I got the keys for my house on March 1st. 1999. On march 2nd I
started
painting and working on the place. 
The front yard has been neglected for at least one summer before I
moved
in and I still ha not changed much. I plan this winter to work on
the front landscape with rocks and maybe a cactus. A very
low maintenance yard will work well in the front. Right now the
satellite van parks in the front drive way along with my green pickup.
Future plans include moving
the satellite truck into the backyard and adding a bit more driveway on
the
far left side. With those improvements complete 3 vehicles can
park
in the front.
The Living room is very spacious and as of yet we have not decided on
furnishings or a purpose for this room. Ideas have included a
pool table(that will
just fit), 2 nice chairs and a table, all library, a disco room, and
leave
it just empty. We are still entertaining ideas but for the last
few
months it has been a short term storage area. When someone moves
in
or I need space for work stuff this is our storage room. For now
it
will work just fine.
The dining room started out fairly interesting. The vertical
stripes
on the wall are small strips wood. They cover the wallpaper seams
that
could not be glued down. Under each strip is a test bed for
adhesives. Under that wallpaper was the original wall covering.
Right out of 1972 when
this house was built the orange flowers jumped right off the
wall. The
computer is now parked against this wall and will be for some
time. Yes, I do plan to have a real dining room table here.
Well turn around and here is the Kitchen. Yes it is huge, Yes
that
is an island, and yes it was like that when I moved in. On the
left
the door leads to the laundry room where a brand new washer and dryer
came
with the house.
The bedrooms in the house are not very big. Dan's room and Rod's room
are
just big enough to fit them in. My room is about the normal size
for
a master bedroom. One of the first things to change in my room
was
the wall paper came down on the right
side and everything became white. It was a power blue
before. I even painted the small walk in closet. The whole
house was covered in about 5 different shades of pale yellow. One
of my friends described it as smokers yellow, others would say
cream. It is now all polar bear
white and it makes me feel much better.
One day I had Dan climb up on the roof to clean off some dirt and
leaves
and he snapped these pictures. Here he is standing on the patio
cover and you can see the rest of the stone tile patio area. We
now have a
very styling green plastic round table and matching green plastic
chairs. Behind my lot on this side is the back end of a
large car dealership. A large tree grows in the middle of the
yard. It is a good climbing tree. 
Off the other side, standing on the bedrooms, will be the small
lawn. It is just dirt now and you can still see the scar where
the telephone and
cable TV were installed. This yard has a sprinkler system
installed but to make it work you must connect the garden hose to one
of the 3 connection points in the back yard or 2 hose connectors in the
front. A very weird
design. 