The Beginnings of the New Condo...

It's official! At the beginning of October, Tiffany and I moved in to a new place. It is still a work in progress, trying to get things decorated, and make it feel like home. But we both agree that it already feels like home without a lot of nic-nacs, although couches would be nice and also a table. But those pieces are soon to come (cross our fingers).


Bright and early on Saturday September 29th, Mom, Arnaud and myself got the first loads up and ready in the cars, and started the caravaning back and forth. With three cars it only took two trips to fill up with stuff and get everything from one place to the next. Once everything was brought in the organizing began....


The condo is the upstairs unit. You have to go up the stairwell that has hairpin turns, which made the moving in of the furniture a very interesting adventure.

This is the front, porch and stairs. The the top window is our kitchen window.


And here is the side view of the exterior. The upstairs room that jets out is the window in the dining area.

This is a picture looking up our stairs that lead to the porch.


This is the view to the left from of deck in the back.



Here mom and I cleaning the kitchen before putting anything in it.



Mom and I cleaned as the men were in the bedroom piecing together my bed and other furniture.



After the furniture was built and the non-living room furniture put away, we took a breather in the empty living room. (soon to have furniture)


Here is a picture of my room, at the moment, from the doorway.



And this is the opposite wall that one faces when lying on the bed.


The bed is placed in the corner with the low ceiling.


I hope to acquire a large bookcase to place along the wall that the fan is on....that is also where the vaulted ceiling shoots up.


This is the entrance to the bathroom, it is open right now, but I am contemplating placing one curtain drawn to the side to break up the room. (yes, that is an added bottle of wine, for character, and the label is French Cat, how fitting I know)


To the left you enter the toilet and shower/tub room.


To the right you enter the walk-in closet. (~no comments please~)



And here we have the kitchen.



And finally, the very large, spacious living and dining room. This is the view when you enter from the front door. The glass doors at the far end lead to our small yet quaint patio. We have the minimalist furniture theme at the moment.



The fireplace. My bedroom door is right there as well.


And a picture from the opposite end of the room looking towards the front door and the kitchen is to the right. If you make a left there is a small hallway that contains the washer and dryer. And also the door that leads to Tiffany's suite.



The entrance way has plenty of storage space as well, with the cabinets and a coat closet.




I am very excited about this new chapter in my life. I feel like this is my newest home, and will be that for a long time coming. It's nice to finally say I have my place, and I go 'home' at the end of a long work day.

I know what St. Peter means ;-)

"The Heavenly Lawyer"

A lawyer died and arrived at the pearly gates. Thousands of people were ahead of him to see St. Peter. To the lawyer's surprise, St. Peter left his desk at the gate and greeted him warmly. Then St. Peter took the lawyer by the hand and guided him to the front of the line into a comfortable chair by his desk.
The lawyer said, "I don't mind all this attention, but what makes me so special?"
St. Peter replied, "Well, I've added up all the hours you billed your clients, and by my calculation you must be about one hundred ninety-three years old!"

PS I can attest to that....

Another Colantonio Day

I will let this post be more of a photo album entry. Sunday September 16th, the family spent the day together just hanging out and enjoying being together.

Isabella opening her gift on her own...

And surprisingly she spent on a few minutes playing with the bag and tissue paper until she came to realize the fun part was the toy inside....she's definitely quick one

ok so we didn't get her the high-tech toys that actually make noise...sorry Isabella

Already standing!

Not quite sure on her two feet yet, but she's getting there...

And another gift, although the ribbon was the main attraction to this one

Jess Arnaud and I checking out the pewter plate

Mom and daughter

CAUTION: driving without a license

Zia and Isabella being silly

Arnaud barbecuing

Nonno being silly as well

Jess, Arnaud and Isabella dancing

Just hanging out at the end of a long tough day

More to come of course as life continues and more opportunities arise for the family to get together again...