home. and other things.

hello, homeownership.

i should probably wait to post pics until we have it properly furnished but i actually have a little time to post something right now and who knows when that opportunity will present itself again. SO. here it is! please come and visit.

i love this house so much. the whole thing is pretty amazing but very difficult to capture in photos. the previous owners were a general contractor (hence the custom-built awesomeness and immaculate condition of the house) and the longest serving female fire fighter in this county (way cool). we are only the third family to live here and no one has died in this house (kinda important to us considering what happened in our previous dwelling). the best part? we are only paying slightly more a month than what we were paying for rent. so while it feels like a grand palace to us... we don't have to sell our souls to live here. i've never been a fan of soul-selling.

kismet abounds in the story of how we came to own this house. and if i had more time, i'd go in to detail here. maybe one day.

one day i would love to get back to regular documentation of my life. i miss the process of organizing my thoughts and beliefs and dreams via blog posts. also, i've been reading your blogs (those of you who are still blogging). i've even written some very long-winded comments to your posts only to have them deleted when i hit 'post'. something to do with weirdness when i post on blogs at work. sorry about that.

this friday is our six month wedding anniversary. we've accomplished a lot together in these first six months. i think that has to be one of my favorite parts about married life... that feeling of being able to conquer anything together. though it does mess with my head sometimes. i've always prided myself in being independent and sometimes it feels like i'm cheating at life to have someone to share responsibilities with. but i'm getting over it.

we don't have anything special planned to mark our sixth month anniversary. i will be on a plane heading to hong kong and then penang once again. if i think about this trip too hard my anxiety will shoot through the roof (considering what happened when i was away last time). luckily i've been so busy with working two jobs, moving, and getting over a wretched cold that i haven't had much time to obsess over it. now i just need to get my hands on some sleeping pills for that 23 hour flight.