you're the first, the last, my everything.....

My new house came with a very nice sun room. In this sun room is a hot tub that looks like it would seat 4 people. I'm not a hot tub kind of guy. I don't have enough Barry White albums, gold chains or candles to be a hot tub guy. When I made an offer on the house, I suggested that the owners sell the thing. They never responded so I thought that they would be taking it with them. No such luck - they left it. I advertised it and it sold in 2 days. Yahoo - I now had money to buy a lawn mower. The problem is, the previous owners had the hot tub delivered and they built the sun room around it. The only way to remove it would be to open up a big hole in the wall. So much for the sale. urgghhhh. I probably have more pressing house issues but I'm obsessed with getting it out. I'm going to take it apart as much as I can and then I'm going to cut it up. This picture shows a hot tub without any pumps and electrical controls. I hope I have 10 fingers when I'm done.

....to grandmother's house we go

I bit the bullet and bought a house. Apartment living wasn't so bad but it was so boring. There's something to be said for chores. The house I bought is a cape cod and it sits on a .75 acre lot. Grass grows like crazy in middle Tennessee. I see a John Deere in my future. The house is close to work which is nice. It is also near the edge of town which provides some nice running routes in the countryside on the weekends.

The drawbacks... The house was built in 1991 and the kitchen looks like an old lady's kitchen - my apologies to the old ladies out there. The interior of the house looks like a wallpaper store had a big sale on wallpaper that wasn't selling. There's also wallpaper border everywhere. I see a paper steamer in my future.

One fun aspect - there is a finished basement. I see a very large screen TV in my future. Maybe a small refrigerator, too. giggle.