Janet's Blog

Brian and I are now the proud owners of a three-bedroom condo practically across the street from where we live now. We have already:

• Removed the crappy spindles on the half-wall between the dining area and the kitchen.


• Removed wallpaper and put a first coat of paint on the walls in the master bedroom, engendering some achy backs and knees; I am never doing edging along the floor again.


• Gotten the Christmas tree over to the new condo. I feel like putting it up will be an important milestone.


• Had the carpets and ducts cleaned.


• Ordered new carpeting (berber) for the master bedroom to replace the existing crappy worn stuff.


• Recruited some people to help us move on the 26th (although anyone else is welcome to come).


• Acquired puppy gates (YES!).


• Picked out paint color which will go up when the rest of the crappy wallpaper comes down. There's some serious ugly on the walls right now--pics are coming soon.


• Anticipated conflict with the one neighbor who deems the area outside our new dining room as his/her garden--just wait until we inform them we would like to build a deck there.

I am thrilled to have a home that is not a rental property. I am very happy that we can paint and replace carpet and fixtures. I'm very psyched about the prospect of crown molding, and am hoping that it's not too difficult to install. A year ago I honestly did not think that signing a thirty-year mortgage and moving into a two-story home with a basement would ever be within my reach.

I have never been more happy to be wrong.

Labels: Brian, carpet, Christmas, Christmas tree, condominium, mortgage, neighbor, paint, pug, wallpaper

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