No, we haven't gotten a dog, yet. But this picture of a dog at the local shelter is too adorable not to post. Riggs is about ten months old, Labrador/Border Collie Mix, and he's spent half his life at the shelter. They have a large outdoor yard that we visited on Saturday, but the dogs are still chained or caged and probably spend most of the winter outside. Poor guy.
The desire to get a dog is driving the desire to get a house soon. The house we saw on Saturday was really perfect for us. Although as I begin to list the problems, you're probably going to think we're crazy. But the price tag of $72,500 makes a lot of things forgivable.
It's an small 100 yr-old farmhouse on a very quiet road. Surrounded by a farm, with a few close neighbors. There are some ancient Maple trees in the yard that had full sap buckets hanging from them. It's almost one acre. The side yard is open and flat and perfect for practicing lacrosse or playing fetch with the dog. The downstairs is only three rooms, with wide plank floors and a fireplace in the living room. The kitchen is big and sunny. Upstairs is a bit cramped and "pokey". But there are three bedrooms, and the MBR is big enough for the King Bed, so that's all we care about. Although the fact that the bedroom doors were missing is something that needs to be fixed soon. Only one bathroom, oh well.
One big problem is that the back deck rotted away, so that needs to be replaced. And half of the roof was redone, so there must have been leaks, and may be more soon where the roof wasn't redone. We also don't know what the electric amparage might be. There are still homes in this area with 100 amp service, instead of the current standard of 200 amp, and I don't think our computer and microwave would like that.
We're going to take a look at a 1980's log cabin tomorrow. And another house that is in a higher price range. But we could very well put on offer on this one by the weekend.
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