Couch legs?

I'd say we're about 75% through emptying boxes. Have not, however, been able to find the 4-inch screw-on legs for the couch. Nor can we find 2 of the rollers for the bed frame on our bed. I cannot intuitively guess based on the packer's hieroglyphics which of the remaining boxes might contain them. So both the couch and our bed are sitting lower than usual. Might have to feng sui the whole house and go for that asian feel.

Anyway, the house is starting to take shape. It may be 20 years older than the house we just left, but for the most part, it's square footage is more balanced in the rooms. For all intents and purposes, it's the same layout. But the living room is wider, plus it has carpet. Eric actually thinks our mismatch furniture looks better. Wall to wall carpet does wonders. We have a laundry room on the first floor, not a laundry closet, nor is it part of the kitchen. Rather than a large closet/pantry on the first floor, it's actually a walk-in closet on the 2nd floor. I lost the double skin master bathroom with the walk in closet, but actually I have more closet space than I did in the other house. None of the bathrooms have windows, so they're pretty stark. Nathan's bathroom is now sporting a tropical fish shower curtain that he picked out himself (slight improvement over the Spiderman motif).

Drawbacks - there's almost no airflow upstairs. That's not gonna fly. The stairwell and upstairs doorways are kinda narrow (glad it wasn't me moving my dresser up the stairs). And the kitchen! It's what you would expect in a NYC efficient apartment. Tiny little galley style. I can touch the counters on both sides, and walk through it lengthwise in less than 6 steps. But small square footage is manageable. The real problem is the cabinets. The only cabinets wide enough to allow for dinner plates are the 2 cabinets above the sink. All the other cabinets are so narrow that I can't get plates, or mixing bowls, or pots and pans in them. Most of the cabinets are 8-10 inches wide. My dinner plates are 10-1/2 inches. And the cabinets are particle board from the 70s. The counter tops are the exact same as we had at Campbell and our first place at Sill. The army most have gotten a heckuva deal on these.

But those are just minor inconveniences. Location trumps tiny kitchen. We live on a cul-de-sac, and there are kids EVERYWHERE! If we could just pry Nathan the hermit out of the house, he'd probably have the time of his life meeting kids. I've noticed that after moms drop off their kids for school in the morning, a lot of them go for walks in the neighborhood, either by themselves or in groups. Hopefully I'll be able to plug into the neighborhood vibe now that we're actually here.

texas is beating mizzou 35-3 at the half. Blech.

Shout out to my mother-in-law. I had my first cup of coffee in our new place with one of my new red coffee cups. Thanks!

There was some anxiety this morning, trying to get the OU game and figure out the wireless network. A little extra money to Comcast, a 15 minute call to Belkin tech support, and we were good to go. Yeah Sooners!

Eric just rocked a brisket. Best one he's ever made. Good thing, too, since we have a LOT left! ;). He tried sea bass for the first time last night. I thought the flavor was good, but watch out for the bones.

Nathan and Eric will go look for gaters in the neighborhood tomorrow while I tackle the laundry. What fun...

Boxes of books everywhere! I did try to purge before we moved, but dang! Neither of us can through away books or music. We have a box of vinyl records, which we have not listen to EVER! In fact, they have some water damage. IMO, we could have thrown them out, but Eric couldn't do it. I'd get all my books in e-book pdf form, but you just can't take a bubble bath with your laptop. Wouldn't be prudent!

Don't think I can stay up until 11:30 to watch SNL tonight for Sarah Palin. I still haven't gotten used to the time change. I don't think I've seen the evening news yet, because I just can't stay up that late.

I'm still weirded out by spanish moss. Technically I don't think it's a parasite, but sheesh! It's everywhere.