. Resurfacing: changing the composition of the top layer(s) of an existing surface. We have done a great deal of this type of resurfacing to our new home. We started with pulling up all the carpet on the steps and second floor of our home and having the original (1910) hardwood floors finished for the first time. Then, we -- mostly L, with help from a contractor for the complicated stuff -- repainted almost every interior surface, wall and ceiling, in the house. Other projects too, but you get the idea. It's all behind us, and now we're ready for what lies ahead...

3. Resurfacing: removing layers and replacing them with completely new contents. For the first time since Jellybean was 1 (and now she's 5! Another post for another day), we live close to our families. We loved Michigan and had wonderful friends and neighbors there, but there is nothing quite like living near family, especially when that family includes my children's grandparents. It has been a happy time, reuniting on a regular basis and knowing this is how our lives will be. There's no place like home.