Our Temporary Home

Chad and I decided to rent a house in Lexington for a year vs. buying so that we could take our time deciding which neighborhood we wanted to live in (and I wouldn't have been able to take enough time off school to travel back and forth from Little Rock to look at houses). Our neighborhood reminds me of Maumelle - lots of new construction, young families, and sidewalks. I am almost done unpacking/finding places for all our junk/etc. which is bittersweet since we plan to move again in a year or so.....

Some observations regarding behavior when moving to a new house: (1) you wake up in the middle of the night to get a drink of water and run into walls/doors/furniture (2) you can never find the light switches (3) I keep trying to throw stuff away in the trash can under the sink.....which is now actually NOT under the sink, so there is trash mixed in with the cleaning supplies (4) No matter how many times I clean the toilets or shower, I always think about the previous renter's presumedly dirty butt or feet that were there before.

Here are some pictures of our current digs:

(1) Note the dog in the window and the Alabama flag! We can't decide if the plants by the front porch are weeds or there on purpose....

(2) Our living room - much smaller than the last, so we had to be creative with the furniture. Thanks for helping me arrange, Mom!
(3) Our kitchen, complete with trash can NOT under the sink.

(4) Our bedroom and my favorite feature of the house - a walk-in closet! I know this doesn't seem very exciting, but our last master bedroom closet barely fit my clothes, let alone both mine AND Chad's. The door tends to shut on its own and Roxie has trapped herself in there at least three times that I am aware of.

(5) Our office/soon-to-be Alabama room. I have some Bama paraphernalia to hang on the walls when I get the motivation to pull out the power drill. Yes, I said power drill - I love power tools.....as long as there is no possibility that I can injure myself with them.

(6) Roxie loves to bail up and down the stairs. On her way down, she usually hits that landing and flings herself into the wall....and I'm a terrible person for laughing at her every time.