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Today I am thankful for our new house.  It is simply perfect for us.  The boys will have their own rooms, there’s a basement with plenty of room for a poker table.  I have a huge kitchen, with all new(er) appliances.  There’s a dog run, a laundry room, and a nice large pool.  The only thing that could make this place even better is to be near my mom & sister….. well, how’s next door?

Yes, they are going to be living right next door to us!  When I first started talking about moving in with Steve, my mom always said “Maybe we can find two houses next door to each other”.  It was always a nice thought, but never did we really believe we’d be able to find that.  Especially not two houses that fit our needs so perfectly, and more!  And yet that is exactly what the Universe did for us.

The house on the left is our house.  2 bedrooms in the basement, with a large room separating them that we’ll use as a “rec” or “theater” room.  We’ll have a wall mounted TV in there, with a couch (if it’ll fit down the stairway), the various game consoles we have, and a poker table.  Roger’s room will be in one of the rooms in the basement as well.  there are two separate rooms in there, but only one of them is really big enough for a bedroom.  The other one will be storage/library (YES!  I get a LIBRARY!!!).

Upstairs, on the “main” floor, is our extra large kitchen, that 3 or more cooks can be working in there comfortably without stepping on each other, our living room (with a fireplace), Jack’s room, and the master suite.  There’s also a “service porch” where the laundry and our freezer is.  Every bedroom has nice large closets with built in shelves.  The two bathrooms are upstairs as well.  Between the garage and the house is a fully enclosed porch, that is probably bigger than the livingroom.  It’s enclosed with lattice work for the ceiling, so not really usable on rainy days, but every other time will be great for party run off!  LOL!

Out back is our pool, patio, and RV parking area.  This is a beautiful pool that has shallow ends on both sides and a deep end in the middle.  There is also a fountain feature in the far back corner of the pool… makes it look very elegant for sure.  Plenty of room on the patio for a lot of people to sit and talk, eat burgers fresh from our grill and watch the kids play in the pool.  This will defintely be great for summer teen events!

And then right next door is where my mom and sister will be living.  They get a 2 bedroom one bath house, with all hardwood floors, a nice sized kitchen and a laundry room.  Their backyard is actually bigger than ours, but it’s all grass.  Although there is a swinset in their backyard as well.  They also have a workshop in their back yard that even has lots of storage and room for wood working, painting or any other type of arts and crafts that might come up.  They too have a nice patio in the back with a nice awning which will make the spring, summer & fall very nice.

I cannot tell you how amazingly happy I am that these houses were for rent.  It’s been a little bit tight and a big old stress bubble trying to get everything packed and ready to move.  We’re also moving our home office into a regular office about 3 miles from the new houses.  So for the next 3 weekends we’ll be moving something!  LOL!  This is going to be a crazy three weeks, but after it’s all done, we’re going to be so happy!  I just can’t wait for it to be all overwith!  LOL!

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Stressed, yes, that is the word of the day… maybe even the week… or month! But really it’s all good right?  Things are popping for us in so many different ways that I’m getting dizzy!  But most of it’s good change.  But change, no matter what kind it is, usually makes me a stress bunny!  So that’s exactly what’s kept me from posting lately.  I’m so stressed I can’t even think straight!  LOL!

So what exactly has me so stressed?  Well for one thing, our business is growing big enough that we’ve decided to actually rent an office.  Although I’m half excited about that, half not so excited about it.  I like working from home… even if I’m stuck to a desk for 12 hours a day, it’s still home.  I see my boys all day long and really if I absolutely HAD to do something, I could leave anytime (depending on how busy we are).  But getting an office means so many different things.

No more rolling out of bed and working in my P.J.’s all day long.  No more waiting till the first call comes in to sleep.  No more late nights.  No, with an office I actually have to get up, get dressed BEFORE someone calls.  BLECH!  But then the good things about it is, there is a real separation of home and office.  No more animal noises in the background when I’m on the phone.  No more getting mad at the boys for fighting or playing their music too loud.  No, the quiet office will be a nice change.

One of the reasons why we’ve decided to get an office is so the boys can have their own rooms.  Right now they share a room.  One of the rooms is our office.  Without having the office in the house, then they can have their own rooms.  We’re still looking for a bigger place, but it’s a heck of a lot easier to find the right place without having to worry about having enough rooms for everyone and an office.

We were trying to find a place where my mom & sister could live with us and the boys could have their own room, AND we could have an office.  But that would mean a 6 bedroom house.  Well, 6 bedroom houses are NOT cheap!  And they are few and far between.  For a while we thought that my sister might decide to move back to California and live with another family member.  5 bedroom houses are a little easier to find, and a little cheaper, but not much.

That’s when we decided that having an office out of the house would make things SOOO much easier!  So we found an office and we’re going forward with it.  Then we decided that we needed to find a 4 bedroom house that wasn’t too far from the office.  Well that’s when the Universe kicked in!  The stars all seemed to align together perfectly to find what may be the best fit for our family!!

Ok, no, that’s not the house.  Let me tell you how I found the place before I describe it.  I was looking online at rentals near our office and came across this nice 4 bedroom 2 bath house, with a pool, in our price range.  It looked really cute and all that.  Well Thursday we were out running errands and accidentally got onto the wrong freeway.  Well when we got off the freeway again I noticed that we just passed the street that the house was on.  So we turned around and found it.  Turns out the house next door to it is for rent as well.  We get out of the car, it’s at night, and are looking around it.  It’s a nice neighborhood.  We get back into the car and are about to drive away when an SUV pulls up beside us.  The guy in the car says he’s the owner of the two houses and asks if we’d like to see inside.

So there are two houses right next door to each other, about 3 miles from our new office.  The one house is a 4 bedroom (really only a 3 bedroom with another room that’s like a big closet), 2 bath, with a basement, tons of storage, huge kitchen and a pool.  Gardening & pool service are included in the rent, which is only a little more than what we’re paying for the house we’re in.  the house next door is a 2 bedroom 1 bath, with tons of storage, huge backyard, and is perfect for my mom and sister.

So we talked it over with Mom and Sis.  We all went to “officially” see the houses with the property manager on Sunday.  We all loved the houses!  They are each perfect for us!  And within our price range.  The move in is going to be a little difficult, but Steve and I have already been saving and have enough to cover our move in costs.  So covering mom & Cindy’s move in won’t be too hard.  So today we’ve put in the applications for the rental agreements!  Now comes the REALLY hard part…….

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