Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Top Ten Things About This Old House

Meg has a great idea: http://asbyfamily.blogspot.com/2008/04/top-ten-things-to-remember-about-apt.html. I don't mean to imply that this is her only great idea - she has many, especially when it comes to what dessert to make for Wednesday night Bible study. :) Anyway. here are the Top Ten Things You Should Know About This Old House:

1. If there was a special PBS This Old House just for Houston, we could be on it. This place was built in 1940, which makes it absolutely ancient by Houston standards.

2. We are the third owners of this house - the first stayed only 3 years and the second stayed 61.

3. There is a 3" differential between the front door and the left far corner of the living room, and the walls still haven't cracked.

4. Our dining room table has no chairs. We borrow from all over the house if we have lots of people to feed.

5. We eat so much we have to have 2 refrigerators.

6. The boys call the dining room "mommy's office."

7. We have a secret stairway

8. We have 9 bookshelves and they're all full (6 of them are 7' tall).

9. The house smells like dog, and slightly like smelly drains (yuck!).

10. The man we bought the house from carved his initials in the garage wall as a teenager; they're still there, and he's in his late 60's now.

Tell me your top ten!

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