And we’re done packing… It’s so sad to see our beloved apartment all empty. But we are also so excited about our new place and our new neighborhood… Not as excited about the amount of cleaning we keep finding to do, and figuring out how much of our stuff will fit! But super excited nonetheless.
Our last Fourth of July celebration while living in Baker House. A great view. We will miss it & our Baker family even more.
We’re trying to go with the “Traditional” Anniversary List… This year we got a little side tracked – at least according to Wikipedia : Wedding Anniversary. Somewhere along the way, we got it in our minds that this Year 4 was the Fruit and Flower anniversary, which it is – in the UK. In the US it is the Linen or Silk Anniversary. Needless to say, we got ourselves a watering can from a local antique store to water our herb garden and plants on our new roof deck. We figured that was Fruit and Flower enough. Definitely not Silk or Linen, though. Oh well! This year we’re feeling British, I guess. Haha.
Fruit & Flower Anniversary? Maybe in the UK. In JFJ-land it means Antique-ish Watering Can!
Four Years Married!
We spent the weekend cleaning windows, window sills, radiators, changing outlet covers, scraping paint drops from everywhere, replacing the screen door, removing defunct brackets and nails and screws for things that no longer exist, measuring for blinds, removing moldy caulking, chiseling packed dirt & grime from window locks & seals (& are wondering if now this will negatively impact our heating bill come winter), and cleaning dead bugs out of light fixtures & cupboards. We feel pretty darn productive. We also moved our two HUGE leather chairs (only chairs we own) over in a Zipcar, along with some cold beers. Now we have a place to sit and relax after a hard day’s work. We do need to get a little more light in the bedroom – our one lonely lamp so far doesn’t cut it. We still LOVE the view from our little roof deck.
Our last night in Baker House unpacked. We will treasure our time spent here forever. Baker, and our Baker family, was very good to us and this will always be a special place for us. Jeannette lived here when we got engaged, we got married here, we spent the first 4 years of our married life here, and we have made many dear friends here.
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