It's such a good feeling after a month of packing, cleaning, painting...waiting for closings...then moving, setting up utilities/bills, and then unpacking...to be done enough to move on with your life. Not everything is perfect yet in our beautiful new townhouse but atleast I found my belts, shorts, cat litter scoop, razr phone hands-free cord, and all that other stupid stuff you take for granted knowing where they are when you need them. This last week, I swear, Noel and I were at the HD (Home Depot) every night after work...if it wasn't buying more shelf brackets for the garage, we were buying NutriGrow or nails for whatever. Don't get me wrong, I love this homeowner thing.I am totally bonding with my new 'hood Greenlake, but I have to admit I was a little nervous leaving the safe know entity of my Queen Anne/Uptown 'hood. I do miss QA but GL is really nice for running or walking...green lush streets with cute old houses (as long as you don't go west to crack-rora). I am also quickly getting over the fact that I can not just pop into
a Bartells or Safeway on foot when ever I want. I am simply changing my mindset. I can Bartells-it 2 blocks from my work downtown, and at our house Safeway-it in Greenwood (8 blocks away) or Roosevelt/Maple Leaf (10 blocks away)...or for that matter Whole-Foods-it 4 blocks from work then schlep to my 358 on 7th. I definitely have it down, 4 ways to go on a 30 minute run and always end up a the GL Starbucks on the east shore. Work it!
Life is good! I am so happy. Happy with Noel, my love. Happy with our beautiful new house (only 6 more boxes and we can fit the car in the garage - LOL),
Happy with my job (ok slightly stressful but in a good way), Happy with my friends and family...just happy. My Mom came down to Seattle today and brought a big palm tree for the house. Cool! Then we went to Crate & Barrel to pick up the duvet cover and shams Noel and I ordered, and ended at 6pm with beer in the 80F+ sun at The Ram. Love my Mom. Fun. Last night Heidi, Andy and Lori came over at 7pm for a BBQ of steaks, sole, chicken and sausauges, along with zucchini and portobello mushrooms all on the barbie. We sat around on our little plot of grass in our yard and drank PBR's, laughed and ended the day with strawberry shortcake (extra whipcream for me!)...ahhh, life is good! ...and then there's Pugsley my new step-dog...he's a white fluffy Pom-American Eskimo and A CUTEY! I am not a dog person necessarily but very HAPPY WITH PUGS! (seen here in our new living room)
Lastly, talking about friends...we had a lovely dinner with Paul Linger last Thursday, and I am hoping to connect with many other long lost friends soon...like Dana, Sidira and Brian Brydges. This is a short life we live and we are lucky to have amazing people in our lives...I have some
amazing friends and don't get to see them enough. Next up though, Tracy Dysart (one of my bestest PV GF's) is visiting from Vallarta this coming Tuesday the 15th through the 22nd! I am soooo stoked to see her. I missed her in Vallarta in March, and now she is back in the land of the living, and better yet in Seattle. I can not wait for her to meet Noel. Stay tuned for more soon (with Nordy's Anniversary Sale ending this coming week festivities, whewwww)...and then there's old Annabelle, my love, my stability who makes me very happy! Here she sits in her penthouse, behind the protective baby gate on the 3rd floor, telling me who's boss...her of course... MEEEEOOOOWWWW!!!!!
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