Settling In

D and I are not always the most sensible people. For example, when we got they keys to our home, instead of spending the day taping and painting while the place was still empty, we jetted off to Home Depot and spent four hours there buying all kinds of random things, including a kiddie pool, a lawn mower and a new (LG!) washer/dryer to replace the pair downstairs. All of these are more or less necessary and going to be utilised, but they probably could have held off a week as we are now in the midst of painting hell, attempting to tape and cut and roll around all these large boxes that we can't put away until we've finished taping, cutting and rolling. On the bright side I had a wonderful birthday watching LM splash around naked in his new pool.

Then yesterday we wiled away our Saturday by visiting Costco, something D has been dying to do ever since he contemplated us having enough storage to make it worthwhile. As a result we now have 87 rolls of toilet paper and 50lb of cat litter, but our living room is still a disaster zone. I did manage to talk him out of eating there - the meal we had at Home Depot the week before having rather turned me off.

But home ownership over all is going well. I was a bit worried we'd feel like we were in the middle of nowhere since our new neighbourhood is far more residential than our old one, and the closest high streets are a much less pretty. But I actually feel like we've moved to a hipper, cooler place; unlike our old, staid, established 'hood, this place is hopping in the evenings, with children playing, old women sitting on park benches chatting, young men playing basketball and bocce, and a general feeling of activity and life. I love it!