Moved Again!

Today I found myself moving again-but it was only down the hallway. I got a nice, new office at work. For the past year, I shared a windowless office with a coworker and an overly-active air conditioner. My new office has lots of windows that look out on our tree-filled courtyard. It faces west, so I get a lot of afternoon sun. I'm hoping I can retire the sweater collection and space heater I kept at work.

I didn't really add any personal touches to my old office because it was a shared space, so I'm looking forward to putting my stamp on my new office. I already have my "Lightening at Kitt Peak" picture hung. I also bought a plant today at lunch and will get some more if I can keep the first one alive. I also ordered some prints from one of my favorite artists, Heather Brown, and eventually I'd like to get some more pictures of friends and family up.

Even though the new office isn't a promotion, it feels like one. It was especially gratifying this afternoon to have a senior co-worker from another field office stop and feel like I had a very professional space to invite him into for our meeting. Hopefully, I'll get to stick around in this office for a while.

Busy Sunday

We had a busy Sunday both in and out of the house. We went to South Pasadena for lunch at Mike and Anne's and then we went to the Mission Street Arts festival. I got a great hat with blue buttons. I'm very excited about the hat because I have a hard time finding hats for my small noggin. Afterward, we took an afternoon cat nap with the cats.

With all the fun things we did today, I'm amazed that we got some house projects and chores done, but we did! Jon got the cat door installed and hung our pot hanger in the kitchen. I finished painting the bathroom and managed to cover the hideous aqua-colored primer- more on that later. I also finally took Jon to the Super King market, which is the amazing Armenian grocery store down the road. He's converted. For dinner tonight, we had a salad with arugula, brussel sprouts, cranberries, blue cheese and toasted almonds with lemon vinegarette. We also had freshly made hummus and pita from Super King's bakery. Tasty!


I'm hoping to get some of our pictures from the weekend projects posted this week, but in the mean time you'll have to be content with just me and the new hat.

Welcome

My husband, Jon, and I just took the next step into adulthood by diving into the California real estate market and buying a home. It's a little 1950's starter home up in the hills of Altadena. Like many of the homes in the area, it has some quirks, which we continue to discover. This blog is meant to be a record for us and our friends and family on the progress we're making in turning this strange little house into a home. Thanks for reading.