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September 17, 2008
Upstairs Downstairs
Oy. Wow. We officially own a house. As expected, yesterday was quite whirlwind and began with us writing large checks, signing many documents and getting a pile of keys, then ended with Alexis needing to go back to the office hours later and me staying behind to measure things and eventually curl up in a small ball in the upstairs hallway, thinking.
My brain is way too tired to sum up feelings right now. I'm excited to get started (and finished) with painting, as well as to move in. I have never been good at limbo periods, and right now we are straddling the packing of the past with the prepping of the future. I can't wait until we settle back into the present again. We'll get there.
In the meantime, I've been popping some photos of the house and its environs on Flickr. Right now many are restricted to friends and family (though I think most of my readers fit into the genre). I'll open them up more once we are settled.
Lastly, I began trying to identify the plants around our house yesterday. I think I have concluded that there is a hydrangea and forsythia bush, a Japanese maple, two unidentified trees, some hostas, lily of the valley, a couple of irises and some bushes (to me they look like standard New York City bushes- I'll need to do some research on that). My hunch is that I will be spending the most of my spare time in the next few weeks weeding. I'm bummed that I've missed the season for pruning...but what can you do.
P.S. For those of you who had no idea what I was talking about in the last post re: our kitchen because there was no visual, here you go.
Posted by callalillie at September 17, 2008 6:37 AM | Home
Callaillie
Congrats. It sounds as though you are actually not moving in although you closed on the house. You must a have a backyard. Looking forward to gardening next Spring?
Best
Chris
Posted by: Chris Howard at September 17, 2008 7:54 AM
No, we are in the process of moving in now. That photo was taken about an hour after the closing. But yes, *learning* how to garden next spring will be key.
Posted by: corie at September 17, 2008 8:59 AM
Congratulations on your new home! How awesome is it having a yard? Even if just looking at it makes you sigh at the amount of work. You haven't missed fall pruning yet... you'll need to cut that Forsythia back or it will eat the children.
Posted by: Cynthia at September 17, 2008 9:24 AM
yay! so excited for you! (and to make you feel better, after i closed on my apartment i came over and and curled in a ball on the floor. freaked out. then we went to chinatown for dinner and i couldn't find a restaurant to eat in. so i get it, i do. )
and fall is PERFECT for planting bulbs!
Posted by: alyssa at September 17, 2008 10:56 AM
wow. when you said "house" i assumed you meant "condo" or something... but that's a house! awesome. congratulations!
Posted by: rachelle at September 17, 2008 11:33 AM
Wow - you're back! I randomly clicked over here (your blog is still on my blogroll) and YAY! You didn't stop blogging for good!
Congratulations on the new home :)
Posted by: rosalicious at September 17, 2008 12:54 PM
congrats! It looks lovely from what little I can see from the picture. Looking forward to seeing more...
Posted by: sweet fine day at September 17, 2008 1:16 PM
Congratulations!
I love your floors! The cats will love looking out at the backyard like ours do now. We just moved next to a huge wooded park and have deer, squirrels, a groundhog and raccoons. Cat heaven!
I hope all your cat family adjusts okay to your new home.
Posted by: Kim Simester at September 17, 2008 2:05 PM
P.S.
I love the banister!
Posted by: Kim Sim at September 17, 2008 2:06 PM
So beautiful. You know I love little houses.
Yay! The cats will freak, settle in and love it.
So will you. Hugs and kisses!
Posted by: Vickie at September 17, 2008 4:54 PM
Very nice..good bones.
Enjoy, in health and happiness your new home.
Love the stairway and the very nice floors.
I can imagine the cats running up and down the stairs.
Posted by: petrie at September 17, 2008 5:58 PM
I hope the cats adjust ok!! I just got some kind of aromatherapy diffuser contraption for my cats, who are freaking out over a new schedule of mine. My husband laughed at this.
Posted by: Janine at September 17, 2008 6:25 PM
First let me say, how happy I am to see you back. Despite the fact I don't know you, I do love your blog and seeing your view of Brooklyn. Second of all, congrats on the new house! I bought one a year ago in Brooklyn, so completely understand the feelings you're going through.
Posted by: Shashi at September 18, 2008 10:42 AM
As the owner of a staircase, I can tell you that cats view it as one giant cat toy, they're gonna love that.
Posted by: ChrisG at September 18, 2008 9:45 PM
Wow!!
Congrats.
Wanted to share that other friends of ours recently moved to the same neighborhood that you described in our last email exchange - but they rejected the brokers name of the hood and instead are happy to call the area in which they (and you?) reside - "So-Slo" as in "Slo-pe)
:)
Posted by: Tiya at September 21, 2008 10:26 PM
