Looks like kitties are going to love those steps.

HURRAY!! Pictures of the new place!! Lovely carpet! So happy for you on your new place after the horror of the pumpkin massacre!!! (I gasped out loud when I read that!)

Cheers to the new chapter and new digs!

Hey, you have room to walk between the boxes and you know where your camera and computer are. You're ahead of the game. Me, I just finished housesitting for the past 9 days - which included looking after anywhere from 6 to 12 terriers (boarding kennel attached to house)while working half days last week and using the *free* time to varnish and sand repeat x 3 three flights of stairs.
This project does bring me significantly closer to the carpet free zone I and my allergies aspire to - the doc said "your carpet or your pets" - guess which I picked?
Congrats on the progress and on having cats emerging from hiding.

Looks like a really nice place, just from the railing on the stairs and the fact that the Stairs! Turn!

YAY!

Congrats on the new home! Your post about a "transition" place made me realize that I never meant to be in my current home as long as I have been, and really, there's nothing to keep me there. So I've decided I'm going to move within the next year (your week is an unbelieveable feat of achievement). Knowing this, I started the "Great Purge" this past weekend. Really, who should have clothing worn in the 80's hanging in the closet as if it might see the light of day?

Your new place looks beautiful! I am sure the kitties will be right at home before you know it. Can't wait to hear more updates - like, how much shorter and calmer your commute is these days! :)

lovely stairs! Happy to see the kitties enjoying them.

By the way, because of your many tales of knitting while commuting, I decided to try my hand at it today... all I managed to do was unwind my yarn. Sigh. Maybe on the way back, I can actually start knitting.

Thank you!

Congratulations Laurie!!! Moving is so exciting and your new place looks clean and bright. What a wonderful new start for you! Best of Luck!

Your new home looks lovely!!! I am so happy for you!

I so LOVE your place!! It looks HUGE!!!

Awww! So happy for you! Congrats to you and cat children!

I've been patiently waiting for pics of the new house. Beautiful stairs! Congrats!!

Looks like the kitties are enjoying the stairs. Bet they think you moved just so they can have stairs to play on!!

I've lived in my current home waaaay too long...35 yrs. Do you know how much "stuff" accumulates during that time??? But, my husband completely refuses to even consider living anywhere else...

puuuurrrdee

Wow, you have stairs!

Happy cats! The stairs are gorgeous! And I'm sure the rest of the place is too. I think stairs are crucial to cat happiness--they're so 3-dimensionally oriented. I'm so happy for you, finding your new place and making it happen like this! What an inspiration!

Oh come on! We need more pictures than THIS! :)

Soba's looking a little round in these pics!

Soba seems ambivalent about her paparazzi (paparazza?): "Should I be aloof? Engage in a condescending manner? Attack?"

Looks like it's going to be FABULOUS!

You are a daily inspiration. Keep blogging:)

Oh yay! I was hoping we would get to see some pictures of the new place soon. Looks like the cats are settling in nicely.

hope you post more pics of your fab new place, congrats!

Yay Pictures!!!

Woot-Woot, pictures and cat pictures. Looks great.

Love the ironwork on the stairs. Keep the pics coming, please. Perhaps the cats could be our tour guides through each room. :-)

What a pretty stairwell! The cats are going to love chasing each other up and down (Maybe not Bob, who's probably too laid back and sensible). And the imperial Soba will be able to adopt a perch of superiority and stare down at you, Frankie and Bob.

OHHHH! Envy. All that newness. All that cleanness. I want one!

Your new place is sooo pretty! I'm going to be moving in the next 2 weeks or so. We're scheduled to close this coming Friday. I have to replace my banister, and yours is sooo pretty, maybe I'll get some scroll work like that!

Kewl! I like the stairs! The carpet looks similar to the carpet we're thinking of getting (ours would be a different color) I'm glad to see how nice it looks on a real floor.

I cant wait to see more pictures. Hope the cats have fun helping you to show off the new place in pictures. :D

it won't be long before the kitties are racing up and down the stairs (in my experience, usually about 3 a.m.).

Glad you are getting settled in!

Looks like a nice place, congratulations! I hope you and the kitties really enjoy it.

I love the railing! Very cool set of stairs. :)

I adore your blog. The pictures of your new home are so refreshing! Can't wait to see more!

Okay Laurie, this is cruel - we need to see the rest of the place!! I just renewed the lease on my apartment, located on what I fondly call "prostitution road", and needless to say, it's not this pretty - I'm super jealous! Where are the pics of the kitchen and the bathroom, and the patio!! share, share!!

Boxes may be there, but I'll still bet you had only about 25% of what you did on your last move. Stairs are so good for kitties - keeps 'em limber and allow for so many more hiding places.

I, too, cannot wait for more photos and think the idea of a tour of the new digs given by the cats would be quite admirable.

The scroll work on the stairs is lovely! My cats love the stairs. Watch out though when your carrying laundry. The cats don't move from the stairs.

Oh...you moved without me. I had an URI last week and any number of various ailments before that. I'm glad for your new home. It is dazzling and I really mean that. We have one bedroom and bath upstairs for guests since all the kids have moved on to their respective new homes. We keep this one bedroom for visits plus one other if more than one kid wants to visit. However, they are bigger now and 8 adults in one house is pretty much too many. Sometimes two in this house is too many. :)

I've watched you grow over the years I've been reading your blog. You have helped me understand a lot and to grow a bit my very own self. Thanks

I LOVE the new place . . . at least what I've seen of it. I can really see you and the kitties living there very happily. Can't wait to see more pictures and congratulations on the move!!!

Cats and stairs. The single most amusing coupling ever.

So is the air in your new place less fearful for Bob?
It looks lovely. Will you be able to have a garden there? I'll have to go back and read your previous entry describing it.

Congratulations! I hope you and the crew and ecstatically happy there. May there be many happy days and times of great joy. I send you a virtual bottle of champagne to celebrate.

this made me smile...thanks for posting the pics :)

Stairs make for happy kitties....and owners. Hope you are enjoying your new pad!

The new home looks bright and cheerful. Enjoy!

are the cats loving the change of scenery?

Wonderful. Looks like a lovely place you have. The cats will love the stairs, especially since they are carpeted. Mine had the best time and yours will too. :o)

They are so cute! my guys love their stairs, so i think yours will have a blast too!

Yeah! The kitties are not hiding under the bed, so they must like the new place...and it looks like they are enjoying running around on the stairs...good exercise for indoor cats:)

When Harley, my roly-poly torty, runs down the stairs, it sounds like a herd of elephants. I figure she needs the exercise, though! And I barely hear the other two on the steps!

Your place looks great!

Cats love stairs! You can already tell they love the place. It looks great from the pictures so far.

STAIRS!

It's a whole 'nuther country.

I LOVE that picture of Bob....his expression, his posture.....hilarious!! So cute :-)

May you, your cats, your very white bright walls, and your pristine oatmeal colored carpet have a very happy life together. You are a brave, brave woman :)

mazel tov

Congrats on the new house. Glad the cats are liking it! :-)

The new home looks so light and bright and clean. Do you have any outdoor space, like a balcony?? You could grow some veggies in a half barrel.

Enjoy settling in.

I dreamed last night that the real reason you moved was because you had married Josh Brolin. Where did that come from??? weird brain for sure!

Thanks for sharing your home and family!!

Hooray! Pictures of the cats. How are they adjusting?

This is just a quick comment to say that as of this moment, I am officially caught up with your blog and can finally enjoy it in real time! Considering that I started at the very beginning and read every post and all of the comments, this is note-worthy. :)

So ....... not only you that is going to become fitter. Nothing beats running up and down stairs, (and yes, that usually is in the wee small hours of the morning!) Keep up with the fun factor. Laura UK

Your new home is gorgeous, Laurie! Can't wait to see/read more. Best wishes for this exciting new chapter in your life!

Congrats on the new place, enjoy!

From the little we can see, I think the new house is gorgeous. And, as always the cats are beautiful.

C'est la guerre: one of the few ... maybe the ONLY thing I liked about my new place was the beautiful wooden bannister; it was like a piece of smooth sculpture, and it won my heart.

It was like a piece of smooth sculpture until the Rescue Cat who came to live with us because my furry son needed a brother and Axel needed a home. Turned out he was an acrobatic teenage cat (now a Great Big Acrobatic Grownup), and that beautiful wooden banister was his personal Parallel Bars and Rings. Watch out for the splinters, y'all.

I'm hoping that I'll be unpacked by the time you're unpacked, Laurie ... but I'm pretty sure you'll be done before I am!

The new home looks lovely - and the wrought iron is both very pretty, and a better choice than wood!

The cats say it was SO nice of you to get a place that's like a giant cat tree!

Wow you're in your new house. It must be frustrating to go to work when you have all that unpacking and organizing to do.

Long time reader, I took a break due to dial up over the summer. Catching up now, this is my first time ever posting, pretty sure. Laurie, you are really my hero. You're so brave, always moving forawrd, and this whirlwind move! Good for you. I hope Im half as luck when it comes time to find a real place to live next summer. Enjoy your dishwash, and just think! As much as the kitties love the stairs, it will be GREAT for your thighs. :D (You can tell yourself that when you start thinking "Why the heck did I want STAIRS?" as you haul things up and down, up and down.) Congradulations, dear.

Cari
The Boonies, MN

Yay for you! Your place looks great and the felines look right at home already! Congratulations on your new home.

I love the pretty scrollwork on your stairs. And I still have unpacked boxes after 4 years in this house. Must purchase shelves (boxes are mostly books and quilting fabric) and probably do a major purge. So next summer I won't have to buy a book I'm sure we have at least one copy of for my kids' summer reading but that I can't find b/c I'm tired of looking thru book boxes. (Did I mention that we have a lot of boxes of books?? And not enough bookshelves. SIGH)

Well, that looks terrific. That move was meant to be, obviously.

I just want to mention that my 'temporary separation' basement suite morphed into a 'post divorce' suite and I was there 13 years. You are doing terrific!

I hope you are able to rest and the trip to work is a joy.

YAY! pictures! love that railing...looking good!

Hi Laurie,
Your new place looks very fancy with that ironwork and nice carpet! Can't wait to see it when you unpack and arrange everything just so (-:

If you had taken the third from last picture a little differently, you wouldn't be able to tell whether the kitty was going upstairs or coming downstairs. I love the stairs! More pictures soon please!

oh your place looks beautiful laurie and the cats seem to be enjoying themselves too. i hope you'll be really happy there.

Those stairs look like a fantastic place for 2am cat races.

Love the pics! Your kitties will have a great time on those stairs. My cat loves to race me down the stairs, swerve, and then come to a screeching halt...right in front of me. Be careful!

Congratulations you deserve it, you've come along way the last few years. Enjoy it.

Those stairs will be great exercise for the cats. You also need to start practicing walking down those steps in dramatic style, wearing a gown, when a gentleman caller comes, like in Gone With the Wind.

Ooooh! Nice place!!