moving day--last year

I was thinking, a year ago today, we were moving to our second townhouse after living in the first one for three years. Three years! We were very sad to be leaving and probably would have stayed for much longer than we should have, but we had a lot of space, a good view, and a great location. But, bad neighbors have a way of ruining things, just when one least expects it. I found some of the pics from what townhouse #2 looked like at move-in.


Entrance: stairs right in front, kitchen and dining on left, living room on right. The kitchen was very small: Jon complained about its size at least once per day.


The master bedroom had a half bath attached to it on the left of where the picture is being taken.



Bedroom 2 was tiny, at least by Townhouse #1 standards where all of the rooms were huge (much larger than we appreciated at the time).


We traded "up" to a slightly worse location, more neighbors (we had neighbors attached behind us as well as to the left and right of us), more money, a shared parking lot, and at least 400 sq ft less space. However, with some finagling, and a payment, we were able to get out of the lease three months early, which was a real blessing. We wouldn't have been able to buy our house if we'd had to make two payments each month.


Jon and Jeremy will be working on expanding our driveway today (what a way to spend Labor Day!). We should be able to fit both cars side by side when the day is done!