The short version of the house hunt is this: it took us two days and when we moved in we wanted to cry because the first night we killed 4 or 5 cockroaches, the shower didn't work, we had no hot water, and the badly stained toilet wasn't bolted to the ground so I toppled off when I tried to use it. It's been 8 days since we moved in, a few maintenance calls and at least 4 trips to Home Depot for the things they won't do or we don't want to wait for them to fix and I'm finally ready to take pictures. So here goes an almost complete tour of the house.
From the front:
The living room (yes the fireplace is workable but who knows how well):
The dining room:
The kitchen:
Jonah's room, looking in:
Jonah's room, looking out:
The bathroom (all that caulking? Josh did it himself):
The back (the fenced in area is not the neighbor's yard; it's actually our dog run. I might make it my garden). The house to the right is what Jonah calls, "Quintin's house":
The front yard (I'm standing at the corner of the yard to take the picture; Jonah loves all the space!):
No pictures of the spare room or our room yet because that's where I stashed all the boxes and laundry so I could take these pictures. Thanks again to everyone that helped us pack, unpack, load, clean, debug, pay for the move, or generally helped us stay sane through the whole process. It doesn't feel like home yet, but we're getting closer!
Oh, and we can't quite decide: do you like the captions better above or below pictures? Does the answer change if you're using Google reader?
Juan Carlos, Josh, Jonah & Huaso (hmm..his name should be Juaso?):
Jonah's feelings about the trip:
Josh said once when we were talking about birth order that Jonah didn't act like a firstborn because he was "cool like a lastborn". I offer this picture as evidence of my case.
All three of these pictures are in Arizona (as if the middle one wasn't a dead giveaway) but I hadn't uploaded them until now so they're practically new. Now we'll work on a slightly less pained smile.
The living room (yes the fireplace is workable but who knows how well):
The dining room:
The kitchen:
Jonah's room, looking in:
Jonah's room, looking out:
The bathroom (all that caulking? Josh did it himself):
The back (the fenced in area is not the neighbor's yard; it's actually our dog run. I might make it my garden). The house to the right is what Jonah calls, "Quintin's house":
The front yard (I'm standing at the corner of the yard to take the picture; Jonah loves all the space!):
No pictures of the spare room or our room yet because that's where I stashed all the boxes and laundry so I could take these pictures. Thanks again to everyone that helped us pack, unpack, load, clean, debug, pay for the move, or generally helped us stay sane through the whole process. It doesn't feel like home yet, but we're getting closer!