New developments ...

in our backyard

A milestone reached..

Well specifically in the bay area, buying a house is considered more than just a milestone. It's a life time of savings put down on a mere 1600 sq feet of land that binds you for 30 years. Yes, if buying a house is an 'American Dream', that dream has been fulfilled. Now comes the real nightmare of maintaining the house, maintaining the backyard, making the mortgage payments, property taxes etc etc. Having said that, the pleasure of living and decorating your own house is a truly enjoyable experience. Well, we consider ourselves settled given the bare essentials have been unpacked and stowed away. The rest still lies in the garage, which is a real spoling factor. Garage is the prime real-estate in a house. You suddenly have this whole another area for your storage and I mean storage since the cars can stay in the drive way. Suddenly, you shop at Costco and all extras land in the garage, all the unnecessary furniture, all the shelves of Engineering books that you never read etc etc. It scares me when I talk to people and they say they haven't unpacked stuff from their garage in more than 5 years now. I hate to imagine being in the same state 5 years from now and I know I will be exactly in that state. Well that's for later. For now, a new beginning....in a whole new house.