New house, same tools

Last week was Jared's 31st birthday and it was celebrated in the manner it deserved (he got a desk missile launcher for work and Simpsons paraphernalia). I would discuss it more in detail, but he has already been asked to blog and has declined. In fact, it looks like yours truly has written the last 8 posts.

Hmmmm... someone is slacking.

It may seem to us in the middle of the storm that not much is going on, but when you look at it from a distance, you realize we are going positively crazy. We bought a house, and are attempting to move into said house. No, you can't see pictures of the house. It's really uggo. Seriously, I wouldn't even go look at it for weeks after Jared found it because it was so freaking ugly.>

But the inside, man... well, it's cool. One of the big reasons I gave in is because there is a room in the basement for a teaching studio for me! And then the upstairs is a ranch layout, so no more running up the stairs to get a burp rag for Solei, it's just down the hall!!

We've also discovered we don't own any furniture, at least to fill up the big spaces in the house. Jared is beginning the planning on building a book case (and has also have to replace the dishwasher hose, replace tubing in the A/C system, cut a hole in the ceiling to facilitate said A/C repair, replace the shower head in our bathroom and convince me the washer isn't broken. And he hasn't even started on the poison ivy sanctuary that is our front yard - eep!)

Oh, and also Solei has learned to crawl now that there is carpet everywhere - we have footage of her desperately trying to crawl in Nana and Popa's house but she couldn't get traction on the wood floors. Her knees are well protected as well, as evidenced by my last Miss Cheapskate post. I'm proud of myself for that one:)

Okay, random picturitity:

Jared and Solei sharing a moment at the Atlanta Jazz Festival.

Solei pulling herself up for the first time on moving day!

The family room of the new house... it won't look this neat and clean until we move out again, methinks.
The way cool basement that I plan on turning into a bean bag sanctuary.
The new kitchen, sans the fridge Jared found on craigslist for $300, woohoo.

Have a loverly day!