Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Our 3rd New Home, In Less Than 1 Year!

So we are officially moved in to the new house in Bennington VT. We LOVE it. There are still a few boxes to put away, and things to hang on the walls, but, all-in-all things are looking great. Randy's parents are coming to visit us in August, hopefully things will be a little more put together by then.
I also have started carpooling with a woman from my work, so we both only have to drive into Manchester 2 days a week. We are working 10 hour days too, to cut back on traveling. Our neighbors are awesome. To the left of our house is a Vermont State Trooper. He and his wife have a dog, a newer (old style) black Mustang, Motorcycles and 2 other vehicles. They are always working in their yard and are very nice. To the right of us is a duplex. We have met only one couple who live on the furthest end and they are older, and retired. Their names are Bernie and Joanne, she stays home most days, but he is the elevator operator at the Bennington Monument. They RULE. They are both Super nice, and they always stop to talk with us when we are in our yard. I still really miss everyone in Michigan, (tear), but I love living in Vermont too.
Here are a few Pictures of our new Home.
Here is the view from the street. We have a nice little front porch.

This is our HUGE driveway, that, I swear you can fit like 8 cars in.
This is the back yard.
This is the side yard, along the right side of the house.

This is our picnic table that sits under a canopy of red grapes. The grapes will be ready this fall, YUM!
Here are some of those grapes!
This is our back porch, this runs along the left side of the house by the driveway.
Here is the kitchen, the open doorway leads to the laundry room.
Here is the other side of the kitchen.
This is our dining room. We got this solid oak, (or at least we think its oak, it could be pine), table from Bennington Furniture, during Vermont's no sales tax week, for $100. It has 2 leaf inserts that fold down into the underside of the table. We lucked out. The chairs don't match, we still have to find some.

This is a picture of our living room. Hard to tell with it sideways, but, I didn't take the picture.
Another view of our living room. We still need a TV stand/entertainment center. Can't afford that yet.
More views of our awesome table.

This is the table fully extended. It is probably about, 6.5-7.5 feet in length, with the leafs in.
This is my awesome washing machine that we found, in Bennington, on craigslist. It came as a set with a much, much older dryer that we only paid $200 for the pair. We lucked out on this too, since it is an energy star rated front loader and it's only like 4 years old. We basically ended up paying for the washing machine and getting the dryer free. The man we bought it from wanted $300, but my husband knows how to get a bargain!!!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

You've officially moved more than anyone else in our family I think. We haven't moved 3 times in one year since I was in 4th grade and you were in 3rd! I think your house is adorable. Grape arbor is awesome. Can't wait to see pictures of the red grapes!

The Sullivan's said...

Your house is so cute! I like your backyard. Ours is in full sun ALL day long...it would be nice to have some shade like your yard. The grapes look good! I can't wait until I have some more vacation time so that me, Ryan and Chloe can come for a visit! Miss you!!

Anonymous said...

Wow! That house is fabulous! I am glad that you guys are getting settled in. I hope that we can get together and play some Euchre/Canasta Action. :) It was nice to meet you at Wall-e - I know how crazy packing, moving, and unpacking can be!

-Carrie Gardner (of Math Class Fame lol)

Anonymous said...

Hey there...I can't believe I stumbled upon this! I miss seein' you guys but I heard rumor you are coming for Christmas. I'd love to see you both and catch up. My email is rebecca_canze@yahoo.com.