Entries from March 2002

March 27, 2002

Let's try this again!
posted by Heather at 05:52 AM |

Well, let’s try this posting thing again. I can’t seem to find what I wrote last night - I’m sure it’s out there in cyperspace somewhere, I just can’t figure out where.

I’m sure you’ve all guessed that our news is we’ve bought a house! The basic stats are that it’s a 3-bdrm, 2-bath ranch built in 1949 with a detached 2-car garage converted to an office. Hardwood floors throughout, fireplaces in the living room and 3rd bedroom, a separate dining room, laundry room, and eat-in kitchen.

Here’s the weird stuff:

- It’s about 3 miles from Grandma. Remember the intersection that has Starbucks, Whole Foods, See’s Candies, and Mail Boxes, Etc? It’s about 6 blocks north of that intersection.

- It’s in a development built on the old Hastings Ranch. When Kim’s dad was an adolescent, he worked for a time at the Hastings Ranch. So, he could have walked across our front lawn!

We had the inspection yesterday and overall things look pretty good. There are some electrical things to fix, some gas-pipe conduits to upgrade, and some repair of cracks in a couple of the chimneys. Given the age of the house, not bad.

The yard is a little larger than we’d like (although not as big as that yard in Alabama!), but we’re thinking about giving Doug a call for recommendations for landscape architects to help us figure out how to make some of it low maintenance and low-water intensive (right now there’s a slew of broad-leaved grass).

So, next time you head to southern CA, you don’t have to stay at the Grove …

As we get more details (and maybe some pics!), we’ll get them to you!

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