Archive for the ‘House and Home’ Category

Boys In a Box

We have so much unpacking to do.  Thankfully the boys have been really helpful…

We made it!

We made it in. The move went without a hitch. The house is great. Now we are doing the whole UNpacking thing and trying to keep the kids alive while doing so.
The dishwasher holds more than my old one.
The rooms are painted the colors we chose.
The bathroom fixtures are not far from [...]

Out of here

All right - about to sign off and pack up the computer. Move is tomorrow. I leave you with a little reminder of how ridiculously horrendous our move from Chicago was two years ago. As long as we don’t get anywhere near that, I think we’ll be ok.

Countdown

Ugh, you guys, moving suuuucks. I always forget how bad it is. I hate packing and taking care of all the stuff that goes along with a move, and I get overwhelmed really early on and know that it is something I loathe. But somehow it always ends up being worse than [...]

Indigestion (revised)

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Nothing quite so disconcerting as handing over pretty much ALL of your money in one tidy cashiers check, is there? We closed on the house. All went well. I think my stomach is finally settling down. And, well, I guess we’re home owners now. So I suppose one of [...]

Letters to My Bad Neighbors, Part One

Today we visited our house, our very first house. Hubby and I have lived in various apartments since we graduated from college nearly ten years ago. We close at the end of this month. Very exciting, very overwhelming. We took measurements and tried to place furniture in our minds. We [...]

2 > 2xh

November? Really? My last post was in November? Dear God. No wonder I’ve started getting emails asking of all is well over here. Thank you for those, by the way. Hearing from some of you and knowing you still care to check in even when I am not posting [...]