house update! okay, so you may have heard (or figured it out by now) that the house on miami street didn't work out for us. the bedrooms were tiny, also the floor plan was a little odd. after much heartbreak (all by me of course, the emotional attachments i get are most annoying) we decided to pass on it. heartbreak and hesitancy aside, that wouldn't stop me from sharing another house with you all. :)
i've taken my time looking at houses in the last few weeks and i found a little jem in a gated community off of central avenue. it is close to restaurants and trader joe's, easily accessible to the freeway, (but thank God you can't hear it!) the house is facing the community park and the attached garage is facing the street behind. the best i can describe it is a detached townhouse with a small yard, but with a little added spunk (by me!) it could be quite nice.
most of the houses in the neighborhood look very similar to this one, (uh... cookie cutter?) but it doesn't bother me as much as i thought it would. also, could you imagine this with christmas lights? very cute!
your basic modern living room and fireplace... made better perhaps with bamboo floors?
a lot of storage in the kitchen is nice, plus garage access. i do like the little breakfast bar too.
modest dining area and sliding glass door leading (i'm assuming) to the little side yard.
community park outside the front door. michael is a little concerned it is too close to the house and i have to agree with him, but it would be great for a barbecue with friends.
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most adorable house for a most adorable girl. love the big sad lip.
hey. are those new glasses? cute!
very lisa loeb. i've always wanted to wear glasses like that. my blasted 20/20 vision!
This picture of you is just too cute!
The house is adorable and very "Mike and Jenny".
Love ya,
Julie
Cute, cute, cute! Keep us all updated :)
Love it so much!
Yeah, it is tough. That's why we took a break during Lent. I was spending a lot of time looking and pricing and stuff, so I figured this would be a good time to take a break =D
BTW, I meant to mention (echoing Thomas' sentiments)...
Hang in there! All of your hard work will not go unrewarded! I never really believed that "the perfect house would come along"... but it did, at just the right time, after looking for on and off for well over a year.
We've been looking for about 3-4 months... Maria (my wife) was getting attached to houses that I'd found and when it fell through she'd get upset. So, to stop things like that, we stopped looking all together. But, we've come to realize it's a place to live and that's it. So, we're trying to be utilitarian about it.
thanks for all your well wishes and advice everyone! as far as getting attached to houses, i'm thankful that i have rational michael to pull me back down to earth every now and then. without him, i would have probably bought the first one we saw.
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