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May 30, 2008

When life hands you lemons…

…sometimes it’s because you just bought a lemon tree.

… and maybe with this lemon tree, you have visions of fresh-squeezed lemonade, lemon sorbet, chicken piccata, lemon vinaigrette, lemon meringue pie, margaritas, hefeweizen, lemon bars, garnishes for cosmopolitans before you go see Sex and the City on the silver screen.

keysOh. Did I mention the house that came with the lemon tree? No? Oops.

Happy anniversary to us! Matte and I are homeowners! Paper IS the traditional first anniversary gift and we have signed enough pieces of it that we could wallpaper all four bedrooms of OUR NEW HOUSE with it.

It has a two-car garage, air conditioning… a hot tub in the big backyard. The neighborhood is fantastic, with nice people living around us. The people who we bought the house from are a wonderfully nice and friendly retiring couple who threw a block party so we could meet all the neighbors before escrow even closed. They even bought my favorite cake from my favorite bakery as dessert at this block party. And on top of all that they threw in all the major appliances, a TV, and a desk.

But I really love that lemon tree.

we bought a house!

17 people have roominated “When life hands you lemons…”

  1. Big announcment! » Blog Archive » not so silent (e) had this to say on May 30th, 2008 at 6:57 pm

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  2. Allan had this to say on May 30th, 2008 at 7:28 pm

    Congratulations!

  3. sizzle had this to say on May 30th, 2008 at 7:29 pm

    Congratulations!

    That is so awesome they threw a block party. So nice of them!

  4. Dagny had this to say on May 30th, 2008 at 8:07 pm

    Congratulations! And now that you have a lemon tree, I really must send you that tart recipe. Because it’s berries on top of lemon custard — requiring fresh lemons.

  5. Green had this to say on May 30th, 2008 at 8:33 pm

    Wow, mazel tov! there are lemon pancakes too…

  6. Tobie had this to say on May 30th, 2008 at 9:27 pm

    Congrats!!!!!! Welcome to my world. If you need help painting McGee’s you girl. I’m not too shabby though!

  7. Steph had this to say on May 31st, 2008 at 8:41 am

    I’d make lemon souffles! Congratulations!!!

  8. Jeff's Place had this to say on May 31st, 2008 at 12:51 pm

    WOW!!!
    Way cool!!
    Congrats!!!

    I’m Jealous!
    :)

  9. Alison had this to say on May 31st, 2008 at 4:43 pm

    Congratulations!

  10. Saj had this to say on May 31st, 2008 at 10:09 pm

    Yipee!!! I’m so excited for you guys! You’re really growing up! :)

  11. Sarah had this to say on June 1st, 2008 at 2:14 am

    Wow! Congratulations, what wonderful news. Looking forward to the tour!

  12. Jenni had this to say on June 1st, 2008 at 7:23 pm

    The new pad sounds great! Congratulations!

  13. hot wallpaper had this to say on June 2nd, 2008 at 6:09 am

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  14. mcgee had this to say on June 2nd, 2008 at 12:54 pm

    congratulations!! your house is so adorable!! you two look just perfect in front of it.

  15. 180/360 had this to say on June 2nd, 2008 at 3:06 pm

    Awesome! What a great anniversary gift. I love my lemon trees.

  16. Mandy Lou had this to say on June 2nd, 2008 at 7:14 pm

    Congratulations - I’m hoping that the kitchen is better than the “new” one?!

  17. Cindy Lou had this to say on June 2nd, 2008 at 7:18 pm

    The first thing that springs to mind is lemons are for tequila shots!

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