Other new things...

New doorbell and mailbox - far far better than the rusty black ugly mailbox and white, stained plastic doorbell that were there before!












Hopefully this new thermostat will keep the heat from coming on at innapropriate times -

I think this will also make us pick a dining room paint color VERY quickly so we can get rid of the icky damage on the wall from the old one.

Sneak Preview!

His & Hers

For Her
(delivered today!)



For Him
(will be delivered in a few weeks)

Interlude from the housework...

Think these guys can help do some landscaping or maybe rearrange the furniture?




For those of you not familiar, these are "headshots" of the red sox mascots...
We went to a game Sunday and watched the Sox beat Kansas City (finally)....

Arlington Town Day

Mass Ave was shut down for "Town Day" in Arlington -

Steve and I went to explore. It felt like small town USA - Cub Scouts, cheerleaders, soccer players, etc all in uniform to raise money. We saw the high school's jazz band perform and there were free pony rides. There was an asssociation for every park, a PTO for every school as well as a philharmonic society, drama club, youth theater and a million other small local organizations.




Two Tid Bits we picked up:

1) Local teenagers call Arlington "A-Town"
2) Appetizers at one of the local Indian restaurants are "tit bits" hahahaha










There were also a few random minutemen at one of the historic houses shooting muskets much to the enjoyment of the kids.

Visitors

Last Sunday we had our first visitors (Nikki, Rob & Robby) since we moved in...

I figured I better clean out the bills, boxes and picture frames from the ground in the dining room. It is spartan, but it doesn't look too my bad. That said, at some point down the road a larger dining table will be found to fit in the room. Our current table is squished for 4.






They also brought us some lovely sparkling wine - so Steve and I finally celebrated our new house with some bubbly.

YIPEEEEEEEEE

New furniture, at long, long last! I have been hauling around an old couch and wing chair since I graduated college.

Couch (in person it looks the color of the second picture)



New chair!

Are you kidding me ???

Hmm..the former owners said the basement was dry AND there was no evidence to suggest otherwise...




Oh wait.... it is just our BRAND NEW washer that put ALL the water on the ground, and not with the clothes the FIRST TIME we turned it on. (It seems like an internal hose must be disconnected. The water is coming out where the detergent goes in.)

UGH






At least Steve is smiling on hold...