From: estherchaya	Date: May 27th, 2004 09:57 pm (UTC)		(Link)

thanks! We're excited, though slightly stressed.

	From: estherchaya	Date: May 28th, 2004 06:46 am (UTC)		(Link)

The second kitchen doesn't have a stove in it right now because apparently it was so old and scary they threw it out. Having seen the one that they kept, and knowning that the home inspector was afraid to turn on the one that they kept, I'm terrified to think of what the kitchen in the basement used to look like. the reason there are two kitchens is because the basement can be used as a legal apartment. We're not planning to do so, but it's nice to know that the option is there.

The attic is finishable, not redoable. It isn't currently finished except that it has floors. But it is finishable, unlike most modern attics. It's a walk up attic with floors already laid down, so if we desire (and we do), then sometime (several years down the line at this point), we'll be able to finish it off and have an office or a surly teenager room or both.

From: gittygiggles	Date: May 28th, 2004 11:14 am (UTC)		(Link)

PESACH KITCHEN! SEAL IT OFF! PESACH KITCHEN!!!!!!

	From: estherchaya	Date: May 28th, 2004 12:09 pm (UTC)		(Link)

it's definitely not good for a pesach kitchen. And I'm much more interested in having a dairy oven that I can use year-round than a pesach kitchen I use for a couple weeks every year.

From: gittygiggles	Date: May 28th, 2004 01:58 pm (UTC)		(Link)

we're going to add a dairy oven to our kitchen.

someday.............

	From: leahmiriam	Date: May 28th, 2004 11:56 am (UTC)		(Link)

Joel plans on keeping our surly teenagers in the shed.

	From: estherchaya	Date: May 28th, 2004 12:08 pm (UTC)		(Link)

good for him! he's my kind of parent. Seth's favorite parenting tool is duct tape. Maybe the two of them should get together and raise wild animals and you and I can be the parents for our combined kids. ;)

From: gingy	Date: May 30th, 2004 05:13 am (UTC)		(Link)

Then I shall send Matthew (10-year-old) to live with you and Seth when new baby (currently being called "Jacob", thanks to Seth) comes along. Duct tape and velcro! Just keep his hair short!
Many congratulations on the new house. And the new job. As I mentioned before, if you want help to paper or (non-toxic to parasitic fetal humans) paint, give me a call.

	From: leahmiriam	Date: May 28th, 2004 11:55 am (UTC)		(Link)

Doesn't the exterior of Karen's new house kinda look like our old house in Baltimore?

From: gittygiggles	Date: May 28th, 2004 11:57 am (UTC)		(Link)

uh...they're both brick! that's about it!

	From: leahmiriam	Date: May 28th, 2004 02:55 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Nah, they are both brick cape cods...except my upstairs was finished.

From: gittygiggles	Date: May 29th, 2004 07:17 pm (UTC)		(Link)

i dont see it. but then again...you know how i am with houses

"they're both brick" sums it up

	From: estherchaya	Date: May 28th, 2004 07:17 am (UTC)		(Link)

when we put a stove/oven down there, it'll be my dairy stove. So I'll still have to kasher every year, but at least I'll have a dairy stove!!

	From: estherchaya	Date: June 2nd, 2004 06:00 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Thanks! Yeah, the second kitchen is nifty, though really as it stands now, it's really more just that there's the infrastructure for a second kitchen. It's not currently a fully functional kitchen. But there's already a gas line run down there for hooking up a stove. and there's a fridge. so it's not bad.

	From: estherchaya	Date: May 28th, 2004 08:31 am (UTC)		(Link)
	Re: Forget about checkers...

we thought of that. not sure it's a big enough space.

	From: estherchaya	Date: June 16th, 2004 09:04 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I don't remember if you did. But thanks! It's adorable. :)