Furniture.
After two days in a house without any, save for an air mattress, one really develops an appreciation for things that can be sat upon. Or tabled upon. And such.
The contractor and his workers have come, and they are tearing out ugly wood paneling and ugly cardboard tiled ceilings and the bad plaster and lath beneath. The phone technician has come and gone, and — after asking me, “You Army?” and smiling and nodding at my answer — has done some kindnesses, including installing the DSL jack in precisely the right place.
And last night, I climbed out the bathroom window and watched the fireworks for the Highland Falls 100th Centennial celebration (established 1906) from the roof of the house that will soon be both my most significant investment ever and the place where I live.
Which is a fifteen-minute walk from my new office at that 204-year-old home of The Long Gray Line.
How exciting!
What Nels said. What’s your house like? When will you be officially ensconsed?
You sound so excited about the prospects ahead of you. What a great time in your life. Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy.
Pictures!
You’re great to share this. :O)
Congrats on the house! How exciting! I look forward to the time when I’m in your situation…
PS I’ll have to send you some cat pics of my darlin’ Sweetness.
I agree…pictures my friend.
Best of luck to you and congratulations on the purchase. Home ownership has turned out to be devastatingly exciting for me. I love it and hate it all at the same time. 🙂
Whoo hoo! Yay for settling in!