Home Sweet Home

Something very exciting happened yesterday. No, we didn't have a baby, something else.

I unpacked the last box.

Well, excluding the office, I unpacked the last box. Bryan's brother has been staying with us for a few weeks and most of his stuff is in the office, so Bryan is waiting until Spencer moves into his apartment for the school year before he moves into that room. However, all the other boxes are empty and flattened.

Cue sigh of relief.

Another big thing: we used our oven for the first time last night. It smoked, which was kind of exciting, but we determined that the smoke was the result of old food cooked onto the sides and it went away pretty quickly.

And we haven't seen any mice or their signs for a week and a half. We caught one in a trap a week ago Saturday, and we don't think they're necessarily gone for good, but at least we're able to use all but four of the drawers and one cupboard in the kitchen. (Those storage spaces need to have some holes filled before we can begin using them.) Someone bought the vacant condo beneath us, so maybe all the paint and remodeling they're doing is helping to drive away the furry critters.

It's almost like we live here.