Another break

Wanted to take another break from my surgery experience and talk about where we live.

We call our place The Biltmore. It's nestled in the woods and some pasture up front. It has a resort feel to it. And it's a little out of the way to get to. What's not to like about this place? It has a well stocked hobby center, a library, and an entertainment center with a pretty decent selection of music and movies. It even has internet connection.

I have my home/office up in the loft with a desk and computer setup, and the basement is a combination library, gym, workshop and storage. A corner is set aside as what I jokingly refer to as the "hobby center." It's where I keep my stash of mostly unbuilt plastic model kits. To look at it gives you the feeling of being in a hobby store. And I've been to hobby stores where they didn't have as decent selection as I my collection holds.

There are big windows in the dining and living room areas showcasing the woods around us. We have bird feeders set up around these windows and watch the local birds stop over to feed. I've seen more species of birds since setting the feeders than I recall in all my life.

This house was designed and built by a former Boeing engineer. "Efficiency" seems to be the theme of the house. There are storage spaces and compartments everywhere. Something my wife loves. The attached garage is about the size of a small hangar. Apparently the previous homeowners were avid RV'ers. One half of the garage was built to house their RV. It has these huge barn doors that swing out and they could simply back their RV into it. We don't have an RV, but the garage comfortably houses our four vehicles: a jeep, a coupe, a minivan and a small pickup truck - with room to spare. Have I mentioned there are shelves all over the garage? We haven't even fully exploited all the storage available to us.

Yet another topic we can talk about some more. For now I'll leave you with the above brief description. We'll come back to it.