An Announcement

For a while, Jake and I have been contemplating moving since our current duplex is having problems. In addition to having one in-wall heater in the living room (and therefore the rest of the house is freezing in the winter), there is lead paint, animals living in the walls, the house itself is made of URM (Unreinforced Masonry) and is sliding down the hill! We've been patiently waiting for a place to come up for rent that is within our price range for rent, and decent size in town. Well...we found it.

It's a house. A Craftsman house. It's not a duplex, not an apartment. It's a house. An entire house. It's 2 1/2 bedrooms (2 full size bedrooms with one smaller room to be used for an office or sewing room) and 1 bathroom. It's a bit quirky, the living room has kind of dark wood paneling (ick, but we'll deal). It is the owner's childhood home, which I think is really sweet.

We are due to move in in the beginning of January, so the first weekend after New Years. I hate moving, and the kitties will once again be temporarily traumatized but I know it's for the best for us. We get the following features in the new house that we don't have with our current one: a porch light, a driveway, a dishwasher, a full basement, a deck, and no walls to be shared. I'm so excited, but a little nervous too. Jake says everything will be alright and I believe him, but I've never lived in a HOUSE without parents before, so this will be a lot of learning.