You belong somewhere you feel free…

August 13, 2015October 18, 2018 / Laura Lee Carter / 6 Comments

“You belong among the wildflowers. You belong in a boat out at sea. Sail away, kill off the hours. You belong somewhere you feel free…”

Go listen to this song: Wildflowers by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Are you familiar with this song? I wasn’t until I moved to rural Colorado last summer, and our new landlord Bob put it on one his recordings for us. Since then it has become my mantra for choosing to leave suburbia behind forever and live in nature.

This is the first time in my entire life that I have felt truly free, and why not with a view like this out of my picture window?

It admit, it has taken me longer than I ever expected to adjust to life in and then outside of small town USA, but now I cannot even imagine going back to suburbia with all of that noise, pollution, traffic and high anxiety.

I didn’t even know how unhappy and anxious I was until I left it all behind.

Enjoying a lazy day after our second move in a year!

August 5, 2015August 5, 2015 / Laura Lee Carter / 2 Comments

We finally have a day when we feel we can relax a bit, after moving in here last Wednesday. We are beat, and that includes Rasta on Mike’s lap!

There is still stuff stacked everywhere, but we are making progress, and also discovering some cool stuff we haven’t seen in over a year!

We are finding it strange that we have hundreds of sunflowers growing right around our new home, while they are not nearly as common in this area. We’ve decided to take it as a sign of favor from the great spirit… why not?

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A New Week in a Spectacular New Home In The Southern Colorado Foothills!

August 3, 2015November 3, 2016 / Laura Lee Carter / 12 Comments

So relieved to have our final move behind us!

All I feel is gratitude for the many ways my life has changed since I decided to make love my highest priority back in 2004. I see now that if I hadn’t decided to find a way to believe in love again back then, none of my other goals could have been achieved.

First there was my fortuitous meeting with Mike in early 2005, which led to having the courage, time and energy to begin a new writing career. My books followed as Mike and I’s relationship grew.

Then, when the time seemed exactly right, we decided to move out of the city forever and found this lovely valley to build in with 180 degree views of the Spanish Peaks and the Sangre de Cristos. But if Mike had not had the vision and the proper skills to create this home, it would have never been built.

The peace and quiet, the chilly air in the morning as the sun comes up, this is heaven or close enough for me.

How did I end up here, feeling so fortunate?

It’s a long story, one I can now share with you!

An undeniable peace…

July 31, 2015August 1, 2015 / Laura Lee Carter / 3 Comments

Our mountain retreat is a DREAM COME TRUE. We’re both completely exhausted, and yet quite pleased with the result of our two years of change, stress and labor…

The view from our bed through the sliding door:

You just have to love those resilient sunflowers!

I see some serious cloud-watching in our future…

My MOST stressful year is almost over!

July 25, 2015July 25, 2015 / Laura Lee Carter / 3 Comments

Surprise, surprise I found our builder out there this morning BEFORE 8 AM! I guess he just figured out we are moving in, in a few days! Time to get the stove in…

I was VERY DISAPPOINTED to find out my entire counter will not be finished until after we move in. And guess what? He won’t get paid until that’s finished either…

I have been trying not to totally stress over these final days, but I would say it’s not working… I am having daily meltdowns lately.

Poor Mike, perhaps this wasn’t the year to get off my estrogen patch. 🙂

At least Kristy helped me get my fancy bath back splash done this week! I planned the whole bath around the colors in that tin lavender sign, and I’m really happy with the results! This photo doesn’t show the colors exactly how they look.

And on another positive note, the native sunflowers are numerous this July. Check out the view out of our front door.

This is the view back towards the front door. I have to remind myself daily that all of this stress will pass, and then we will be set for some SERIOUS rest and relaxation!

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Family troubles AND GREAT RAINBOWS!

July 20, 2015July 20, 2015 / Laura Lee Carter / Leave a comment

In case you have any interest, this is what we have been dealing with in the midst of building this new home… but, on a much brighter note,

take a look at this great double rainbow shot we took outside our Walsenburg rental!

I have found whenever I am just about to make some important change for the better in my life, fantastic rainbows always turn up!

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