The beginning.

And so it starts. The blogging about life on Macon Street begins!

This past Friday marked the three week anniversary of life here in Greektown. Its definitely been a new experience - the suburb boy living in the city - and I'm looking forward to all the new experiences that I'm going to have. So far the people seem to be friendly, the crime is low, and the parking is better here than in other areas (a special shout out to the jerk that hit my car the other night... I didn't like the paint job on my bumper either. Thanks for helping out with it). Oh, and the food is awesome. I haven't really tried anything other than Gyro platters, but so far so good!

It's hard for me to grasp the fact that I'm a homeowner. I mean I know it's my house when I walk through the door, but sometimes I'll be sitting around and it just hits me... this place is mine! It has been quite the transition for me though. I've always been a pretty independent person, but I've never had the chance to live alone. I must admit, I sure do like it!

For those of you that don't know, my house is a 1200 square foot, two story, brick-front row home just outside of Canton. It has new carpeting, brand new kitchen with new appliances (minus the dishwasher) and a new bathroom. The house is pretty basic but it has some great architectual detailing. And don't worry, I'm definitely working on making it my own.

I hope to post here frequently the things that I'm doing around the house - my most recent project is working on my closet organizer. Although I have had some major problems with mounting it (you wouldn't believe how different plaster walls are from normal drywall... oh and lets not forget the brick walls on the sides of the house), I think I've finally gotten all the right wall anchors and I hope to be done with the closet tomorrow! You have no idea how badly I want to hang my clothes up! Living out of plastic totes and suitcases is a pain.

Speaking of projects, there are so many half-projects that I have going on right now and I just wish I could get them done. Unfortunately its a matter of time and tools; it seems like anytime I get a new project going I either don't have the right drill bit or pliers, or I can't hold whatever it is up and screw it in at the same time. Take my new shower head for example... my current shower head is just a basic, run-of-the-mill shower head. Yes it works to get me clean, but its not the refreshing, relaxing shower experience that I want to have. Being the bargain shopper I am I was able to find a great deal on a waterfall shower head. I read over the installation instructions and they were a breeze: unscrew the old shower head, screw on the new one. I could definitely do this... or could I? It seems that whoever installed the old shower head used the force of 800 men to tighten it. Do I have the right tools to loosen it? Of course not... that would be crazy! So lets chalk that up to another task that will get finished when my dad comes over... hopefully soon.

I did have some success today though. I was able to mount the mailbox on the door, put up the house numbers on the door and got some trash and boxes thrown away and ready for recycle. Now I know that house numbers don't seem to be a really big deal, and trust me it only took a matter of seconds to affix the stickers, but there's a bigger part to it. Ever since the thought of living in the city, I've always wanted one of the nice plaques with the house number and street name. As I was in Home Depot today I realized that it would cost me almost $150 to make it myself, and probably equal to that price if I ordered it online. So until the time comes when I have money to throw around like that (or someone decides to buy it for me as a housewarming!!) these basic numbers will have to do. HAHA.

Well I think this is enough for the first post. Comment and let me know your thoughts.

Good night!