The biggest piece of news is that I have now moved into a house in Roseville, MN, although I've been told that I should actually tell people I live in St. Paul because the mail will come faster. It is a three-bedroom house on the main level, with a good-sized living room, and a basement with zebra-colored walls (the previous o
wners has some zebra fascination). Here are some pictures:
wners has some zebra fascination). Here are some pictures:
Though we are both happy with the place and the location, holy shit! -- owning a house is exhausting some days. I am trying to get a dishwasher installed and having a hell of a time with that. So I quit that project, thinking I would have a better time with the grill outside, and had no luck trying to get that to work. And now my whole Saturday is gone, and my back is killing me again. About the only plans I have for this holiday weekend are to finish those two projects and bet on the horses at Canterbury Park on Monday (and have a few drinks too).
While the house has taken up all of our time lately, I have to remember that Kayla and I are getting married in September and still have to get invitations sent out, tuxedos rented, etc.... Work-wise, Kayla is doing great working with Children's Hospital in St. Paul, and I am still working in Minneapolis and now taking a new bus route. I have to stand most of the time though, as ridership has jumped with the gas prices going up as of late. It's $3.30 a gallon here, but it might be worse elsewhere. Somebody told me it was over $4.00 on the west coast, is this true Michaela??
Dave and Jill came up to visit us last month and Kayla and I will be visiting them in Des Moines next weekend, provided that a snowstorm doesn't blow through southern Minnesota the night before, which is actually what happened to us last March. So, Des Moines, here we come ...
And lastly, I have found a close substitute to Joe's Place near the U of M campus, though it doesn't quite live up to all of Joe's standards, like the pool table and the dartboards and the quality graffiti in the bathrooms. Cheap beer is really the main attraction there, which makes me think back to those much simpler, less back-breaking days. Hope everyone has a good holiday weekend --
Dan
3 comments:
Congrats on the house! We have a Roseville in the Sac Metro too! Gas may be around $4.00 in the Bay but here in Sac it is between $3.17 and about $3.49 depending on where you go (I think it was $3.59 at Shell last Tuesday when I got gas). Anyway, keep plugging away and the grill and dishwasher!
Hey! That basement is SWEET! I'm not normally a jungle print person... but I think I'd like a room like that for the conversation starter, if nothing else. :) I hear you about the home ownership. I think we've been trying to fix a shower going on a few months now. But it sounds like your keeping busy. good luck with al those projects!
Sorry Kristen, that zebra-colored wall is now history. I have plans on turning it into a man cave, and zebra walls just don't work with that.
Post a Comment