It's Official

We went by our homesite after church today (excellent sermon/worship time BTW) and the picture below tells the whole story.

That's right, it's a big ol' SOLD sign on our homesite. Still haven't dug any holes yet on our site, but across the street there was a bulldozer that looked like it had moved some earth this past week. I guess that's progress. The pic below shows our curb and the cutout where our driveway will be. As our garage is on the right, the house will sit to the left outside the edge of this picture. The lot also goes back 144 feet. While I've never owned a home before, I do know that is nearly 50 yards, and that seems like a pretty big yard to me. It's also 60-some feet wide. I think that means cutting the lawn will be a good workout. Maybe homeowners in Arizona have it right, 15 square feet of lawn and then rocks for a yard. Of course the 100 degree heat may be more of a reason for that than laziness. At least it's a dry heat.

But I digress. Anyhow, Amy's got a post on her blog as well with a different pic. Oh by the way, new address will be 1017 Prairie Lane, Milan, MI 48160.

Which leads me to this: why can't I ever live someplace with a nice, easy address? Check out some of these previous novels disguised as addresses:

• 5537 Cambridge Club Cir #xxx
• 10960 Lighthouse Drive # 535
• And my personal favorite - 48571 South I-94 Service Dr #307 (which led most people to believe I lived in a box on the side of I-94 in Belleville. I mean really, couldn't the apartment complex come up with something better than I-94 Service Drive?)

And now its 1017 Prairie Lane. Why the Lane? Couldn't it just be Prairie? Or for that matter, would it be asking too much to live at 123 Green? That's short, sweet and too the point. Does the fact that I live on a "Lane" mean anything for my home value? Is a potential buyer in the future going to have this conversation with himself?

"I'm not sure I want a ranch, and I don't like hardwood floors, but man, they live on Prairie Lane. It's a LANE. I've gotta have that house."

*Editor's Note - This 400-word piece is an example of what happens when someone with a blog is bored at 11:30 on a Sunday night and the only thing on TV is Arizona-SF from Mexico City. Was the location of this game supposed to make us forget it was Arizona-SF?