Our new home
We moved into a new house last weekend and so far, it has been wonderful! Since baby #2 is on the way, we needed another bedroom and a friend's mom just happened to be trying to rent her house. I don't have any pictures yet (our camera is still in a box somewhere), but these are a few things I have noticed about living in a house:
1. I don't sleep well at all because I hear EVERY little noise! Jeff doesn't hear anything, so it makes for a long night of getting up and down to check and make sure no one is robbing us!
2. By far the best thing is having a little back yard (and it's grass - rare here in the desert). Adeline loves playing at her sand table out there and no more having to take the dog out on a leash. We are definitely taking advantage of the beautiful weather before it gets to be 100 outside.
3. On that same note, Jeff has really missed doing yard work so he has already been doing as much of that as he can. He wants to plant a garden, but since it isn't our house, I don't think that will happen.
4. We already have a plumbing problem and we can't just pick up the phone and call maintenance!
5. There is a lot more room to clean!
1. I don't sleep well at all because I hear EVERY little noise! Jeff doesn't hear anything, so it makes for a long night of getting up and down to check and make sure no one is robbing us!
2. By far the best thing is having a little back yard (and it's grass - rare here in the desert). Adeline loves playing at her sand table out there and no more having to take the dog out on a leash. We are definitely taking advantage of the beautiful weather before it gets to be 100 outside.
3. On that same note, Jeff has really missed doing yard work so he has already been doing as much of that as he can. He wants to plant a garden, but since it isn't our house, I don't think that will happen.
4. We already have a plumbing problem and we can't just pick up the phone and call maintenance!
5. There is a lot more room to clean!
So, those are my thoughts. One final HUGE blessing - we have met 3 of our neighbors already! The people next store are from the middle east and today I ran into the lady outside and she gave me something that resembled a poaca (a pastry from Turkey) - it was like being back there! Other neighbors have a kennel business and love dogs, so we have a permanent dog-sitter (which has been the biggest hassle since we've lived here). And, finally, as we were unpacking this weekend a couple came over to welcome us to the neighborhood with yummy cookies and... we know them! We met the wife the first night we were in town - she came to the fall welcome party and even brought us a sweet gift card. She didn't know us then, she just wanted to welcome us to ASU! I can't believe that they live right across the street - what a tremendous gift from God. Nice to know that if someone is ever breaking into the house in the middle of the night, we have a place to run to :)
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