Head Tale

Our “Backyard”

Following up on yesterday’s list of things we’ll miss when we leave our current house, here’s a few things we think we’ll love in our new house…

• Attached Garage
  Yesterday, I wrote about how we stupidly wanted to make sure we had a garage when we bought this house but ended up buying a house with a detached garage we rarely parked in.  We made sure that our new house has an *attached* garage!
• Extended “Backyard”
  One of the things we’ll miss about our current house is that it had a large backyard with lots of green space.  Our new house has a smaller backyard and I was sad about that until I realised we *back onto a green space* so our “backyard” technically extends for a huge distance including to a nearby playground and basketball court!  Plus the green space behind us is zoned in a way that it will never be developed so we’ll have extended green space behind us forever!  We’ll also be able to go out for walks or cross-country skiing (er, once we acquire skis – hello, Santa? – right out our back door!)
• Our Sanctuary
  Probably one of the biggest things that drew us to this house is that it has a master bedroom over the garage with both a walk-in closet and a large en suite master bath.  This will make getting away from the kids so much easier than locking our current bedroom door and holding pillows over our heads until the screaming stops! 😉
• Opportunity for Upgrades/Decluttering
  If I’m completely honest, there’s a lot of things Shea and I were unlikely to do in our own house – downsize and declutter fifteen years of accumulated “stuff” and get away from the easy familiarity of our long-time satellite and Internet providers.  Moving has given us an excuse to look for the absolute best, top-of-the-line providers in both areas which we would’ve been unlikely to change if we maintained status quo.
• Jetted Tub
  In my post about things we’ll miss, I didn’t mention the two person tub that was literally the first major reno we did in our new house since we’d loved the jetted tub we had in our condo in Calgary.  This tub wasn’t jetted but it was incredibly relaxing and we spent a lot of hours in it (er, separately of course!)  Our new house doesn’t have a two-person tub but it does have a single jetted tub and at this point in our marriage, that’s probably more appealing anyhow! 😉