Brag Time

This morning I was thinking about how much I love the new house we live in, and why I love it here so much.

1. First of all, look at how adorable my room is.

2. Hardwood floors throughout; they are the original floors. This house was built in the 1920s.

3. We can have the dishwasher, washing machine, sprinklers, one of us showering, and the downstairs neighbors washing their dishes and one of them taking a shower at the same time and EVERYONE still has enough hot water and water pressure.

When we lived in the other house, if the upstairs neighbors flushed the toilet while one of us was in the shower, the water pressure would go to a trickle and the person in the shower would receive 3rd degree burns from the hot water.

4. We have a dishwasher. *cue the sounds of a celebration*

5. We're literally right across the street from Allen's Grocery Store and Family Dollar. If there's an emergency in the house while cooking or something, we're saved.

6. Big. Windows. Samson gets to bird watch all day. He's the happiest cat in the world.

7. We're the upstairs neighbors this time. When we lived in the basement apartment it wasn't fun for any of us. First of all, the upstairs neighbors were a little heavy set, and with the old squeaky floors in that house, the neighbors sounded like dinosaurs. No, seriously,  T-rex. They also had a Great Dane for a pet and occasionally they would play fetch with their Great Dane in the house. I'm sure you can imagine what that probably sounded like. The noisiest spots in the house just happened to be right over Rachael's head in her bedroom, and the upstairs neighbors had a baby last summer so they were up and down all night long, making for a long night for Rachael since she's a light sleeper. Since we moved, Rachael's been sleeping like a baby, and I hope for the sake of our downstairs neighbors we don't sound like T-rex's, too. 

8. More room for everyone. My room is a little smaller, but I honestly don't mind. The living room, kitchen, bathroom, and the rest of the house has more room for everyone. And we actually have a little "dining room". 

9. The lawn is mowed, we have a garden, and an adorable patio. Our previous landlord didn't supply us with a lawn mower, or a person to mow it either so our front and backyard looked like a jungle.

10. Everyone is really happy. And that might be the most important thing. We all went through a pretty awful 2011, friends died, people left, relationships went sour, houses flooded, fleas intruded. It was a nightmare. But 2012 greeted us with a smile. We ate LOTS of black-eyed peas for good luck and since then things have been really wonderful for all of us. And part of it is because of this beautiful house we live in.