Browse Month: August 2007

Home Sweet Home

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I picked up the keys this morning and unloaded the X3. We are officially moved in!! This morning, I packed up all our stuff and cleaned up the guest bathroom and bedroom at Jimmy’s house. At 1:30, I picked up the keys and garage door opener from the HOA and started bringing stuff up to our unit. After about three trips back and forth, I thought, “This is dumb. I wish I had a dolly.” Then, it dawned on me that there were a bunch of maintenance guys down in the garage just sitting around. I almost asked if they would help me move but instead I asked if they had a dolly or cart that I could borrow. Luckily, they were very nice and gave me a flatbed cart that totally saved me. I managed to move the rest of my stuff (about 75% of the car) up in two trips! Awesome.So, now we are in the 4th floor club house using the free WiFi. Our condo is still empty with the Aerobed set-up in the bedroom. Jes just ordered our fridge and washer/dryer online and we have no idea when our movers are coming with our belongings. Until then, we will be in Sequoia this weekend. Vyl and Bang are picking us up in the morning for a nice 6-hour drive into the forest. It certainly feels a bit weird to actually have a place to call home again but it’s great. We are officially city-folk ready for a new adventure!!

House Rules

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This morning I got up, ironed Jes’ shirt, and then plopped myself down on the couch for the rest of the day. Jimmy had some work to do before going to the dentist at lunchtime so we hung out side-by-side all morning. Before he left, he looked at me and said, “Did you wear that to sleep last night? If you did, you have to change your clothes today.” Huh? Yep, apparently it’s a house rule because he “[doesn’t] run a sloppy house”. So I followed the rule by not only changing once but TWICE. Jimmy cracks me up.I pretty much spent the day taking care of a bunch of things. Most of them were related to finances. Since we are expecting to close tomorrow morning, I went online and changed our billing and mailing addresses for all our accounts and also worked on our new budget. Also, in an effort to minimize paper waste and things we have to file, I made sure we had paperless statements for everything. It’s the least I can do to declutter our new home.

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This afternoon I went for a run along the bay. The neighborhood is so cute and has a pretty nice running trail along the water. I took my GPS and measured a 2.4-mile loop. I think I can actually add more distance if I go out farther before returning to the house.