Our First Week

Admittedly, I have been a bad girl and have not updated enough. Pictures of the house will be up tomorrow. But, until then I thought I'd share a little bit about how our first week in Charm City went.

Here are some stats.

Days H walked to work: 5
Hours I spent commuting to work: 5
Hours spent looking for parking after work: 1.5 (Cannot wait until the garage is free and clear!)
Hours spent watching TV: 0 (No cable yet and kinda loving it. H, not so much.)
Sutures needed for me: 5
Emergency surgeries for Miss Maui: 1

To keep it brief. Someone (H) thought they were doing a good thing for the dog by playing fetch (with a stick as opposed to a ball) with her. I have always tried to impose a "no stick" rule because I have heard the horror stories of dog vs stick mishaps. But, I can't always be around to ensure the rules are being followed. Needless to say, while Maui was chasing down said stick it jammed in the back of her throat and a large piece broke off. I came home to her hacking, drooling foamy blood, and acting a little out of sorts. If a lab won't eat... there is a problem. 

H and I took her first thing Saturday morning to a nearby veterinarian clinic and she was whisked back for surgery. 
To remove this piece of wood which was almost entirely embedded in the back of her throat.

This made for a rather unproductive and costly Saturday. 

The good thing was that we found our new vet. A little more dramatically than we would have liked but, we were so pleased with her. Thank you Dr. McMichael! 

By, Sunday she was feeling a little more like herself. After all that trauma I thought she deserved a little popsicle on the RTD.

If you look closely at my thumb you will notice some little blue sutures. Small work mishap that also made the week just a tad more interesting.

While all of that was happening here, I was getting updates on my cousin B and her husband M (who I referred to as our "first house guests") who welcomed their first child into the world. 

Introducing Jack Michael! Isn't he just the most handsome boy?!

 Photo credit: Matty Liv (thanks!)

Counting the days we can get to Pittsburgh to meet this little angel! 

So, all in all this week things were new and interesting; the ride was a little bumpy but, the outcome has been splendid. 

Such is life. 

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. 

Rain Rain Go Away!

It's time for the week FIVE's house update.

Unfortunately, there's not much to report on. Do in large part to the weather the concrete slab did not get poured as originally proposed.

The rear wall separating our back "yard" from the neighbors was removed.  Don't worry, we will be putting something else up to replace the ugly concrete wall that once was. 

Here is this weeks not so different photo.

The weather forecast this week is looking like this.

Fingers crossed the concrete truck shows up soon so that we can get this show on the road!

In other news we had some visitors stop by the shell house wall this weekend. My aunt and uncle from Pittsburgh drove all the way to Baltimore just to check it out (well, sort of). We are just sad we couldn't take them out for crab cakes. Next time, promise! 

Even though the day they came to see our eclectic and colorful neighborhood was unimpressively dreary, my Aunt J and Uncle B had nothing but nice things to say (at least to us). H and I are so lucky to have such wonderful and supportive families.

Speaking of colorful doesn't Aunt J just look ravishing in yellow? 

Love you guys!