Our House

We really like the house we are living in. The kids love their bedrooms. Alexander has his own bathroom attached to his room which he loves, but the room is at the back of the house and he doesn’t like being that far away from us (with all the security and talk of crime he is a little freaked out about someone breaking it.). He also has yet to take a shower in his bathroom because his room is pretty cold and the under floor heating is broken in his room– the first nights here we turned on the under floor heating in the other rooms. (evenings are particularly chilly and we need fleeces – though spring is on its way – sorry Boston).

Quince has a really sweet room, and Aimee and Matt left some great stuff from their kids for her. Some toys and art supplies, cute sheets and comforter – so it turned into a nice room right away. Yesterday, she spent hours (while listening to Harry Potter on the Ipod) getting lavender sprigs from the huge lavender hedge in our backyard, tying them with yarn, and hanging them around her room. It smelled fantastic.

The house has an open floor plan with dining room, living room open to each other – and big window doors forming a wall to the yard – so when opened the dining room is completely open to outside. It is very common to have a design where the inside space can flow into the outside space here because so many months of the year are beautiful (sorry again Boston).

We are within walking distance of 4^th Avenue – a trendy little street shops and restaurants, and more importantly for us, a small little library and some tennis courts. We have already applied for library cards, though I have yet to pick up a tennis racket.

Unfortunately we need to move out of this house at the end of November – the couple is selling the house. We will begin looking at new properties tomorrow– in fact we have an appointment tomorrow.

We have remained in fix-it-up mode ever since we left Boston. We have been working with a electrician who has been able to fix some of the lighting. The washing machine downspout was overflowing in our kitchen yesterday, so we will soon be making the acquaintance of a plumber. We have been able to get the cable TV turned back on and the wireless working. I think we have the place just about whipped into place.