Ours!

We finally heard from the landlord on Thursday night after spending an anxious afternoon wondering why we hadn't heard. In all honesty, I was the anxious party while James tried to reassure me (pretty commonplace with us, really). Turns out there was an emergency up in New Jersey where he is from but we are totally approved and will be moved in June 1st! What a relief! I took a photo of our front (though I really wanted to go inside and start measuring!).

Obviously the front garden area is going to need some care and a few swings of the weed-whacker. I also noticed that there in a pattern in the concrete on the front porch that mimics the inlay of the hardwood floors in the front two rooms. I'm sure no one else will notice or care but it makes me really happy to know they match!

As we walked away we saw one of our friends and (yay) soon-to-be new neighbors. He filled us in a bit on some of the other neighbors and everyone sounds very pleasant. There was a band practicing a few doors down which is no problem for me, they sounded pretty good and it's so much better than my current next door neighbor. He blasts everything from Journey to television (not the band, sadly, that would be awesome) at all hours of the day and night. 

Speaking of staying up all hours, I'm now in the phase of having difficulty falling asleep for all of the ideas swimming through my head. The space is smaller so it's going to involve some trickery. The new kitchen is, unfortunately, not nearly as nice as the one we have now but I like a challenge!  

Now I'm off to design little "We're moving" cards to drop in the thank-you notes for the wedding which I am still slogging through. Unfortunately this is a Kate only job as the hubs will fully and freely admit that he's "pretty crap". But that's what this wife is for, har har.