we moved. to the suburbs. in these bad days of selling houses, we managed to sell ours in 5 days! we put an offer on the new house, they accepted then we had to boogie to get our house ready to sell. we put it up on friday night then on tuesday morning we were accepting an offer - at asking price even! eric is really the super star in all that he did in that week before putting the house up - painted pretty much the ENTIRE interior, painted all the moulding, finished the moulding around 3 doors, installed all the shoes.. and a ton of outside work, too. our friend doug came over and helped, too which was great and i think eric enjoyed the company.
the drama i was bitching about a post or two ago was because the inspection came back kind of bad. and really, for a house that age, it wasn't bad, they just made some kind of rediculous requests, like $300 to prune a tree. whatever. all in all, it worked out well and wecame out well ahead of the game.
the week before we moved was super busy, i think i mentioned previously. here is photographic proof - xtie's law school graduation and seamus's preschool graduation, too. she had her hair up in curlers the night before, hence the curly hairs!
moving day was nutty. seamus and sirus had a ton of fun. they picked flowers and tucked them behind their ears. it took sirus a few tries - he kept sticking them right in his ear. feather and dave, eric's parents and craig all came to help load the truck AND they helped unload at the new house, too. total troopers and i can't thank them enough. good lord, had it been just me and eric, it would have taken forever.
finally we got into the new house and i love it. i think we all do! the kids have been non stop running and playing. they have a play room which sirus will spend all day in if we let him. we even had a visitor or two in the backyard!
the kids think its pretty neat to see deer in the yard, and so do i. later seamus and i saw a bunny. when i told sirus about it, he said "no, its a deer" and i said, no, its a bunny, and he said "no, deer."
sunday, the day after the move, i woke up at 430am and went to the airport, got on a plane and headed to SF. allie's hubby called me earlier in the week to let me in on a secret suprise bday party and he asked me to come down, so of course i did! i wouldn't ever miss it! they picked me up at the airport, much to allie's surprise and then headed out for a run. i was exhausted from the run and since i haven't had many workout since making the offer on the house, i was not doing very well. to give me a little credit though, allie and her friend stacy are pretty speedy so i had to keep asking them to slow it down. later we had dim sum in the city then off for some shopping while the party was getting arranged. then back to the house to celebrate! so much fun and it was great to see some of the people i had met 2.5 years ago at zachary's 1st bday but then to also meet so many of allie's peeps that i had heard so much about. it wasn't until 2am that i was able to crawl into my bed, but at least i had taken monday off already! i popped awake at 630 and spent the day unpacking at the new house.
i know there are other things going on now. but i continue to love the house, the commute and am pretty much enjoying things. PLUS its been warm and sunny out! but the lake stevens 1/2 ironman is this weekend which is concerning! the lack of swimming is most concerning i think, but the lack in running is a bit bothersome, too. i had hopped to take about 1/2 hr off my time but now i am just hoping to finish around the same time as last year. i did go for a 71 mile ride this past weekend, that ended in 92 degree heat and hitting the steepest of steep hills up to the house at mile 68. ok, so i had to stop 3 times. really i should have only stopped twice. next time i will try to make it at least to the 1/2way mark if not all the way to the top.
here is a photo of me at the onionman with eric hiding in the bushes:
an zipping up at the issaquah triathlon. i actually wound up stopping to finish the zip.
and seamus in her race. she might do another one this summer!
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