Fun Little Discoveries

This morning we headed over to the house to do some measuring for painting, and to just explore our new domain. We made some fun discoveries that have us pretty excited!

- The three sheds in the backyard are huge, and all three have wonderful shelf space - deep, sturdy shelving for all our storage needs. One of them has a work table with a vice, and lots of grass fertilizer for the lawn. Another has electricity - we might put a chest freezer in there.

- The couch downstairs that came with the house isn't just any couch - it's a hide-a-bed! That was on our list of "someday we'll have" stuff, but now we don't have to go out and buy one.

- The below-stairs storage is even bigger than we realized; we thought it was just under the upper stairs, but it curves around below the lower stairs as well for additional storage.

- There's a covered sandbox in the back yard, complete with lots of sand toys... and tons of earwigs. We'll have to clean it out and put in fresh sand, and clean the toys really well. But that will be a lot fun for the kids.

- There's so much more space in the kitchen! I can work at the bar/counter while Jeff works at the stove or the sink, or at the counter next to me. And when we have to get from one spot in the kitchen to the other, we don't have to bump into each other. Awesome!

- We're right down the street from Seagull Books and a branch of the bank we use. Nice and convenient.

- We're within walking distance of a little river where Jeff will be able to fish. He's really wanting to get into fishing next season, so he's excited to have a place where he can fish without having to drive there and pay for parking or a day pass or anything.

- The keys we were given unlock the front door - but not the back door. So we either have to never be able to unlock it from the outside, or have the knob replaced. That one's not such a great discovery, but not the end of the world.

- We measured the dining room and kitchen, and realized that it will take several hundred dollars to put in laminate flooring. So we'll probably wait on that, save up for it, and take care of that in a few months or something. Eating on carpet isn't all that bad.

- The kids absolutely loved being able to run around in the family room and in the yard. I think having this house will be absolutely wonderful for them.

Yup, we're pretty excited about all our little discoveries today. After spending a couple hours at the house, we had to leave because it was lunchtime, and Jeff set off the bug bomb on the way out. So no more being in the house for me for a while - dangerous neurotoxins and pregnancy don't really mix... But anyway...

It still doesn't feel completely real. While we were there today, it felt like we were still touring it as potential buyers, instead of as the official owners. Is it really ours? It it really true? I guess it will start to sink in when we start pulling the paneling and paper off the walls, but for now I just have a hard time believing that it's finally ours!