For the Last Time, I'm Not moving but...

I've done a few Sunday posts on houses that I am NOT going to move into.

Houses that I wish I could, but I'm not able to for various reasons.

I've decided to stop this WISHING and just get to work on making my house into the home that I want...

UNLESS I could move into this house! LOL!

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I got to thinking about what I hate about my house and what I love.

My dad always said that it you are struggling with a problem, to make a list

of Pros and Cons. 

So, here's the list.

I HATE that I live on a busy street and it's sometimes its hard to back out of the driveway because of traffic.

I LOVE that I live on a busy street that immediately gets snow plowed and if the street needs repairs, I don't have to pay for it like many other people do on side streets because I live on a main-thoroughfare.

I HATE that I don't live out in the country away from everything.

I LOVE that I live less than 5 minutes from a grocery store, a gas station, a library.

I HATE that I'm on a bus route.

I LOVE that I'm a bus route so when I get old and can't drive, I could take the bus if I needed to.

I HATE that my house is small.

I LOVE that my house is small. It's easier to heat and cool and there are no dark corners for monsters.

I HATE that my neighbors are so close.

I LOVE that my one neighbor is so close that he decides to snowblow my sidewalk too.

I HATE that the neighbors to the south have grandkids that bark at and tease my dogs.

I LOVE that the neighbor to the north has a cute little grandkid that yells "Hi Neighbor" when he sees me.

I HATE that there's no privacy in front of my home. Everyone drives or walks by and sometimes leave cigarette butts and trash.

I LOVE that when I'm gardening in the front of my house, the elderly neighbor with her Schnauzer stops to talk.

And the lady with her Shih-Tzu tied to her walker stops, pulls down a seat on the walker and sits to chat

and the woman who jogs with her Pitbull shouts out a greeting and compliments my yard

and the retired man with his St. Bernard nods and randomly gives an observation.

I HATE that my yard is long and narrow and mostly in the back of my house.

I LOVE that my yard in the back has a lot of room for my patio dog area and a separate area for my picnic table.

And a sloping landscaping and a spot at the bottom of the hill for a garden shed and maybe someday room for a handmade greenhouse.

I HATE that I don't have a garage.

I LOVE that it leaves me more room and not having a garage keeps my property taxes lower.

I HATE that I have a gravel driveway.

I LOVE that I was able to incorporate part of the drive by raking it out and seeding it

and therefore giving me more yard.

I HATE that I don't live close to work.

I LOVE that I don't live close to work.

And it's nice living minutes away from my sister.

I HATE that I'm haven't been able to be just be Happy with my house but 

I LOVE that this list has helped me realize all the good things about my home.

I HATE that I will probably still have days where I pine for something different but

I LOVE that by looking at other homes, I can find inspiration for my own.