Happy "Belated" New Year
Hi Everyone,
Sorry I have been MIA for awhile but life has been extremely busy. Firstly I (+Reggie) should be moving next week. We are finally leaving the comforts of Mariners Village and moving a few miles north to Santa Monica. I finally found a place to buy and closed Escrow Dec 27th. After dragging my feet and seeing other people make the commitment I finally decided to seriously find a place and not wait for my loft dreams to materialize in Marina Del Rey (the loft I wanted to buy is still not on the market after more than 12 months after faulty construction). CA real estate is definitely different and unlike NY - typical escrow is 30 days, you do not need to coordinate 12 people to attend closing - in fact you don't even have to be there and I was actually in Tahoe at the time of my closing. So now I am a proud homeowner and I hope you all come to visit. I live 2 blocks from I think the best burger place in LA - Counter and I have Starbucks, Sushi, Gourmet Cookies, Boba Tea, Farmers Market, Trader Joes, and McDonalds (Reggie called his cousin to gloat about the last one) all within walking distance. I am super happy to not always have to drive and my commute is less than 5 min which is unnatural for LA. We should be moving in next week or 2 - currently in the middle of renovations and waiting for a toilet that is on back order. Every time I go to see the progress of the new place - there is a new hole or something that needs to be done that was not communicated in the very beginning. But I am at the home stretch and have started packing up the old place.
The 2nd reason for my craziness is getting Reggie into an independent school for Kindergarten. We are applying to 6 schools which means 6 school tours, 6 interviews, 4 playdates with the school, special open houses and coffees. So with the combination of overseeing my renovations and getting Reggie into private school I have been out of the office alot and catching up on work in the evenings.
So this leads to why I was unable to send out the annual Reggie holiday card. The thought of having to address 80+ cards was too stressful and I have decided to wait until a random holiday to make up for xmas. I felt very guilty that there will be a missing holiday card for 07 but I will make it up and do something once we get settled.
Once I finish the place and locate my missing digital camera I will send over pics of the new place. Hope everyone's new year is starting off fabulous!
HSL
Sorry I have been MIA for awhile but life has been extremely busy. Firstly I (+Reggie) should be moving next week. We are finally leaving the comforts of Mariners Village and moving a few miles north to Santa Monica. I finally found a place to buy and closed Escrow Dec 27th. After dragging my feet and seeing other people make the commitment I finally decided to seriously find a place and not wait for my loft dreams to materialize in Marina Del Rey (the loft I wanted to buy is still not on the market after more than 12 months after faulty construction). CA real estate is definitely different and unlike NY - typical escrow is 30 days, you do not need to coordinate 12 people to attend closing - in fact you don't even have to be there and I was actually in Tahoe at the time of my closing. So now I am a proud homeowner and I hope you all come to visit. I live 2 blocks from I think the best burger place in LA - Counter and I have Starbucks, Sushi, Gourmet Cookies, Boba Tea, Farmers Market, Trader Joes, and McDonalds (Reggie called his cousin to gloat about the last one) all within walking distance. I am super happy to not always have to drive and my commute is less than 5 min which is unnatural for LA. We should be moving in next week or 2 - currently in the middle of renovations and waiting for a toilet that is on back order. Every time I go to see the progress of the new place - there is a new hole or something that needs to be done that was not communicated in the very beginning. But I am at the home stretch and have started packing up the old place.
The 2nd reason for my craziness is getting Reggie into an independent school for Kindergarten. We are applying to 6 schools which means 6 school tours, 6 interviews, 4 playdates with the school, special open houses and coffees. So with the combination of overseeing my renovations and getting Reggie into private school I have been out of the office alot and catching up on work in the evenings.
So this leads to why I was unable to send out the annual Reggie holiday card. The thought of having to address 80+ cards was too stressful and I have decided to wait until a random holiday to make up for xmas. I felt very guilty that there will be a missing holiday card for 07 but I will make it up and do something once we get settled.
Once I finish the place and locate my missing digital camera I will send over pics of the new place. Hope everyone's new year is starting off fabulous!
HSL
posted by BacktoCali at 11:42 PM
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