December 2009 - We moved to Palo Alto. Repainted all the rooms. Both kids in new schools. Unpacking begins. Escape to San Diego just to get away from all the boxes and packing paper.
January 2010 - Unpacking continues. Figuring out all the home operations systems. Got the kids re-settled into schools after vacation.
February 2010 - Unpacking continues. Stager comes to place furniture and art. Interview landscape designers and elicit some potential big picture changes that could really improve our outdoor space. Son turns 7. Ski season begins, and I take the kids to Tahoe myself while husband attends a conference in Barcelona. Put up shelving in garage and clear enough space to park the Jensen Healy in it. (No comment.)
March 2010 - Unpacking just about finished. Attend an art-viewing party at a neighbor's, and fall in love with several paintings. Husband haggles like a pro and we get them for a fraction of the original quoted cost. Have hideous plants removed from yards -- hedges, roses, fruit trees and unidentified ugly stuff.
April 2010 - Intensive iterations with landscape designer on potential deck remodel and front yard designs. Have soil turned over; buy mulch and compost and drive it home in giant diesel truck for soil remediation. Have concrete sections removed in preparation for deck remodel. New couch arrives after 3 month delay. Deck remodel begins. New patio door ordered. Researched and selected plants, dug holes and planted them. Thinned out branches in front yard Japanese maple. Discovered a great re-use for side yard flagstones in the front yard as pavers. Ordered sideboard for living room.
May 2010 - Deck remodel complete, front yard bench built, and patio doors installed -- stucco and door paint next week. Added deck lights to original design. Tossed in a kids' play platform / treehouse. Mulched front yard plants by hand. Began trimming side yard plants and huge wall of ivy.
COMING SOON: Console table for front living room. Sideboard (need to figure out how to get it home from store). Moving secretary downstairs, after transferring wineglasses and table linens to sideboard. Lamps for sideboard. Revised resume and networking meetings.
COMING A LITTLE LATER: Turn over soil in the backyard and add compost/mulch. Add azaleas and a madrone tree. Plant vines with scent, such as jasmine.
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