Welcome

A photo tour of our house, as promised.

Many of you have been requesting pictures of our new place. Sorry it has taken me so long. We've finally filled it with all the furniture we need/all that will fit! We love to fill it with food, games, and conversation with good friends and family, too. So come visit!

the front

Nothing too special about the front. My front door decor keeps falling down. I don't know why I continue to use On Command hooks but I learned yesterday that they don't hold up in the 100+ degree weather. My flowers also don't look so perky when it is 105-but they are still alive and continue to put out new blooms, so that gives our otherwise pretty bland front a little color.

the kitchen

eh...it's the place I spend the most time and the room that frustrates me the most. We had a leaky fridge, our stove/oven are not very temperature trustworthy, and there is no good pantry space...but we still make some pretty delicious food out of it. We finally have a dishwasher (ha! the things you take for granted until you go without!)

You have to be careful not to bonk your head on the cabinets about the islandish section of counter space. It also has the most random pocket doors that will close off the kitchen/lock Hadley in doggy prison.

dining room

the living room

So, I know, these are the worst pictures ever, but if I didn't take them when I did then I'd have to wait forever to get it when it isn't overtaken by a study group. This was my one shot with Hadley's toys actually in a basket and Zack's study material removed. If you ignore the awful lighting, you can get the general idea. I will work on posting better ones...eventually. These are our new couches that I haven't been able to get Zack or Hadley off of since they were delivered. I'm sure many of you are witnessing your gifts to us in good use-thanks, again!

hadley's room

the tiny bathroom

We have lived in some pretty small places...including a 380 SF studio at SU and we have never had a bathroom this small. Talk about challenging.

computer room

I opted pretending like this room didn't exist. I actually pretend that it doesn't exist most days. This is the room Zack has overtaken with study material, chair flying, and his messes that he doesn't want to actually clean up. It's his cave. The washed out picture on the left kind of hides the worst of it, so I decided to throw it in in order to get the complete tour. (don't worry Brian, it actually will be quite nice for you as the extra guest room. Whenever we make the futon into a bed it actually cleans up pretty well. I promise it'll be ready when you get here! Please still come :)

our room

Made a reading space, which we both love but tend not to use very often. I threw in the picture of the closets because even though they are small we finally each have our own! No more sharing!

the guest room

the back

We're fortunate enough to have a patio that is in the shade for a majority of the day and all evening, so we actually use our patio space a lot. We made the decision to not fuss about the backyard. It's too much work and we're here for such a short amount of time. Just the essentials--UW chair, BBQ, and tiki torches to keep the bugs away!

There it is. It's definitely military housing, but it really isn't too bad. We like it. I had to move in by myself because Zack was gone for training. I unpacked the whole house and did all the painting and as much of the fixing-up as I could. It's a lot of work to only live in a place for a little over a year...but it's worth having a home that we enjoy coming back to and can open up to everyone. We sometimes have to remind ourselves when we start to wish for things--our house and bills are covered and you can't argue with that!