The New House.

I said I’d write something about the house, so here it is!
The house is a five bedroom, two bathroom converted log cabin that sits on a small hill overlooking about an acre of front yard. There are nice big trees and a tree house out front. Just outside the kitchen is an area we will be using for a garden with flowers and our own veggies! Each kid has their own room and David and Lana will share a room that has been decorated just for them.
Now that we’re done (for now) decorating, the house looks homey. It’s a little bit tight and we had to find creative places to put wall-hangies. The fish, dog, gerbil, rat, kids and the rest of us are happy with it. The upstairs bedrooms and kitchen have skylights – which are sooooo much better than regular lights.
The kitchen feels kinda drafty, but the thermometer says it’s the same as the rest of the house. To us it feels about 10 degrees cooler in there. The kitchen is nice and big with an island that we eat dinner around and food gets prepared on.
We have a garage, but its full of stuff and there is no room for a car, much less a Jeep – besides, Jeeps like to be out in the elements. There is also a nice little barn at the end of the driveway that’s been converted into a storage shed. But, its full of stuff that isn’t ours, so for now, its just an eyesore. A little paint and polish and it’ll be pretty. The rest of the house needs some love too, but that’ll come in the spring-time with a new coat of paint, trim, garden and some minor aesthetic repairs.
The kids will love the yard – its big enough to play soccer or baseball in without having to worry about accidentally running into the street. The tree house is safe – I was leery at first – and we’re going to do it all up in a pirate theme. I’m going to add a tire swing soon.
Missoula is great, the people have great personalities, and everything is less than 10 minutes away. There seems to be plenty of geocaching to keep us happy for the time being (we just turn on the GPS when we go out and snag ones that are nearby). We even managed to finally put our OWN geocache out – its at the end of the front entrance way and is protected by a Welcome! Bear. It’s cute – all the logs say so.
The kids are doing good in school, Carmen and Emily love their class and look forward to going in the morning. Amber is doing good in school too – I think she’s ahead of her sixth-grade level and hating every minute of it. This week we are continuing in Algebra and the FOIL method of breaking out equations. We’re going to slow down the math after this because I want her to really KNOW the stuff, not just be able to muddle through. And, if I go too much faster, I’ll be learning just as much as she is.
As a side note – she’s a geek – she knows Pi to twelve places. And on top of that, she’s fashionable and trendy. The modern-day renaissance-girl.
Girl Scouts is back on in full force (SO IF YOU WANT COOKIES, LET ME KNOW), and Amber has already had her first overnighter and is selling cookies. He have to drive to Spokane or Great Falls to find a decent supply of GS stuff. So, that’s another thing to tack onto the list of things we’re doing in Spokane.
1. Get meat on post at Fairchild AFB Commissary – its too damned expensive here!
2. Get smokes there too – same reason.
3. Get Girl Scout stuff in Spokane – none here.
4. Find geocaches we haven’t found.
5. Visit family and friends.
On a side note, Little Cesears $5 hot-and-fresh pizzas are the best deal. For $20 you get twice what you would get for delivery and it takes half the time. Especially in Missoula where you could drive from one end to the other and back in 30 minutes.
We actually got all of our stuff into the house and garage. We are thinning our junk out, so that’s another bonus of being here.