January 17, 2006

Well, our neighbors upstairs have finally gone. We’ll miss their smiling faces, but, as you know, not their dogs. It’s been quiet. Too quiet. OK. Not too quiet… it’s been fantastic, actaully. Except for HBomb’s sleeping… which has actaully gotten worse. Go figure.

The last few mornings since they left, he’s been getting up at 5. Not 5:05, not 5:10, 5. Further, there seems to be no rest for the weary, as he has gone from three naps to maybe half a nap. We think (hope, actually) that this may be his year growth spurt. Has anyone else had this happen? Please say yes.

January 11, 2006

After much searching, a rather hearty price increase on our part, and 4 offers, we bought a house. Or, I should say, we signed the P&S to buy a house, which, as anyone who’s bought a house knows, is much the same thing.

It’s nothing like what we were looking for, but exactly what we wanted. Funny how life throws you a curve. I was soooo certain we were going to be buying a modern home (50-60’s modern) that I even bought the domain name “thismodhouse.com.” Of course, I was also certain it would take a while for Hayes to happen… but it only took a weekend in Maine of…er… trying.

Instead we bought a colonial that looks like it fell out of the same architect’s book that designed the house I grew up in (and, for that matter, that my parents have now lived more than half their life in).

Best part is, our closest neighbors aren’t very close, and we have no neighbors on two of the four sides of the house, unless you feel like counting the ones a few acres through the woods. I’ve had enough of close neighbors at this point, even the nice ones that we are lucky enought to have. We move February 10, and it can’t come soon enough. Ahhhh…. quiet.

January 3, 2006

As if we needed any more reasons to want to get a house — a house with no common walls and a GARAGE — of our own, may I present to you Reason #527: Someone Broke My Car Window. Yup, it seems that New Years eve brought out someone’s inner asshole and he decided to smash in the read driver’s side window of my car. According to neighbors, there were a few loud and drunk guys around my car at around 1:30 AM when they heard smashing glass. Happy New Year! Thanks for the broken window! I hope they cut their hand.