Posted by Misty Montano on Wednesday, May 9, 2012,
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Our realtor is more optimistic than we are that we'll still get the house we're trying to buy. We just don't trust the seller to be reasonable at all so we're preparing to lose the house and starting the search over again for the 3rd time. In the meantime we're still lucky and THANKFUL to have been taken in by my in-laws.
I've shared my thoughts about how it's been living in a multi-generational home, but don't take my word for it. Hear from my mother-in-law Carolina.
Posted by Misty Montano on Monday, May 7, 2012,
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For a few weeks now we’ve been talking about a story Jace Larson is working. And for weeks I’ve sat silent with a slight smile while we talked about the story on adult children living with parents. I am an adult child living with parents, well with my in-laws. As you know from previous writings what was supposed to be a 4-week stay while we closed on a house, has turned into a 9-months and still going stay while we try to buy a house.
Posted by Misty Montano on Thursday, November 10, 2011,
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Crying has always been a release from me. More accurately it's been an automatic release that's often left me wondering, "why am I crying?" It's something I've never completely understood. I know my emotions and hormones play a part.
I don't break out in sobs and fits all the time in front of those around me. No, it's mostly private tears that just come and go. My tears are saved for those closest to me… usually. There have been a few extremely uncomfortable moments when I cried in front of... Continue reading ...
Posted by Misty Montano on Saturday, October 29, 2011,
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Time - there is never enough of it. I don’t think anyone will disagree with me. It’s something that’s always said. I’ve always said it.
I wish I could take back every time I said it. I never knew what I was talking about… until now.
When I say it now there’s an edge of desperation, panic even in my head, if not also seeping through in my voice. I always feel behind… behind with my family, behind at home, behind at work. I’ve never felt this far behind before. The reason: li...
Posted by Misty Montano on Monday, September 5, 2011,
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Well, we didn’t sell our house as we wanted. We had it on the market for over 60 days and had less than a dozen showings. We listed it as a rental and took a dozen or more calls each day from people asking about it. Within two weeks we had a signed lease with tenants to move in during September.
So, we’ve rented our house, but don’t have a new house to move into yet. We’ve moved in – or rather still in the process of – moving in with my in-laws! I am extremely grateful tha...
Posted by Misty Montano on Sunday, July 31, 2011,
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We went to the first Denver County Fair at the National Western Complex Friday night. The boys had a blast taking their little brother on rides, and of course riding the big rides themselves. I think the most fun they had were in these Hamster Water Balls. All I know is that if we had these things at home they'd be nightly activity... ahh, how quickly they'd go to bed after fun in these balls!
I wasn't surprised there weren't many rides available. The complex isn't big enough to hold m...
Posted by Misty Montano on Friday, July 29, 2011,
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One of the many benefits of your new home is location. You live directly across the street from the playground at Utah Park. Utah Park is filled with trails, sport fields, tennis courts, picnic shelters and indoor swimming complex. The pool at Utah Park has a two pools and a water playground. The small pool has a winding slide and the big pool has another slide and high dive diving boards.
You are going to love being able to walk across the street to your own park filled with amazement a...
Posted by Misty Montano on Sunday, July 3, 2011,
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Almost a year ago I wrote a letter introducing my family to landlords because we thought we were going to be moving. We had tried to work with a broker to rent-to-own our house so we could move. It didn't work out, and we didn't pursue other options because I was in the last trimester of pregnancy and school was soon to start for my stepsons.
The need and desire to move didn't change. We need to move because Shawn teaches at Front Range Community College in Longmont. The commute from Au...
Posted by Misty Montano on Sunday, July 3, 2011,
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It's been 10 months since our baby girl was born. I've written so little, even though time after time I said to myself, "I have got to share this moment!" Yet, I rarely did. So much in our lives has happened and writing just kept being pushed lower and lower on my to-do list.
I took Squeak's to a friend's BBQ last weekend and for the first time I thought, "I feel good. I am back." I am trying to organize myself more and give myself actual writing goals. I'm good at 140 character Twee...
Posted by Misty Montano on Tuesday, June 28, 2011,
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It never fails. I get flushed and swell with happiness when I am recognized through my husband, Shawn Montano! I absolutely love introducing myself as, “Hi, I’m Shawn’s wife!”
I am very proud of my accomplishments with my career and the recognition I receive through my career, but my greatest accomplishment is my marriage to Shawn and our family.
I am having a hard time with the appropriate words right now to correctly express my love for, admiration of and pride in my husband. T...
Posted by Misty Montano on Monday, November 1, 2010,
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I love fall for all the obvious reasons: colored leaves, crisp air, corn mazes, pumpkin patches, carved pumpkins, caramel apples, fall break, harvest of gardens and the smell of roasted chili peppers. This year I didn’t garden because I was pregnant. I admit a little sad that I’m not canning/roasting/freezing/drying anything. (I could have stocked up at farmers markets to still do all of this, but learning to take care of an infant is taking all my energy!)
Posted by Misty Montano on Tuesday, May 25, 2010,
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It seems my wish of moving may becoming a reality. We’re close to signing a lease agreement with a family that would like to move in on July 1st. I’m truly excited by this, but also nervous. This means we have A LOT to do in just a few short weeks.
By going through with this, we’re taking a huge risk. We had hoped the house would sell. Houses on the streets around us have sat on the market for months so we knew our fastest option to move would be to rent, or even rent-to-own, the ho... Continue reading ...
Posted by Misty Montano on Monday, November 16, 2009,
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I am a dark chocolate lover. I don't like chocolate that is too sweet. So while my stepsons played outside on this snowy day I decided to make homemade hot chocolate.
Let me make this clear; I made up this recipe just today and my nine-year old actually thought it was too much chocolate! "Oh man there is way too much chocolate!" he exclaimed. The rest of us sipped it down in chocolate happiness and Dad also drank the mug that was "too much chocolate."
Posted by Misty Montano on Friday, October 16, 2009,
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I decided to write this post because everyone who has found out I and my family are sick have asked two questions: what were your symptoms? and what did the doctor say? This is the answers to those questions, but I can't stress enough this is what happened with us. In no way should my post be used to self-diagnose or self-treat yourself or others. Please call or see your doctor if you are sick. My husband just returned from seeing his doctor, with what seemed to be the exact same symptoms... Continue reading ...
Misty Lou, Misty Jean, Mystical and even Extrafancy are just a few of the nicknames to which I answer. The most important names though are Wife, StepMom and Mom. With all these names it's sometimes hard to know who I am! This blog started as a Nebraska girl learning, trying, succeeding and failing at gardening in Colorado. Along the way in growing my garden, I grew my family too as I married a wonderful man and became StepMom to two precious Boys. Now our family grows more as we have a Baby Girl. So here is all of me as I share my family, home and garden. BTW my middle name is Jennifer; my name is Misty Jennifer Montano.
Well, we didn’t sell our house as we wanted. We had it on the market for over 60 days and had less than a dozen showings. We listed it as a rental and took a dozen or more calls each day from people asking about it. Within two weeks we had a signed lease with tenants to move in during September.
Misty Lou, Misty Jean, Mystical and even Extrafancy are just a few of the nicknames to which I answer. The most important names though are Wife, StepMom and Mom. With all these names it's sometimes hard to know who I am! This blog started as a Nebraska girl learning, trying, succeeding and failing at gardening in Colorado. Along the way in growing my garden, I grew my family too as I married a wonderful man and became StepMom to two precious Boys. Now our family grows more as we have a Baby Girl. So here is all of me as I share my family, home and garden. BTW my middle name is Jennifer; my name is Misty Jennifer Montano.
