Like the mythical bird, this blog is going to be reborn from its ashes. Effective - now.
After ransacking old files for old tax returns, paystubs and bank statements, zigzagging across town a couple times to sign paperwork, nagging, haggling, and stamping my feet, we finally - FINALLY - closed on our new house. I expect to post the occasional update (complete with before & after pictures, natch) as we go though the renovation process. Now that summer is here to stay, we can see that we will have peonies, tulips and hostas along the driveway and a rhubarb plant in the backyard!
We picked out a table and chairs last weekend and are negotiating for paint colors (I fancy walls that beg to be looked at; Dan prefers neutral tones). Luckily for us, there are enough rooms - and thus walls - to divvy up between ourselves without causing too much bloodshed and heartache.
In unrelated but equally important news, my oldest younger sister has been in town since Monday and we're having a great time being girly together and hanging out as peers, like we didn't really get to do when I was growing up. With a 7 year age gap between us, I'm sad that I "missed" all those years in the same house with her - now we live 1,000 miles apart and I can't seem to get enough time with her.
Ah, well. Such is life, and I'll take what I can get! Off to have some fun now...
