New Chapters

Soooo we got the house! Closing date is November 28th and our fingers are crossed that everything goes smooth with the loan and that we are in our new space come December. I can already see the Christmas tree all lit up in the front window. A Christmas tree of our very own. Gee Whiz. I am so excited. We have a lot of cosmetic updates to do but we have plenty of time to make it ours. Perhaps it will give me good blog material as we transform the granny feel of the house into something of our own. Stay tuned my friends. I will probably be asking for lots of tips along the way. We are not handy.

Dish washer, washer and dryer, and our own walls. OH MY! I will never take living in a house for granted again. That being said, I have loved living here in the Madison Park area and despite the stress I feel sharing walls with people while raising a baby/toddler it has been a fun chapter in our history to live in these charming apartments. It was the space I brought my first baby home and became a mom. Every time I drive over the 520 bridge I will look at these apartments and fondly remember our time here. Goodbye Edgewater. You have been good to us but it is time we move on.

(Interesting that the 520 Bridge is not even in this picture. These apartments have been around a long time. 

The bridge wasn't even built until 1963.)

I hadn't mentioned this before on the blog but Scott got his dream job back in September. He is working for a company called Accouterments aka Archie McPhee. For those of you that are not local or not aware of Archie, it is a novelty company that sells just weird stuff. I'm not sure I even really know how to explain it to people when they ask so you can see their website here for a flavor. It speaks for itself. And here is a news spot done by Evening Magazine to see what Scott does on a daily basis. He is on the creative team so he participates in the brainstorm meetings highlighted in the video. Fun, right?! Scott loves toys and has sort of a weird sense of humor so it is a perfect fit and I couldn't be happier to see him thriving.

In other news, as I had always hoped for myself when I finally bought a house, I have been thinking of ways I could justify buying myself one of these Japanese toilets that I heart. I bet if I had one of these babies you would definitely want to come over for a dinner party, no?! While peeking at their website to remember the cost so I could get serious about this plan to get one, I saw they had a new video explaining their new technology "Pure Stream". I will share the video below. After seeing this, I'm sure you too will be convinced that I need to have one of these of my very own. Come on over and play and you too can feel "true cleanliness and smoothness like never before." ;)  Now if I could just rationalize $650 for this fresh feeling...