In other news, we had a very busy summer and I am going to try to document some of it. Today I will talk about the move. I had been itching to move out of our second-floor apartment since about the time we moved in there almost four years ago. We finally jumped ship and we are so happy we did. We moved to a small community called Fairlington, which is actually a historic landmark. At the beginning of World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked architects to design these townhomes in order to house Pentagon defense workers. Because of its designation as a historic district, very little change has been made to the exteriors of the townhomes in this community and there is bountiful open space in the middle of the otherwise crowded cities of Arlington and Alexandria. It's quaint and quiet and yet we are just five minutes out of downtown Washington, D.C.
And I loved the idea of having an outdoor space...
... I know you people with backyards are laughing out loud right now, but you have no idea how cramped I have felt the last few years. There aren't many backyards (OK, affordable ones) here but we have a patio! And there are lots of shared grassy places outside of the fence :-). All we really needed was a place to eat ice cream and get really messy.
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seriously. nothing like outdoor space. fenced in.
I love your little patio! What a peaceful place.
So happy you finally made the jump!
i completely understand the space thing. when we were in San Fran, we thought it was the bees knees to have a slap cement front step for our "yard." no we are in Colorado suburbia and have all the space in the world, though, I do miss the vibrant life of the city minus all the homeless people.
i have never known what took you to DC? job? work?
Kera-
We moved out here for Ryan's job, but since he has gone to school and changed jobs. We always thought we would just come out here and work for a few years and then move back West, but I'm not sure that's ever going to happen. Good thing we love it out here :-).
i'm so glad you're in fairlington! i wish i was in fairlington!
Wow, what a beautiful place to live.
It is a beautiful place minus a few really huge trees!
Ok the fact that I just found your blog shows just how mundane the last 3 days have been for us...it means that there was nothing new in my google reader (rare!) and my kids were entertained by new toys long enough for me the go to Jenny Reader's blog, click on a comment which led me to click on authors of it which led me to some square travelers...or traveling squares...which led me here. Ha ha...thank heavens for new toys! Now if I could just do something useful with my time! Hope you had a great Christmas! See you next week.
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