What's a visit to Houston without alot of dog time. We cuddle in the morning, and hang out during the day. This is Allie.
When I decided April was a good time to return to the states it was with gardening in mind. Fortunately the weather has cooperated! We've planted azaleas in a large bed in T and S's back yard and filled it out with some shrubs we transplanted from their front bed, and some flowers and such to top it off. Then to the parents with raking and weeding and transplanting there too! We're done. I paced myself to about 2 hours of yard work a day, so I can walk the next day, and also type. My hands are sore from digging out all the nut grass! So...when not getting dirty we've been exploring the housing market. We started with fixer-uppers in Forest Cove, which is closest to the parents. Our thoughts were, to buy now would allow ample time for updating etc. and in this neighborhood there is greater flexibility to add on, i.e. a wood working shop. Also we wanted to see how the market is fairing. We found overpriced virtually tear downs, and out of our price range houses. But there was 1 home that was extremely tempting. Jeff was ready to make an offer, I had reservations. Yesterday we checked out Oakhurt. It's across the highway from Kingwood. We drove to the models for the newest section they're opening up, and found that both builders offer flexibility in their plans! Again, we have 1 plan per builder and 1 or 2 lots as options that would work quite well, and wouldn't be ready to close until 1/09. So guess what we are doing at 12:30 today!