Huge Update-moving out!

Big changes are in store in the next few months. My brother has decided to move out of our family house, and Daddy needs someone to rent or buy the house, or he will lose it.
Soooooo. Yippeeee. We're moving! We're working out renting to own.
Our lease is up at the end of March, so we'll probably be moving through March, cleaning, painting, packing etc. I'm going to try to take February to ebay some items that are cluttering up the place we have now.
Bobby was so sweet. He said "I'm leaving tons of nice things for you." thank you bobby! He's going to be moving to a little apt. so he doesn't need much, or want much for that matter. :) Pray for him, as he's going through an icky divorce. We're hoping everything works out with him and his son. He has a step daughter, a real sweetie, but she's 18 now, so she's allowed to do what she wants, lol. She's going to college in the fall, and so she'll be able to see Bob whenever she wants to. But, Andrew. Bobby wants to have Andrew with him, and I don't blame him. Andrew is a dollbaby. We want the kids to stay in our lives.

So! Back to the house! LOL! It will definitely need TONS of work. The bathroom needs to be gutted and redone. The kitchen needs major help. The rooms need to be cleaned top to bottom, and repainted. I'm not fond of the dark colors they chose for any of the rooms. To each his own.


Bobby made the yard wonderful, he's a great landscaper. This is a picture of how large it is. I was standing at the back of the garage taking the picture. The front yard is just like a professional landscaper did it, oh yeah, he is a professional landscaper! LOL!
We'll have to maintain that, as it looks fabulous. I would buy the house just for the yard alone, it's HUGE. I don't know what the basement needs, but we'd like to actually have it waterproofed and finished, so we can use it as a rec room, and play room. He's leaving the appliances, which is a Godsend for us, as we have a microwave, and that's it.
The driveway and the garage will need to be worked on. I'm so glad to have great people in our church that know about things like that. We'll be calling on a lot of people to help us.

The house is very close to highways, but we live on a nice little side street, so even though it's close to everything, our street isn't busy. There's a fantastic playground within walking distance. I know that will get used. I grew up in the house, and loved going to the playground. There is a major shopping strip just down the street with everything we'll need. I am very happy.