I know, I know. I skipped August goals — but friends, this is why. Say hello to the house we just bought. I’m going to put the punctuation for this sentence in a separate paragraph:
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We bought a house! And not just any house, but MY DREAM HOUSE. The type of house I have wanted for as long as I can remember. The type of house I assumed I would never own. An Eichler.
It needs a TON of work, as it was essentially abandoned for the last three years (which coincidentally has helped me make great strides in my fight against arachnophobia — eew). The first time we saw it, it was like walking into a mint condition 1965 time capsule, and I am really not exaggerating in any way, shape or form when I say that. From the carpet, to the fixtures and furniture, EVERYTHING was from the mid-1960s. Mad Men could have set up cameras and filmed there with no extra work. But in more of a gross way than a neat way. Seriously.
So far we’ve ripped out the 50-year-old carpet (all FIVE different types), the asbestos tile and mastic underneath, the built-ins in the laundry room that looked like my Nana’s 1957 kitchen, the built-ins in the “library,” and a LOT of overgrown plants. Next week we’ll be getting our new washer and dryer, a new floor and painting. And hopefully the week after that, we’ll be MOVING.
Did I mention we have a pool? And an atrium? And that I am one seriously happy camper?
Life is good. :)
September Goals (July holdovers in italics):
- Get our new floor
- Paint the interior of the house (it hasn’t been painted since 1963 — the white walls are no longer white)
- Landscape our atrium
- MOVE
- Set up the new office / studio
- Pick up my wedding dress :)
- Book our honeymoonlet (the real thing — three weeks in China + Tibet — has been pushed to 2012)
- Finish all the major planning and prep for our wedding
- Meet a new photography friend for coffee
- Repaint our coffee table — Turns out old paint is kind of gross. Must get new paint!
- Shoot a little film — Gotta hunt out a new battery
Completed July Goals:
- Meet my goddaughter — Obviously, this is SO taken care of
- Photograph the heck out of that new baby
- Spend some time with my Connecticut family
- Play with my niece until she tires of me (this isn’t actually possible)
- Take some photos of some lovely Connecticut pals
- Finish up that enormous secret from last month, which, if everything goes according to plan, I should be able to talk about at the start of August (This is the one I wasn’t allowed to be excited about. I’M EXCITED NOW.)
- Celebrate my mother and father’s birthdays
- Design my wedding invitations
by Molly
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