We finally bought a house in SoCal – its not as close to Los Angeles as we wanted (its in Woodland Hills), but its big and its ours; 5 bedrooms and 4 baths big.

We bought a painting as our housewarming gift to ourselves – its about 42″ tall and done in a classic Spanish Colonial style (I love this painting):

August 8, 2009: Here are some shots of stuff we just bought for the new house:

The new faucet for our kitchen

The light fixture for our living room

A cool illusion wall hanging for sale – wish I could afford it for my office!

August 10, 2009: We got the keys last night after taking our realtor and her daughter to dinner to celebrate.  Here are some pictures of what we’ve bought:

The front of our new home

The living room and front door

The kitchen – that’s Aviva over there

September 22, 2009: We’re moved in and now getting set up – more pictures of course:

And now our kitchen looks like a kitchen

Our family room looks pretty good now

My keyboards and music equipment are in, not plugged in yet

Two wooden figures hanging from the ceiling of my office