Thankful Thursday – Our New House

Published March 3, 2011 |

Today I am thankful for our new house. It is simply perfect for us. The boys will have their own rooms, there’s a basement with plenty of room for a poker table. I have a huge kitchen, with all new(er) appliances. There’s a dog run, a laundry room, and a nice large pool. The only thing that could make this place even better is to be near my mom & sister….. well, how’s next door?

Yes, they are going to be living right next door to us! When I first started talking about moving in with Steve, my mom always said “Maybe we can find two houses next door to each other”. It was always a nice thought, but never did we really believe we’d be able to find that. Especially not two houses that fit our needs so perfectly, and more! And yet that is exactly what the Universe did for us.

The house on the left is our house. 2 bedrooms in the basement, with a large room separating them that we’ll use as a “rec” or “theater” room. We’ll have a wall mounted TV in there, with a couch (if it’ll fit down the stairway), the various game consoles we have, and a poker table. Roger’s room will be in one of the rooms in the basement as well. there are two separate rooms in there, but only one of them is really big enough for a bedroom. The other one will be storage/library (YES! I get a LIBRARY!!!).

Upstairs, on the “main” floor, is our extra large kitchen, that 3 or more cooks can be working in there comfortably without stepping on each other, our living room (with a fireplace), Jack’s room, and the master suite. There’s also a “service porch” where the laundry and our freezer is. Every bedroom has nice large closets with built in shelves. The two bathrooms are upstairs as well. Between the garage and the house is a fully enclosed porch, that is probably bigger than the livingroom. It’s enclosed with lattice work for the ceiling, so not really usable on rainy days, but every other time will be great for party run off! LOL!

Out back is our pool, patio, and RV parking area. This is a beautiful pool that has shallow ends on both sides and a deep end in the middle. There is also a fountain feature in the far back corner of the pool… makes it look very elegant for sure. Plenty of room on the patio for a lot of people to sit and talk, eat burgers fresh from our grill and watch the kids play in the pool. This will defintely be great for summer teen events!

And then right next door is where my mom and sister will be living. They get a 2 bedroom one bath house, with all hardwood floors, a nice sized kitchen and a laundry room. Their backyard is actually bigger than ours, but it’s all grass. Although there is a swinset in their backyard as well. They also have a workshop in their back yard that even has lots of storage and room for wood working, painting or any other type of arts and crafts that might come up. They too have a nice patio in the back with a nice awning which will make the spring, summer & fall very nice.

I cannot tell you how amazingly happy I am that these houses were for rent. It’s been a little bit tight and a big old stress bubble trying to get everything packed and ready to move. We’re also moving our home office into a regular office about 3 miles from the new houses. So for the next 3 weekends we’ll be moving something! LOL! This is going to be a crazy three weeks, but after it’s all done, we’re going to be so happy! I just can’t wait for it to be all overwith! LOL!