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We bought a house!

JFJ — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:50:32 +0000

We’ve had a little bit going on lately, as we bought a house! It is a brownstone condo in Chester Square, in the South End. We adore our new place and are excited to do a little bit of work and move in! Mannie isn’t so sure yet, but we think he’ll come around!

P.S. We highly recommend our real estate agent, Ken Snyder. He is awesome!

Cute Mannie

JFJ — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 23:48:27 +0000

He fell asleep playing with his mouse and then used it to cover his eyes from the light.

Memorial Day Weekend Roofdeck Work

JFJ — Sat, 28 May 2011 16:11:29 +0000

For Memorial Day Weekend we cleaned up our roofdeck. For obvious reasons, even after repotting all the plants, it didn’t take too long, so we had some time to enjoy it. Manhattan gets to hang out there with us because he obeys commands (oddly enough for a cat) and he loves lounging on the deck. He isn’t allowed past the iron fence, so he reaches his neck out to sniff past it or rest his chin on it. He is super good, even when birds hang out there just past the fence and bath in the puddles on the roof. Good cat!

Manhattan & More Snow

JFJ — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 04:28:20 +0000

Happy Birthday to Josh!

JFJ — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:12:03 +0000

Happy Birthday to Josh! Thanks everybody for helping us celebrate his birthday, even from so far away!

Josh’s actual Birth Day. (Not really, this is a few days later… after the blizzard of ’78 was over and Josh & Judi could go home.) So this is George, Big Brother Thadd & Josh:

Baby Josh & the Fam:

Here Josh says, “I am 4!” (I wanted to put a pic with Shan in! Jackie & Grandma & Grandpa Mates are helping to celebrate the big FOUR.)

Here Josh says, “I am 4 (x 8)!” Ha.

Becky got this awesome Celtics green tee for Josh!

And now Josh won’t be so cold with these great gifts from Mom & Dad!

And these South Africa guidebooks will be so useful! Thanks again Mom & Dad!

Watch out Dave! Josh is going to beat you in shuffleboard now! (Thanks Mom & Dad Allen!)

Manhattan is thrilled for Josh’s birthday.

As is Magellan.

Thanks again for the gifts and cards and phone calls and texts and Facebook wall posts. It was a great birthday. We finished it off playing Josh’s new Wii game (the shuffleboard and darts are our new favorites!), and cooking a great dinner that was made even better thanks to a Christmas gift from Shan – Argentinian wine, carted across the globe in her backpack! A great way to celebrate 32 years.

Making the liquor cabinet & more progress

JFJ — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:29:03 +0000

This weekend we made our new liquor cabinet that Jeannette has wanted for a long time. The reviews said it was difficult to put together and they weren’t lying. It wasn’t a matter of following the 10 page book of directions, but figuring out how to make your own directions when the book didn’t work. It was a crazy long night. We started loading it up today (note: our skylight is a little bright in some of the pictures).

We moved the bikes and bike rack to the back stair to make room for the cabinet. We also managed to finish the kitchen and the eating area today (even managed to eat at the table today). We have to leave a stool and cardboard contraption blocking the bottom of the fridge from kitty paws. It’s like astro turf made of rodent poison under the fridge – which also attracts & kills kitties. So that’s another project for another day: moving the fridge and performing a strategic eradication of poison.

Another remaining project for the kitchen is to hang a spice rack on the wall by the sink (removing the massive spice clutter from the microwave). Jeannette still needs to recaulk the countertop too, maybe next weekend when Josh hangs blinds.

Enjoy the photos. We’ll take non-phone camera photos soon.

It’s really starting to feel like home! (And Jeannette LOVES her cabinet!)