Little by Little

Something really exciting happened at the house this week...


We had guests! Actual, real, live, people (we knew) walked through the house with us!


My favorite girl cousin (from my Dad's side) and her husband came down to play in Maryland for the weekend. We had the best time and appreciated them making the long trip to see both our Annapolis and our Baltimore homes. (xo)


To document the occasion, I encouraged a FFF photo. (Forced Family Fun)

(Please excuse the blurry photo, you get the idea, we had guests and I was excited.)

During the tour, H and I took in the new developments.


Here are the highlights:


There is now a window near the access point to the RTD. This allows more LIGHT into the house. 

This spot makes me smile. Light + outdoor space = happy us!

(Please excuse blurry photo-we were so excited we couldn't hold still-winkwink)

Our bathrooms now have some new friends. 

Meet Rubba-Dub-Tub-Man 

...and Singing-In-The-Shower-Lady

Did I mention she has wall mounted AND rain shower heads?

Looking up.

She also has a bench; you know, just in case the XL space with dual shower heads isn't relaxing enough and we need to take a load off. 

We will have a place to wash our clothes. 

The novelty! 

We now have a pantry in the kitchen. 
Which, is a huge bonus for a city dwelling, I don't remember seeing ONE while on the (near year long) house search.

And finally, we have electrical outlet receptacles in place.

Little by little progress is being made. 

Take A Bite Out Of...

Exciting news! 

No, the house isn't finished. 

No, we didn't get a puppy.

No, we aren't expecting.

No, we didn't win the lottery. 

Sheesh, you aren't very good at this guessing game.

What's exciting is that I made the Annapolis crime map! 

My waSaabi was broken into last week. In case you missed it or need to jog your memory, you can jump back here.

Below, is a picture of the Annapolis Crime Map website. My crime is flagged by one of those little blue men doing the robot dance across the city. 

Annapolis Crime Map 

Until this week, I didn't even know that Annapolis had a crime map. Silly me thought crime maps were reserved for larger cities like, Baltimore and Washington DC. 


In comparison, the Baltimore Crime Map is shown below. This is a website that I typically check a few times a week. Mostly because I like to torture myself. 


As I mentioned here, Baltimore was rated the eight most dangerous city in the US last year by the FBI.


Super.


If you notice, there is a lot of pink in Baltimore, 100% more pink than in Annapolis, in fact. 
Pink ≠ Flowers, lemonade stands, or candy stores.
Pink = Bad. 
Pink = Shootings (or sometimes stabbings)

Baltimore Crime Map 

There wasn't much pink near the location of our new house until earlier this month. Boo. 
If you don't already know which block we will be moving to and you would like to, please email me. Happy to fill you in. Then you can type the address into the site using the link above and get excited to come visit. Don't forget to pack your Kevlar. 


Special note to our parents: you may want to pretend like you never saw this.