guest blogger: jarrod paul bramson

hello! im jarrod and i live here, too!  im excited to be a part of the franklin and van buren blog. ruby and i were talking about starting a house blog and lo and behold...she went and did it. way to put yr. best foot forward rube!!

living in our house is quite a trip, i must say. there is a lot of crazy energy. we have 3 young girls(2 are 9 and 1 is eight), some chickens, an introverted, strange, and surly grey cat named marvin, and 4 highly opinionated (we are ALL always right)"adults". marvin and i are the only males.

life on the farm is good. things seem to run pretty smoothly. its really amazing, actually. we all get along fairly well considering we are up in each others lives, like 24/7. there are small fights sometimes but not as much as one would think. everyone tries to keep it as cool. i think there is a fair amount of pressure to NOT want be the annoying house mate, in the eyes of the others....

mostly, its a good time. there is always something going on. its a very social situation. people are cosistantly dropping by. sometimes this is hard for me, as i enjoy my very elusive alone time.

ive gotten used to it and i usually dig all the company and bottles of red wine.....

my favorite part of the house is the music room. sometimes i just go in there and stare at the beauty. its like this victorian fantasy studio! it doesnt make sense, but its real...

the whole house is kind of a fantasy world. i mean, we live in a victorian mansion!!!

how did some dirt bag like me end up here? thats another story for another time, i guess...