Our New House

At the end of August we got a letter in the mail telling us we were being evicted and we had to be out of our house by September 30th.  At first I was panicked thinking we had done something to break our lease and we were getting kicked out, but really the owner of the house we were living in just decided he wanted to sell it.  So we found ourselves frantically searching for a new place to live.  There were several places in our price range but as we drove around the list became shorter and shorter.  Finally it came down to 3 places and we choose the one we liked the best.  Doug hadn't even seen it and there were people living in it until Oct. 1st so he didn't even get to see it until moving day.  But it turns out I did a pretty good job picking and we like this place even more then where we were living.

Our house from the outside

 There is basically one big room and 3 bedrooms.  We really like the open layout.

The living room facing into the kitchen

The kitchen facing into the living room

 In our last house Billy's room was my favorite.  It was clean, nicely decorated and just felt nice to be in.  In this house it is my least favorite because it smells like a dog.  My favorite room in our new house is our bedroom.  It is nice and big, we have a bathroom and a nice big walk-in  closet.

There are a few weird things about this house.  One thing is there is only a shower in the master bathroom.  The other bathroom only has a tub.  Also Doug HATES the refrigerator.  It is old and doesn't keep the milk cold enough.  This is good for our budget since we don't drink nearly as much milk.  Some things that I love: doing laundry in the house and being able to do as much laundry as I want without flooding the garage.  The boys love having their beds bunked so there is a castle bed and a cave bed.  Also we love having a 2 car garage with a garage door opener.  And for the first time in 3 years we have a garbage disposal.