It’s official. LYKY is looking at its 12th week on the TIMES list. This is getting sort of ridiculous.
But in order to celebrate, I give you…
TWELVE THINGS ABOUT MY NEW HOUSE!
1. I love my street. And my neighbors. Everyone is SO nice (which is SO different from what I’m used to), and people stand in their yards after work and talk to each other, and all their kids play basketball in my neighbor’s driveway. It’s like Wisteria Lane. Without the eating disorders.
2. I bought a 19 inch flatscreen TV and had it hung on the wall in front of my treadmill. It’s the most awesome thing I’ve ever owned.
3. There are three bathrooms. And one of me. And yet, somehow, I use ALL the bathrooms. Which means I’m going to have to clean ALL the bathrooms. This is not good.
4. When the security system guy showed up to install my new system he said, “Hello there, it looks like you’re getting…” pauses to look at clipboard “…the works.” Which is what you’d expect from someone who spends all her time trying to think like spies and thieves.
5. My backyard appears to be much larger than my neighbors’ yards. I wonder if they all secretly hate me for it and that’s what they’re all talking about in the street after work?
6. I now have hardwood floors. I have no idea how to clean hardwood floors. This is also a source of some concern.
7. I don’t have a doorbell. Which is better than my parent’s house, I guess, where there is a doorbell, but it doesn’t work, so people come, ring the doorbell, and leave and we don’t have a clue they’ve been there.
8. The cabinets are evil (but you guys already knew that.)
9. I have three closets in my bedroom. THREE. One is pretty big, and two are pretty small, but still three closets is two more closets than I had in my entire apartment in grad school.
10. there’s a gas fireplace, and I know it works, but I haven’t used it because, as I’ve documented here before, gas freaks me out.
11. I “live” downstairs and “work” upstairs. It’s pretty great. Where I write there is no TV or internet or anything. Which is why I’m not up there nearly enough, I’m guessing.
12. I really, really like this house. It’s not too big or too small; it’s got all the cool “old house” stuff, but it’s been updated enough that it works like a modern house should; and, most importantly, I love that it’s close to family and friends, and that I wouldn’t have it at all if it wasn’t for all of you!
So, thanks guys! Thanks so much!
Back to the second draft!
-Ally