A Hop Across the Sidewalk

Yes call us crazy but we just did another move.....the house next door came up for sale. They tried to sell it for a month but didn't. J got real friendly with the owner and found out they were considering renting it out for the same price as what we were paying at the duplex. It had been empty almost a year but they had been doing alot of indoor work on it. So the decission was made and we decided to hop across the sidewalk into a house & yard. Enjoy the walk through:

Our old abode. Nice duplex. Just come on down the stairs of 626 and walk across the sidewalk and you are at our new address 622 Parkhill Dr, Billings, MT 59102.

Ta----Da! This is the front of the house. Saydi Dog enduring her 4th move.

The back yard, again with Saydi enjoying the sunshine. The sidewalk leads to the garage

Which brings us to J's favorite....a 4 car garage. Nice and roomy for cars & storage. It's what sold J. Come on inside..... (and not in any particular order we have....)

The Master bedroom....

The upstairs hall bathroom....

The living room. The couch is the only place Saydie can 'perch' to see the outside activities.

The other side of the living room and to the right....(oops I forgot to take a picture of the dining room which is a major part of the living room...) Oh well another time...maybe or just come visit.

The kitchen and a little table nook in the right hand corner.

Moving on down the stairs into the basement....most houses around here have basements.

The spacious Family room with books and toys to accommadate grandkids .

Looking the other direction in the family room into the TV & computer area.

A peek at the laundry/sewing/craft room. Lots of cupboards & shelves.

One little shelf that's a quandary for me. Just as you are coming out of the laundry room there is a door in the wall that you can open and inside are these very narrow shelves. They are about 2 1/2 inches in width with 6 shelves built into the wall. Any ideas what I can use these for......?

Moving on down the very short hall in the basement we come to the spare 'ooom'. A future bed will also occupy this space for all our family & friends to come and visit

Doug's abode also in the basement.

Down stairs bathroom.

Moving back upstairs and across from the master bedroom is J's cubby. His den which as you can see still needs to be organized...it may take some time.

So any -who there you have it. We so appreciate Tony, Debbie, Max, even Ryan who did his 1 year old part of smiling, Mike & Nicole, all who planned their visit to our place just in time to also help us move. Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you!! I gots to admit it was the easiest move we've ever made. The owner let us start moving in two weeks before so we just made daily trips with stuff in our arms & laundry baskets and then the Elders quorm helped move the 'big' stuff on the last saturday of May. Our goal in 2011 is: NO MOVE ...... we'll see how that goes!!