Moving on. Have a piece of Settlement Pie

Thank you, everyone, for all the very kind words on my last post. My up-time is very short these days, but I hope to be able to thank you all personally soon. It really means a lot to me.

And now for something completely different.

Good bye, blue house:

We closed on you yesterday. You were perfectly adequate. Also, you are where my babies came home from the hospital, where they cried through the night and where they got their first teeth and where Owen learned to walk. I am going to miss the place where those memories were born.

Hello, new house:

Picture of new four-square house here, which I took down after a while

You look beat to hell and you have a funny smell about you, but you came at a good price and you are in a killer neighborhood. In less than a week, Iain and I are going to buy you and scrape out your insides and paint you: you will be “redd up,” in the local vernacular, and then a week or two after that we are going to move in and a whole slew of new memories will be born.

August 23, 2008 | Filed Under house, pittsburgh

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7 Responses to “Moving on. Have a piece of Settlement Pie”

Christina on August 23rd, 2008 5:36 pm

New house looks similar to one in which I spent many childhood years. It looks like it has quite a bit of potential and I wish you guys many, many wonderful memories within its walls.

(the blank and white photo does add a slight creepy factor, though.)
katie on August 24th, 2008 12:46 am

there will be more good memories because we’ll be able to be in more of them
supa on August 24th, 2008 1:24 pm

thanks, guys.

christina, the picture is creepy. i made it that way. i might take it down after a while, because I’m not sure I’m comfortable with it up there

exactly, katie. exactly.
your neighborhood librarian on August 24th, 2008 3:13 pm

1. Pretty sure it’s “ret up” if I’m hearing my in-laws correctly.

2. Baltimore will miss you.

3. American Foursquare = EXCELLENT.

4. PBG library system = EXCELLENT.

Best of luck!
andrea on August 24th, 2008 9:47 pm

congrats on the new chapter of life started!
elizabeth on August 25th, 2008 8:18 am

Congrats, you guys! You and the boys will have great times in the new place.
And I can’t wait to see it all gussied up!
Barb on August 26th, 2008 6:31 am

Your new house reminds me of one of the homes I lived in as a little girl. You will enjoy that porch, I am sure. And is that an attic at the very top with the dormer? I remember ours had a twisty-turny staircase leading up to the attic…and the stairs were painted hot pink. (Strange the things you remember from when you’re a kid.) Best of luck with the remodel. I can’t wait to see what you do with it.