It’s been awhile since we last ‘talked’. Things have been busy, to say the least. My family came to visit us (that’ll have to wait for another post), and we’ve been in transition mode.
We packed up our 1 bedroom apartment in downtown Seattle…..
….and said goodbye to our beloved urban neighborhood.
Amidst the whirlwind of packing, working, and entertaining visitors, we bid farewell.
“Bye bye” to the city lights, shops, restaurants, traffic, and homeless people of Seattle. It was a blast while we were together, but we’ve moved on to the quieter, peaceful place called Kirkland.
Yep, we dove into the stressful, but exciting adventure of buying our first home.
no, he didn’t carry me over the threshold. 
Gone is the cramped lifestyle of apartment living and hustle & bustle of city life.
Now (this was very important to Todd), our car has it’s own garage—not sharing one with hundreds of other cars.
And there’s a backyard (with fruit trees!) to mow and plant a garden (important to me). It’s peaceful out here.
The timing worked out perfectly in that we got the keys while my family was visiting, so they ‘volunteered’ to help with a little cleaning. We’re thankful for being able to share this special moment in our lives with them, plus the house was all ready to move into at the end of the week.
Fortunately, moving wasn’t very difficult for us (aside from packing what seemed like a thousand boxes) since we hired movers to do all the heavy lifting. I highly recommend it. Basically, I stood back and drank my Vivace (okay, we do miss living next to that coffee shop) while they toiled away.
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And the day after we moved in, we adopted these two little brothers.
This is Guster. He’s mine.
Nicknames: Little G. Gussy. He’s very energetic, playful and curious. And gets in trouble a lot.
And this is Todd’s cat, The Stig.
First name, The. Middle name, Stig. (if you’re not sure what that is, go here.)
Nicknames: Stig, Stiggy. He’s the more mellow of the two (which isn’t saying much), but is quite the speed demon. Unlike his namesake, he’s quite the talker and will actually hold a conversation with you.
Their favorite things to do are sleep….
hang out at the local watering hole…..
play with random toys….
work on the computer….
and have sprint races on the wood floors. No pictures of this because it’s always a blur.
This new suburban lifestyle seems to be fitting us nicely.