I wish that I could tell everyone how awesome our house looks. Oh, wait. Hey everyone, our house looks AWESOME!

I would take pictures and show you, but I'm pretty sure the awesomeness lies in the eye of the beholder, and in this case the eyes of this beholder are definitely a bit biased. Yesterday Otis and I got an astonishing amount of unpacking and organizing done (surprisingly, it goes much faster with two people), and our place looks phenomenal. We are finally able to see all that space we saw that made us want to buy the place.

Last week I discovered that all of our closets already had elfa shelving systems installed in them, which was completely astonishing considering that every other thing the previous owners did to this house was the cheapest, crappiest thing they could have done. Granted, they did a horrible job of functionally using the elfa system, but it was there nonetheless. I purchased a few items from The Container Store to make the systems functionally efficient, and I have to say that I am amazed at how much stuff we managed to fit in our tiny little closets. elfa is magical.

We're looking forward to getting back to working on the house, like making the outside of the house look as great as the inside is starting to look. All in good time. Starting Wednesday I'll be lounging on the beaches of Northern California and hiking through Redwood forests. I'll worry about life when I get back to it.