three weeks!

The first mortgage check is in! It still seems unreal to me.

We've been in the house since April 12, and I feel like with everything we've done, I haven't updated at all. There's so much to do all the time, and we're constantly updating the decor, the paint and the furniture. We finally hung my lovely World Market curtains, and I think they really pop against our walls.

We also had a bit of a surprise: coming up to the bedroom to find our cats asleep on the same bed. !! It almost seemed as though they didn't realize the other was there, and when our "aww"s became too much for them, they finally jumped off. Still adorable, though.

Last weekend we went to the Ikea store, and even though we tried to get in to exactly what we needed, it was still crazy overwhelming. That place is its own city, man.

Like I said, this still seems unreal to me. Yeah, the bills have started coming and the yard needs to be mowed and flowers need to be planted and we're constantly putting holes in the walls to hang things each day, but I love this house more and more every minute. We haven't even been here a month, and already neither of us ever wants to leave. It's weird -- we moved to Ferndale so we could be closer to all the restaurants, bars and shops we love, but we dig being in our house so much it's the only place we want to be.

We've set a date for the open house (May 29!) so I guess it's time to get to work. The items on the to-do list on the refrigerator aren't going to cross themselves off...