"Our house, in the middle of... other people's houses"

And now for a tour of our new house. Well, it's technically a townhouse. And it's just new to us. But still. See the big "K" on the side of the building? That's our neighbor's house. Nice older guy named Luther. So the brown door you see just to the left of his place (partially obscured by that column-looking thing) is ours.

The townhouse is smaller than what we're used to, but we really like it. It takes less time to clean and the two-story thing is still a novelty. Plus the pool is really nice.

This would be our kitchen. It's really little, but that's kind of nice because when I'm cooking, pretty much everything I need is literally within arm's reach. That's the laundry room past the kitchen, and also our cat Spanky's bathroom.

The living room. Oh, I have a thing about sunflowers. They make me happy. So I put them all over the place. I also have them on the bar, in our bedroom and in our bathroom. I even wear Elizabeth Arden's "Sunflowers" perfume just because of the name. I kind of like how it smells, too.

Julia's room, featuring her new, ultra-cool loft bed! (Although I'm not sure how cool it really is, because I nearly killed myself changing the sheets the other day.) When I took this picture, I had just cleaned the room because my parents are coming to visit and -- trust me -- this room will never, NEVER be this clean again. So please, take your time and gaze at it. Take in the neatness. That empty space in the corner is to make room for my mom's bed, which is actually the lower bunk of the loft bed. We haven't set it up yet. Julia's stuffed animals and sports equipment (a monkey and a couple of soccer balls are visible in the picture) live under the loft bed.

I am incapable of having the entire house clean at one time. This is Jenna's fault and not mine. I have to let her mess up one room so I can clean another one. So I'll make this a series. Coming soon: Jenna's room! Our room! And maybe even our bathroom! (If you're lucky.)