Some changes around our place

First, say goodbye to the pergola. This is what it looked like in 2012 when we bought our house. The squirrels have not been kind to it and the wood bees love it too much so it was time to go.

Nearly gone!

And all the way gone. We're both shocked how little we miss it.

 And we replaced our front door:

We both keep giggling and telling each other how much we love this door, and it's true. We do.

Oh Boston

I'm in Boston this week attending mediator training (which is incredibly wonderful). It's bittersweet being here. On the one hand, I love living in a big city and don't any more. On the other hand, living here was tough, really tough. 

This is part of a text message conversation between me and Kent: 

Elizabeth: I wish it had been different here in Boston for us
Kent: me too

But of course, it wasn't different. We're no longer here and probably won't ever live here again. It's taken two years but now I can see that so much of our stress was due to a specific set of neighbors and not about the city.