2012 was a strange, stressful year. Lots of uncertainty, changes, and frustrations along the way. Also, Erin and I realized that every major life event that can happen, has happened at least once this year – birth, marriage, death, moving, changing jobs, the list goes on. Not to mention a fiscal cliff… 😉 I can’t say I’m sad …
Happy Christmas to you! In the morning we plugged in the lights, turned on some music, opened presents, and enjoyed a low-key Christmas morning. After breakfast we headed out for a walk on the trails near our house before going to a family friend’s for dinner – where we has some great food, good wine, lots …
We are getting things set up, and looking like a real home! Monday Verizon set up our internet, cable, and (gasp!) home phone. Since I will be working from a home office, I need to have a phone line that can be billed to my work. Yesterday, we finally got our washer and dyer! We …
We are slowly (very slowly) getting settled in. After a quick move on Saturday, we both had to head back to busy weeks at work. As we won’t be getting the internet set up at our house until Monday, I have set up shop at a Starbucks in College Park, MD next to the University of …
We are in the house! The closing went ahead as planned on Friday and we moved in on Saturday. My old college roommate and her boyfriend live in DC (she works at the Library of Congress…how awesome is that!?) and they came and helped us. We were so thankful to have the extra sets of muscles! …
We are still in the hotel. And, unless we secure the VA appraisal by 1pm tomorrow, we will be here for at least another week 🙁 Ugh. We are both feeling pretty defeated and frustrated right now. But, I did spend Friday in the district with a childhood friend while waiting for Erin to get …
Erin is off to work, and I am planning to spend the morning drinking coffee, going for a run, and doing absolutely nothing! 🙂 I have made some cranberry sauce (fun fact about me: I loathe canned cranberry sauce, especially the stuff that comes out shaped like a can) and I am going to pick …
Most of you know the whole story. But, we are not yet in our house. In fact, we have no clear idea on when it will happen. We should be closing on the last day of the month. So, at the latest we should be in December 1st. But, with our realtor and the seller’s agent MIA – …
4.5 days of solid driving and we have arrived in DC. We are still holed up at a Super 8 – but so far so good. I’ve been working from the hotel, and Erin heads to her first day Monday morning. We are also doing other exciting things like making trips to DMV and organizing …
Well, the time has come! We are headed to DC today! All packed up and heading out in just a few minutes. We’ll try and update along the way. We are excited, but also sad. It feels weird to be leaving Monterey and our friends. It feels almost like we’ll be back in a few …