This is how all of our walks (all three thus far anyway) start. With Nelson taking the leash in his mouth and pulling me. It's actually really cute. He's really laid back and mellow around the house but he gets super excited about going for walks. Yesterday, he took me to the Virginia Water lake.
Since the dogs are allowed to be off of their leashes in this park, I didn't think we were ever going to make it around the lake. It drives me nuts that he has to stop and sniff everything but I'd much rather he do that when he's not on the leash because when he is connected to the other end of it, I'm constantly getting yanked backwards as he stops unexpectedly. This is not my favorite.
I didn't quite get all the history of this part but there are lots of signs that say "Royal Gardens" so I'll have to look into it. This "Cascade and Grotto" was built in the late 1700's if I'm remembering correctly. The original structure was built maybe 50 years earlier than that but was wiped out by a big storm. I really enjoyed walking around the lake. It's four and a half miles around and it took forever with Nelson stopping every fifteen seconds but it was beautiful and there were so many other people out. I think we might make that a regular thing.
(My bedroom is in the top right hand corner of the house)
I'll be real honest, things are pretty easy for me here. As Steven said yesterday, I'm pretty much on vacation. I get up in the morning around 7am, knock on Lauren's door to make sure she's up, then head downstairs to make Lauren some breakfast and a cup of tea for myself. Then I hand Lauren her toast (or whatever) as she dashes out the door at 7:45 and I'm on my own until the evening. I take Nelson for a walk at some point and spend the rest of the day reading, blogging, e-mailing, calling friends, being outside, drinking tea, planning meals, listening to my ipod and/or spending time in the kitchen. Then have dinner ready for Lauren and myself by 6:30 and afterwards she goes up to her room and shuts the door to do homework and that's it!
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The house is huge and SO cold!! I know that anyone who has talked with me in the last 48 hours has already heard me complain about this incessantly but seriously, I'm freezing! The first day, I layered up as much as possible and walked around the house with a blanket over my shoulders. Yesterday, I tried to go without the long underwear and lasted half the day but still had a scarf on at all times. Today, I'm being really brave. Not long underwear and no scarf. My theory is that it's only going to get colder so I'm going to have to learn to tough it out. I'm guessing they'll start turning the heat on at some point in time. I haven't been this cold since our heater broke (both times) last winter. In real life, if I live in a house that's this cold, I'll at least get heated toilet seats. Chilled porcelain is the worst!
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Oh, and their house phone plays a very loud rendition of "Jingle Bells" when it rings. I'm not sure why this is but yesterday I was humming Christmas songs all day long because of it.
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This is my bedroom. It's at least twice the size of the one at the other house and the bed is very comfortable. I really like it. All of my clothes are either hanging or on shelves in the closet and my laptop lives on a little vanity in the corner that you can't see in this picture.
I am missing home loads and loads!! Hope all is well.
love,
Steph
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