Settling in

We’ve been in the new house a bit over a month now and are really starting to settle in and both really love the new house and location. The first couple of weeks were pretty fast and furious. Other than a bit of help on our last load we did the entire move by ourselves which basically involved 3 days of non-stop working.

We were originally in a big rush to get the living room and Dining room painted and we started on the living room the following week. It’s a pretty large room with a lot of trim and since we’re pretty inexperienced house painters it was definitely a bit time consuming. We still have a bit of touch up work to do but with the new paint scheme it looks like a totally different room and is definitely more us.
After that we decided to slow down and spend more time enjoying both the house and the nice spring weather. So we’ve been taking our time getting around to the dining room.
We had put the primer down a couple of weeks ago but then let it sit like that and spent our weekends hanging out with friends and riding. Aside from memorial day which was spent assembling new shelves and such so we could finally get the living room mostly in order (still waiting on new furniture).

On the weekend of the 30th, we had our first house guests. Our friends Jeff and Joan decided to come out to DC for a vacation and spent the weekend at our place. We took a trip out to Wisp on Saturday where Jeff got his first taste of Downhilling. Good times were had by all, although at one point I decided to shoulder tackle a rather large tree at about 25 MPH and my shoulder is still sore (had it not been for the body armor it would probably be broken). The rest of the weekend was spent chillin’ on our side porch and enjoying the amenities of Catonsville. It was great to see Jeff again and to meet Joan and hopefully they get out this way again soon.

So overall life in Catonsville has been nice. Busy but nice. For the first time I can remember, I actually feel an emotional bond to my house and its absolutely great being able to walk to restaurants, coffee shops, and music shops. Really the only thing we’re lacking in the old historic district is a grocer of any kind. We have to hop in the car, or on the bikes to get to the nearest grocery store (about 2 miles).

My mom is flying in on Thursday to spend the weekend with us and I’m hoping we have time to get the 2nd color done in the dining room and maybe hang the new chandelier before then.