…Since I’ve posted. LIke, months. And I got yelled at for that. Sorry! 
So here’s what’s been going on:
The house
Our move into our house went smoothly – it felt like I packed for months before the move and yet I still was rushing around during the last hours before we had folks there to help us. Who am I kidding? We still weren’t totally packed when we were moving – we were throwing stuff in garbage bags and laundry baskets as usual. Sigh. At least this was the last time we’ll be moving for a long time! AND next time we’re totally hiring movers.
We’ve been here for two months now and we’ve got our kitchen, dining room, living room, bathroom, and bedroom completely settled furniture wise. Our family room is mostly set up with our futon and old TV in the armoire and some bookcases. I’m thinking that room will seem in transition for a while – we don’t use it right now and it will likely become a playroom someday. The other two bedrooms are also just waiting for something. The one bedroom that has two windows and a built in dresser in the cedar lined closet is completely empty. I call that one the nursery. Alex pretends he doesn’t hear me.
The other bedroom just has some things in it that really need to get stored in the attic – which is accessed through the stairs in the back of the closet in that room. I’ve been trying to figure out what to do with that room. I could put a desk/worktable up there to organize my paper crafting things. Or I could put a bed in there to make it a guest room – we’d REALLY like to get a new mattress/boxspring set (so sad that ours is totally beat after only four years) and we could set up our current mattress and boxspring in there on a metal bedframe and do something creative for a headboard (or seek out an inexpensive queen bedroom set on craigslist). It would be nice to have a queen sized bed in our guest room – but then, the room is the smallest of the bedrooms, so a queen sized bed may be too big for in there. Also, no one visits us. Ever. We could seek out a twin bed for that room (or take the spare lofted twin that the folks are trying to get rid of) instead – then I’d be able to still put a crafting type setup in there and we’ll eventually need a twin bed down the road (again, Alex pretends not to hear me when I say that…).
We haven’t started to paint yet – mostly because we’ve never taken the time to figure out what we want to do paint-wise. That’s the next project – expect posts with pictures soon – hear that Aunt Anne? 
Other Stuff
Well, I’m thirty now – which means I’m officially old. Awesome. I had an excellent birthday, involving surprise cube decorations and bagels at work, a trip to the Apple Store (yay! Apple Store!), a serenade by a gorilla while at lunch at the mall, cake from Villa Italia, watching “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” at my favorite movie theater, fireworks in the rain, and then drinks and snacks at Aperitivo.
Our two year anniversary was on Monday – we’re an old married couple now. LOL. We saw Coldplay at SPAC, which was really the first time we’d listened to Coldplay, but we’re both kind of fans now. We had a really great night – it was awesome to have a date night, especially doing something out of the ordinary.
We lost a cat for a week – our little white cat Finnegan went missing last Sunday. I’m not sure how, but the both of them got out late Saturday night/early Sunday morning. I didn’t realize it until that morning when I was making a pitcher of Cherry Lime drink (from Target – hella, hella good) at the kitchen sink and heard meowing outside. I went to the door and let Fiona in. We couldn’t find Finn at all that day – and he didn’t turn up all week. I put up posters and posted a Lost listing on Craigslist and went out looking for him but there was no sign of him. I thought he was dead or lost forever. In fact, I considered getting a kitten yesterday – but I waited because Alex wasn’t around and I didn’t want to pick out a new cat without him. I was at the computer late last night/very early this morning when Fiona went to the porch and started to hiss at something. Alex was out having a guys night with his friends and I was home alone, so Fiona going to the porch and hissing FREAKED me out. I pretended to be brave and went to the porch and shooed her inside – that’s when I heard meowing from outside the door. I opened it and Finnegan ran in. I was so happy I cried. He was so happy it sounded like he was crying. He was so skinny and he ran immediately to the food and water. Fiona was freaked out and hissed at him – she still isn’t used to him yet. I hope she recognizes him soon – it makes me sad that she’s hissing at him and apparently doesn’t remember him when he obviously remembers us since he came home to us. I’m just so glad to have him home!
There’s probably about a million other things I can write about, but I think that’s about enough of an update for now. I’m hoping to begin posting more regularly – I promise!
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