Home Sweet Home

These are the first pictures of our new house!  Hank is doing a destructo-derby on the kitchen and bathroom - redoing the plumbing throughout.  I am so happy that it has a bathtub!  I will continue to be able to soak in bubbles. 

It has two yards!  The little fron yard has room for a table and chairs so we can watch traffic go by . . .The side yard is big enough for a tool shop and a doggie!  Of course, the doggie will be in the house a lot, but she will need an outdoor place to run and play.  Also, Hank is going to put a little deck on the back so we can barbecue out there. 

Andrea joined Robert and Hank to pull the cabinets out of the kitchen.  The house was probably built in the 1920's, so the changes definitely have to be made.  The windows are the old weighted sash windows which Hank is going to try to fix. Many of the other windows have been replaced.

We will have to paint the entire place and the carpet will have to be cleaned or replaced, but our pastor has a brother who will get us carpet for free! 

I'm not excited or anything!!! I feel like a kid getting her first place.  And in a way, this is our first place.  We lived at the ministry for many years.  And though it was our home, we didn't have 4 walls that we could call just ours.  This will be a treat and a privilege for us.  God has surely blessed us.

I took a picture of Dufus on the fireplace, of course.  He wanted to get in on the fun as well.  He wouldn't let me put him anyplace else and he promptly left a "deposit" for posterity.  The little entryway will be perfect for my office. 

Most of the tear-down got done yesterday and the plumber is starting today.  We thought we'd have 2 months to get ready to pay rent, but it looks like it might be done a bit sooner.  Aaaahhhh!  Privacy!