Still tons of unpacking to do, and cleaning. But this house just feels so good. I love it. It's 80 years old, so it has some quirks and stuff to fix, but overall it's sturdy and wonderful craftsmenship and wood floors.
Last night we spent the late evening painting our bedroom. I think we may need a second coat today. We have to get the room done by tomorrow afternoon because Paul's parents are spending the weekend in Chicago and here with us in Madison, so we need to move stuff in and actually have a bed for them to sleep on! (For the past few nights we've been sleeping on the floor in sleeping bags using the new rei prolite 4 thermarest which we recently bought at their returns/seconds sale).
Picking paint colors is much harder than it seems. Especially when there are two people involved. We decided on a basic simple (beige/light brown) color for our bedroom but still need to pick the master bedroom color. There's too many things to try to coordinate--will it match the hall color? the other bedrooms? the stairway rug? the dark red dining room? I'm thinking a green or a blue would be great. It's a big room (12 x 18 plus a walk in closet) with two windows, so we're thinking that a dark color might be good. Right now the walls are a light green (but not a very pretty one) so it's a little hard to invision what the room will be like darker.
I wish I had some friends here to help decide on colors and how to decorate, or an interior designer to come and consult for free. :o)
The setting here is almost ideal. A big 30 acre park across the street with a restored prairie, on the bus line (and a bike route too!), only a few blocks to shopping and groceries, a couple of minutes to campus, and a little over a mile to the capitol/downtown. Plus, our street is fairly quiet, but still a through-way. Lots of people walking/biking/jogging by. We haven't met any neighbors yet, but the neighborhood has a very friendly feel to it.
The only downsides so far: the library is not exactly a walk away, instead it's about a mile (an easy bike ride only slightly uphill), no close thrift stores, and many fascinating things are on the east side, which is a trek for us without a car (we live in "near west" madison).
I hope that after we move in people will come and stay with us. I generally love having company. Also, when we actually have a dining room table and chairs we'll be able to have dinner parties.
Good and bad news on the job front. I haven't had much luck finding environmental consulting jobs to apply to, but am now certified to work longer for trimet doing GIS remotely. Overall it's good, because I have a very flexible job that I can work at while I apply for local positions. Plus I get to continue feeling special for having a super secret password that changes every 60 seconds to log in with. ;o)
Last night we spent the late evening painting our bedroom. I think we may need a second coat today. We have to get the room done by tomorrow afternoon because Paul's parents are spending the weekend in Chicago and here with us in Madison, so we need to move stuff in and actually have a bed for them to sleep on! (For the past few nights we've been sleeping on the floor in sleeping bags using the new rei prolite 4 thermarest which we recently bought at their returns/seconds sale).
Picking paint colors is much harder than it seems. Especially when there are two people involved. We decided on a basic simple (beige/light brown) color for our bedroom but still need to pick the master bedroom color. There's too many things to try to coordinate--will it match the hall color? the other bedrooms? the stairway rug? the dark red dining room? I'm thinking a green or a blue would be great. It's a big room (12 x 18 plus a walk in closet) with two windows, so we're thinking that a dark color might be good. Right now the walls are a light green (but not a very pretty one) so it's a little hard to invision what the room will be like darker.
I wish I had some friends here to help decide on colors and how to decorate, or an interior designer to come and consult for free. :o)
The setting here is almost ideal. A big 30 acre park across the street with a restored prairie, on the bus line (and a bike route too!), only a few blocks to shopping and groceries, a couple of minutes to campus, and a little over a mile to the capitol/downtown. Plus, our street is fairly quiet, but still a through-way. Lots of people walking/biking/jogging by. We haven't met any neighbors yet, but the neighborhood has a very friendly feel to it.
The only downsides so far: the library is not exactly a walk away, instead it's about a mile (an easy bike ride only slightly uphill), no close thrift stores, and many fascinating things are on the east side, which is a trek for us without a car (we live in "near west" madison).
I hope that after we move in people will come and stay with us. I generally love having company. Also, when we actually have a dining room table and chairs we'll be able to have dinner parties.
Good and bad news on the job front. I haven't had much luck finding environmental consulting jobs to apply to, but am now certified to work longer for trimet doing GIS remotely. Overall it's good, because I have a very flexible job that I can work at while I apply for local positions. Plus I get to continue feeling special for having a super secret password that changes every 60 seconds to log in with. ;o)
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