I've been planning on posting some house pictures, and finally have decided on doing a series of posts. I think it makes it a little easier if I do it bit by bit, and don't overload on pictures!
Cody actually was transferred in February, and luckily I was able to help him help him move. Which meant I got to help pick out our future home! We only had about 3 days to search before he had to start work and I had to leave. We met with a relator and got searching!
The first day was horrible. Disgusting homes and bad neighborhoods. By the end of the day I was ready to throw away my shoes and do a court house ceremony so we could apply to live on base! (There's a waiting list so that wouldn't work.) The next days were much better, and we finally settled on this house:
I totally blurred out our street number and license plate. No stalkers please!
It's pretty close to all the important stores and Cody doesn't have a very long commute either. Plus, our little section of neighbors are all really nice, and keep an eye out for each other.
View of the backyard. It's a really nice size, much bigger than some we looked at.
We have a nice little patio and scooped up some cheap but comfy chairs from Lowe's. We also scored some tiki torches (to keep the bugs away!) marked wrong, so we got them for half price! The part of the roof over the patio is some fiberglass material that lets in some light but keeps some heat out too. We are hoping to spruce it up with some twinkle lights and pretty plants.
Have you noticed our grass yet? Yeah. We are currently in a Stage 3 drought restriction and mere inches away from Stage 4. What that basically means for us is that we can only water by sprinkler once a week at a certain time, and by hose only in the wee hours of the morning. Stage 4 brings us to watering every other week, and Stage 5 is no watering at all. It's supposedly the worst recorded drought 30 or 60 (don't remember which!) years. I think in the almost 3 months that I've been here it has rained 3 times. When it does rain it may be a sprinkle for 5-10 mins. Although, one of those times it thundered and poured for a little bit and completely had me confused! What is that noise? Man, lots of planes flying over today! It is suppose to rain this weekend though, and we are super excited to see if it will! We are waiting for cooler weather to start looking at getting some plants, right now it is way too hot and dry!
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