Adieu, Dream House Sunshine Fuzzy Bunny

In addition to selling things from our garage, we also sold our first house.  It was bittersweet because if we could pick up this house and move it across the country to Santa Cruz, we would do it in a heartbeat.



We absolutely could not have asked for a better first house.





First house, first love *tears up.*

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Garage Sales Are Very Adult

I never felt more like an adult than when we decided to have a garage sale.  I mean, we weren't just grad students anymore, posting our stuff ad hoc on Craigslist.  We actually owned a volume of stuff large enough that the percentage of it that we wanted to liquidate necessitated a sale.  Whoa.







We did still sell like a million things on Craigslist, though.  Like the kids do.

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It's Hot in Texas

So recently we had a reverse housewarming party.  One last big bash before we sold dream house sunshine fuzzy bunny.  We were all ready to go:









when, of course, the A/C went out. Just. as. guests. started. to. arrive. As a friend of ours pointed out the way you find out who your real friends are is to host a party in Texas in June with no A/C and see who toughs it out.

It was actually a great (sweaty) time, but we were not able to fix the A/C as quickly as we hoped. This resulted in some impromptu Road Trip 2013 practice. In other words, we camped out at a hotel with all three animals.







We are happy to report that everyone did A-OK. Ada even thought she was king of the bed.



That is, until Norman learned that he was allowed on the bed.



California or bust!

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Real Estate Casualty

Our beloved Dream House Sunshine Fuzzy Bunny is on the market.

We've had a lot of interest in it so far and we are really hoping we will be able to find some new owners before we head west. Yet, this campaign has not been without casualties. I fear our lovely glass doorknob has fallen into darkness.

The glass bit broke right out of the metal bit. It could not possibly be due to all that work we had to do installing it in the first place...

Never fear. Eddy and Norman came to the rescue to install a new knob.

Now it's all better.

It's probably for the best, since this doorknob is far more informational than the last one.

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Tragedy Strikes (Our Crappy Fence)

Just after Easter there was a storm that took out one of our trees.  It is too bad because it was a lovely, healthy tree.  The good news is that no one was hurt and no (major) damage was done.  The bad news is that this is what it looks like in our back yard right now.

That is one big stick for Norman to fetch.

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The Nagging Bar

So now that the kitchen and bathroom are finished (!) we can finally start socializing with people again. The interesting thing is that Rupert (the fraidy cat) has decided that he now loves everyone.

Also, Dana dubbed the bar the "nagging bar" because it's the perfect place to sit and direct Eddy as he slaves away in the kitchen.

Even babies can nag Eddy. It's true!

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Bathroom Reveal

Why is it that "bathroom reveal" sounds so inappropriate? Eww! Nevertheless, I will now reveal our new bathroom to you. Here is the old one.

And here's the new one!

Yeah, that one light bulb is out.  That's just how we roll around here.  I would tell you the story behind that, but it's probably boring.

This is my favorite.

Did I mention that we had a champagne toast in the bathroom when it was finally finished?

We totally did.

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Canine Destruction

We used to have a kind of nice garden. Then we got two dogs. Nice garden:

Two dogs:

Nice garden:

Two dogs:

We felt it was about time to reclaim the garden. Here's what it looks like now:

Oh, and remember this?

Yeah, well, Harry Potter chewed through one of our bougainvilleas. Sigh. Now we have this:

We also did the front yard.

And we made the dogs watch. So they'd know they are bad.

Just look at all the mulch we used that day!

The car was so full of mulch that Norman and I had to share the front seat on the way home from the Nursery.  P.S. He's way to big for that to work out.

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Sneak a Peek

Not sure if you know this, but the bathroom is almost done.  I mean, really close. Here is a sneak peek.

If the lighting is weird, it's because what's left to do is... well... the light fixtures. Also, clean up the giant mess that bathroom slave Eddy made.

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