New House

We just bought a new house! Cool, huh? There's a beautiful area in the city a little closer to where I work with really good schools and a really nice church congregation that we're excited about. House prices have typically been crazy there, but the recent slump has made it more affordable. We're still paying more than we would like, but we feel like it's worth it and we're excited to be in that community. I'm also excited for my kids to get into some really high quality schools.

Here's a picture of the house from the front. It's really beautiful inside and out.

Here's my favorite part, though. It has a bidet in the master bathroom. Who doesn't want one of those? We'll be living like aristocrats now.

Last weekend, I installed a hot water heater and that was a fun experience! I had never done that before, but thanks to whoever invented Sharkbite connectors, I felt like I could do it. If you ever have to do a plumbing job with high-pressure pipes and you don't want to sweat pipes (like me), check them out. They are AWESOME for the amateur. I wouldn't have attempted the install without those. And thanks to my brother-in-law who pointed them out to me and gave me confidence that I could do it. Our new house now has hot water. And we're going to be really busy moving in this weekend. Maybe once we get settled, I'll have some more time to post random thoughts to this blog. Thanks for reading!