Happy Home Ownership - Year 1

It is the one year anniversary of my moving from Maryland to NOVA (that's Northern Virginia) and into my townhouse. I was originally hesitant about moving to Virginia and I expected that I was not going to like it that much. There are just too many people around. Now that I am settled in, I must say that I like my local town (Sterling) very much. It is very close to where I work and there are plenty of restaurants and convenient shopping around. I only get frustrated when trying to head towards DC or Maryland. The "too many people" factor gets worse as you head closer in.

I have managed to furnish the house a little more to my liking. Branching out from my apartment I needed more furniture. I also needed to trade in my "college-style" furniture for less embarrassing stuff. Thanks to Craig's List and Freecycle for helping me get rid of old stuff and pick up some new stuff while keeping costs down. As everybody who owns a house knows, there were also many home improvement projects to be done. Upgrading my office closet has been my biggest achievement.

I am still a bit embarrassed about some of the things I have not done. Most of my windows remain blind-less. I tried to purchase some blinds only to realize that they wouldn't fit in the thin recess of the window. I am going to have to settle for something that doesn't fit my desires, or I will continue to go blind-less. And my third bedroom remains filled with assorted crap. I've managed to find a home for about a third of the stuff, but I am still far away from being able to fit a guest bed in there. Now I need to set up some space in the attic for storage to put away more of the crap.

Overall my townhouse is starting to feel like home. There will always be some improvement project to work on, but I like it that way.