Someday, I will do a real kitchen renovation. (And I already know who I want to hire to do it!). For now, I am working within my budget which means new paint and tile instead of the vinyl floor. Before: After: We also did a new bathroom floor and vanity and installed some new hardware. [...]
My in-laws came for a visit today. They are staying for one month. I finished the guest room 30 minutes before they arrived.
We finally finished construction on our new office space and moved our computers in. Its 2AM and we are giddy with joy. Pablo finally has two monitors (one is reserved for youtube) and I can simultaneously use my desktop and laptop. Woo!
In an effort to distract myself from all the waiting, Pablo and I have been keeping busy working on many projects in the last 10 days. Today, I finished the website for my uncle’s sushi shop. As you all know, Pablo is the designer in the family, but I am not without skill. This is [...]
It snowed a lot this weekend (8 or 9 inches I think). We tried to get Matilda to go out and play in the snow, but she wasn’t having it. I guess being born during a blizzard does not ensure that you like snow! Pablo on the other hand really enjoyed his first time shoveling [...]
We have the house more or less setup — and a mess New sofa Back of the sofa and our new console table We painted it exactly the same color as my old bedroom and bought the same furniture. New kitchen storage from IKEA! It took HOURS to build Other view of the kitchen Dining [...]
My frustration level is through the roof. On Thursday, Pablo attended his interview and exam to be naturalized as a US citizen. The process should have been simple except for the fact that they decided that they wanted a ridiculous amount of extra documentation including official IRS transcripts, letters from the IRS stating that we [...]
Yesterday, I bought a swingset for the house (that we do not yet have). I’ve been dreaming about getting this swingset for over a month now. I can’t wait for Matilda to see it!
We got a lot of concerned emails so I wanted to update everyone. Matilda and I relocated to my parent’s house for a while and we got our place cleaned and patched up. We are still waiting on some repairs, but overall the situation is much better. We managed to get the house clean enough [...]
I have come to officially hate New York. I know that I said this back in June, but our living situation has gotten far worse. Shortly before we left for vacation, rumors of our building going condo were confirmed. We were given a “red herring” offer to buy our place, as-is, no renovations. While we [...]