11/22/2010

Kirby rocks.

Conversation as heard through the walls of the Parker household last night: Geoff, while vacuuming the kitchen floor with the 'sweeper' attachment of our Kirby vacuum cleaner turns to me and asks, "Have I told you recently how much I love this vacuum?"To which I replied, "I don't believe you have." While in the back of my mind my face is growing a smile as fiendish as the Grinch himself as I plot ways to be sure that Geoff is in charge of all the...

11/18/2010

Living. Room.

Well, Geoff and I have been working hard to get the house in order before the fam comes for a visit next week (YAY!!).Here's a little sneak pe...

11/11/2010

Houses, and Travel, and House-guests. Oh, my!

Life has sped up like a locomotive - and it's going to be awhile before things really settle back down again. We are all moved into the new place now. There is still some serious cleaning to do at the apartment, but everything we own is officially in the house! We've got some unpacking to do yet, but the kitchen and bedroom are all set to go and we are enjoying all the space! The fence went up yesterday and we are now just a gate away from unlocking the dog door for good! Romulus found out on Saturday how fantastic the dog door can be and...

11/05/2010

Secret Movers

We are officially about 98.9% of the way moved! There is still one last load of junk hanging out over at the apartment (not to mention a flurry of cleaning to be done). It's exciting! I hasn't been too bad.I've been kind of getting the giggles about it the past couple of nights, though. We both work full time and, obviously, couldn't wait a week after closing 'til the weekend to actually move, so all of our moving efforts have been after 6:00...

11/02/2010

Welcome Home, Parker Family

It's official! We are homeowners!We picked up our keys from our real estate agent over our lunch break. We picked up the dogs from the apartment and introduced them to their new home. Excellent!We'll start moving our stuff over tonig...

11/01/2010

Yowza

I'm feeling a bit frazzled today. I think I'll feel better after we close on the house tomorr...