15. The sound of Silence.
Our new place is so quiet.
14. An Ocean view!!
Okay it is very far off and very tiny, but it is still there.
13. A working oven.
My oven takes about an hour or more to heat up. It will be nice to have one that can do that in about 15 min.
12.No more laundry outside!! Hailey didn't even know you could have laundry inside. Oh sad.
11. No more Ants!!Since the house was tented for termites we have been taken over by ants. They are everywhere. Most of the time I can't even figure out why they are where they are.
10. Definable Space. Having a Kitchen, Living Room, Dining Room, instead of a livingroomofficedinningroomkitchen.
9. Carpet!!!We have found you need this for boys to wrestle safely.
8. Better School.The school the kids are in now is okay, but the one they will be in is the best in the district.
7. No more smoke.Our neighbors smoke outside to save their kids from second hand smoke, I guess. Unfortunately it is right outside our living room window. The smoke drifts into our house and we get the second hand smoke. Yea for us! (Hear that last statement dripping in sarcasm.) YUCK!!
6. No more BIG SHIRLEY-
Great for exercise really bad for parking, or backing your car out. This picture doesn't quite catch the actual steepness of this hill. One more percentage and they would have had to pave it in cement because asphalt would slide off. YIKES!
5. No more baked Braman all-a-mode.
10:00 am, 5:00 pm, 7:00 pm
Before making dinner. After making dinner.
This will be the first time, since moving to CA 81/2 years ago, that I will have central air!
4. A window for the girls.
This has worried me since we moved in. I have had nightmares about there being a fire and not being able to get my girls out. A window will also help so they don't roast.
3. No more neighbors puking outside our bedroom window at 4:30 am.
This happened on Labor Day. The new neighbors moved in on Thursday and on Monday (Labor Day) had a roaring party that lasted until 4:30 am. It only ended when one of them puked outside our bedroom window. This also happened to be the night before the
First Day of School. Although, it was kind of a blessing in disguise. If they hadn't made such fools of themselves we wouldn't have looked for a new place to live.
2. Safety.
In the 19 months that we have lived here I have put my own house on lock down twice for our safety. The police were canvasing the neighborhood on foot, in cars, and from the air. Never a good sign.
1. A better bed to bloom in.
There is a quote, "Bloom where you are planted." Usually I totally agree that you should make the best of where you are. However, I have found that sometimes when the weeds are shutting out the sun, you feel like you are shrinking instead of growing, and there is no way that your beautiful petals will ever be seen, it is time to find a new bed.
