So, I want a new house. I guess I should say, another house – it doesn't have to be "NEW." I want a "new to me" house. I have been thinking a lot about what I want in this new house. Realize, gentle reader, that the chances of me getting a new house are pretty slim at this point, because I would have to sell my house first and I can't imagine anybody wants to buy my house. When we bought our house, there were some things that I didn't think about or didn't know to look for, so I hope I've learned some things since then. Someone told me that now, while I'm not really looking for a house, I should make a list of the things I want in my next house while I'm not emotionally involved in looking for a new one. Here are some things I want in a "new to me" house.
1. NO STAIRS!! I have lived upstairs since 1996. While living upstairs has given me terrific calf muscles, I'm tired of taking everything that goes in to my house up and down the stairs. I wouldn't mind a house that had a bedroom upstairs, but I DO NOT want to have to take everything up and down the stairs.
2. Kitchen counter space. Our house is old and used to be a single dwelling that now has been split up into two, so I think that my kitchen probably used to be a bedroom. There is NO counter space in my kitchen, except a space big enough for my dish drainer. I WANT counter space.
3. Laundry space!! My washer is down stairs, in our detached garage. That means every time I do laundry, I have to go downstairs, to the creepy garage. That means no just "throwing in a load." It's always a production. I'm sick of it. I want to be able to put in laundry load while I'm still wearing my pajamas, and in the rain without getting drenched and worrying about falling down (or up!) the stairs.
There you have it. My most important list of what I WANT whenever I get a new house. When I look at the list, it really doesn't seem to wish for, does it??? Meantime, I just keep wishing. . .
