Post painting pictures

Several of you have been asking to see pictures of my new place. I haven't taken any pictures since I moved the furniture in, but here are pics of the new RED kitchen, the living/dining room, and (my favorite) the backyard. It is so wonderful to have a place of my own! Despite not being all the way unpacked, I've been having friends over for dinner out on the patio and afternoon barbecues. Its amazing how filling my townhome with PEOPLE is what really makes it feel like home.

I OWN A HOME!

At approximately 5pm last night, I sold my soul to Coldwell Bank. And in return, they gave me the keys to my new townhome. WOO HOO!

I didn't realize how stressed out I would be about the whole ordeal - they say only 1% of closings ever have any real trouble, but I was pretty convinced that my mildly schizophrenic seller would find some way to mess it up. Thankfully, everything went smoothly!

My first order of business last night, after making yet another run to Home Depot (this time for PAINT!), was to take my bikes, camping gear, and skiis over to my new garage. Let me say that again: my new garage. Ahhh, I've finally entered adulthood. :)

General rambling & a Moab plug

Despite the fact that I have no particular inspiration, I thought I better update the blog, as it has been almost a month since my last brain dump. Life here in Boulder is moving along at a slightly uncomfortable pace, and I continue to wonder where the happy medium is. Where does the time go??

I close on my townhouse in a week, and am trying to wrap my mind around all the work that moving into my first "home" entails. I have grand plans already to tear down a wall, paint my kitchen red (compliments of Deb's interior decorating eye), and paint the living room. Despite the fact that I greatly dislike shopping, in the last week I have already been to Home Depot once and Bed Bath & Beyond twice. And that is only the beginning. Woe is me. :)

In other news, I spent an awesome weekend at the beginning of March road biking in Moab. For those of you who are mountain biking elitists and are put off by the idea of touring Moab on skinny tires, I have no time for you. Moab is an amazing place to road bike - the roads are in good shape, the traffic in March is nonexistent, and the views are wonderful. And I had no bumps or bruises at the end of the weekend. Take that, slickrock!