We Have Moved!

Sorry for just now updating...we just got internet installed today!!

So we started moving Saturday! Jessica dog-sat Brinkley at her house, so he won't be in the way, and our friend Chris helped us move the furniture. After several short trips, we showered and watched the World Cup game (so sad). Then we started up again, and our friend Brian help us move a couple other things. Then we ordered pizza, watched a movie, and spent our first night in OUR new home :)

Now 4 days later, and we just finished moving all our crap! The stuff I was very careful to pack and carry gently on Saturday, is now being thrown into the trunk without a second look. I hate moving! But don't we all?! I really like unpacking, which thankfully I can do. We are currently living in the basement because the main level has not been newly painted and furnished. Our old bedroom furniture is the new guestroom furniture, and our old living room furniture is Tim's man cave furniture. I am hoping that we can get everything painted and at least have bedroom furniture before I leave for FL in 2 weeks.

Did you know...this is my first house EVER with stairs? Did you know....that stairs are really obnoxious when you forget something on the other floor? These are little things that I am discovering, along with the word "landing."

Brinkley is adjusting. I think he's kinda bored in the suburbs. He misses our walks passing restaurants of people telling him how cute he is and giving him food. He misses our balcony with all the people splashing in the pool below, our new one looks out to boring trees (which I love). He misses carpeted floors where he can run like a mad dog and not slide into walls. He misses all these things, but he has new loves. He loves chasing squirrels and fireflies, and he can't catch either. He loves running up and down the stairs. He loves our "backyard" are running around (on his leash). He still loves his favorite chair :)

All in all, we are doing well! It is starting to feel like home!

Painting!

We started prepping and painting this week! The first night we primed the hardest room. The will be office is a small room with blood red and gray rough walls. After priming, my feet and hands were covered with primer! After some scrubbing, my hands were clean but I forgot about my feet. Leave it to kindergartners to point out what you forgot. All day I heard, "Mrs. Reynolds, why do your feet have white spots?!" I had a good discussion with two of my girls about why we paint rooms. They are still convinced that we should have only pink and purple rooms!

As of yesterday, we have the downstairs bathroom, office, and basement done! This week we're planning to crank out the guest bedroom. We won't be too ambitious because this is Tim's first week at his new job, and I don't want to stress him out :)

My camera is officially dead, it won't even work with a charged battery! So pictures will have to wait...

Craziness!

So we had a great time with Jason & Laura! I wish I had pictures to post, but my camera is officially dead. The four of us went out to great restaurants, bars, and a show at DC Improve! We saw Jake Johannsen, and he was hilarious!!! I had never seen him before, but all of us were laughing the entire time. His opening comedians were funny too! So after a wonderful long weekend, we were all VERY tired on Monday (Memorial Day). I could barely keep my eyes open during lunch, which was a shame because we wanted to spend as much time with them as possible. Thankfully Tim (and hopefully I) will see them this summer in IA!

Round two of crazy homeowner news: The sellers are moving out early! While this might sound great because we have almost a month to paint and move in. It is not too great because they want the difference in rent back (insert angry face). Our realtor is great and trying to work out some deals so that the chunk of money doesn't come out of our pocket. I will stop here before I get worked up again. So Tim is going to spend his week off (week between old job and new job) priming and taping off walls... bless his heart :)

Oh! And I booked my flight for FL!!! I will be in town July 14-20. It will the first time I've been back since the wedding last April! I am going to pack the week full of family, St. Augustine friends, and hometown friends time. I can't wait!

Here are some pictures from my Aunt Nancy's PhD graduation a couple weeks ago:

Nancy & Grandpa

Sam, Nancy, & Mike

Tim & I with Nancy's elementary school "Most Likely to Succeed" certificate

New Job!

Tim has accepted a new job!!! He will be an Enterprise Architecture consultant for Booze Allan Hamilton. I think that's right. This will be a big step financially and professionally. The most important thing is that this job offers a better ladder for Tim to climb and pursue. Although he'll be sad to leave some co workers, he's looks forward to a change. We celebrated the job and house with champagne at a wine bar and dinner at Carlyle's. The Lord has blessed us some much this month, it's hard to keep up with all the changes :)

Tomorrow Jason and Laura Paulson come up for a long weekend! This will be our 4th round our guests, but we're super excited! The last time we saw them was over Christmas, but this will be their first time visiting us :)

Colors Everywhere

Now that we have the house, I can finally allow myself to think about paint colors! This is a standard behavior with me, I don't let myself get worked up (or my hopes up) until I know something is for sure. So anyways, I borrowed my co worker's Sherwin Williams color flip book thingy (and yes that is the official name). I was like a 25 year old kid in a candy store! So many many colors to choose from! Now I know why the previous owners chose such crazy colors, they were overwhelmed with the options. So here is what I'm thinking of...

In order of rooms: living room, kitchen, master bedroom, master bathroom & downstairs bathroom, guestroom, and office. No decision yet on the basement.

As you can see, we're a fan of neutrals :)

Busy busy

We have had a very busy month, and it's not over yet! Not only did we buy a townhouse, but we had a lot of visitors! One of my best friends, and bridesmaid, Alexis came to visit over a long weekend. She stayed with Jessica, and the three of us had a fantastic weekend. We had a girls' night in Georgetown, Saturday in Old Town, and tourist activities on Sunday. We actually saw one of the Obama girls playing with their dog on the front lawn. Gotta love DC! I has such a great time hanging out with the girls, it makes me really excited to see everyone this summer!!
Last weekend, both moms were in town! Mary, Tim's mom, came into town on Wednesday and stayed in the guest apartments. We had a great time showing off our villages cafes and restaurants. Then my mom and grandfather arrived on Friday and stayed with my Aunt Nancy. Nancy graduated on Saturday with her PhD! Then we all (Grandpa, mom, Aunt Nancy, Sam, Mike, Jenny-Sam's girlfriend, Uncle Bob, Leslie, Dan-cousin, Andrew-cousin, me, Tim, and Mary) celebrated like true Morrisons at a restaurant for dinner. Although I love my family deeply, it's a little stressful having so many of them together for less than 24 hours. Tim and Mary were good sports through the whole evening :) Hopefully will have pictures soon from Jenny, our faithful photographer

Next up: Jason and Laura Paulson next weekend!

HOMEOWNERS!!!

Today at exactly 5:00pm we finished signing all the papers to close on our new home. I still think we're in shock :) Our relater, lender, and processors have all be so wonderful making this as painless as possible. We left the office with a house, champagne, papers, jelly beans (for me), and cigars (for Tim).

Notes about our new home..

• Ten minutes from the city
• Ten minute walk from where we already live in Shirlington Village
• 2 floors
• End unit
• 3 bedrooms, 2 full bath, 1 rec room (aka man cave)
• All wood floors
• All updated appliances (I'm particularly excited about the washer and dryer)
  
• We call it a townhouse, but technically it's a condo because we have a balcony and you can't walk our from the basement.

We don't move in until June 27th. This is so we don't have to pay rent and a mortgage. Also because they are being sent to Nebraska and would prefer not to move before then. This means that for we are landlords for a month! Tim is very excited this :) He keeps joking about surprise gas checks and walking around with his belly sticking our while smoking a cigar. Goodness! So our move will be a tight 4 days, especially since we have to paint. I love the house, but the room colors are AWFUL! We're still hoping we can hire someone...

With everything that's happened, we are so glad to have good news again to share with our family and friends! Thank you again for all your thoughts, prayers, and gifts. We could not have been so strong these past couple months without you :)