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February 6th, 2012 at 03:14 am

We went to look at a couple of houses today. Still not ready to buy by a long shot, but really just wanting to get a look at some of the houses that are out there.

I really liked the first one, except for the fact that the Master bedroom is on the second floor. There is a bedroom on the first floor, but it is small and the bathroom is only a shower stall and it's off the kitchen, which is not anywhere near the bedroom, but about as far as you could get. But it was beautiful.

I really wish it had been laid out differently, but I know that what I want in a house is a master bed on the first floor. I'd prefer no second floor at all, but that's not always easy to find.

It's in the perfect location. It's one block from our favorite grocery store, one block from our main credit union branch, two blocks from our favorite restaurant, within walking distance of my daughter's best friend's house, and it is in the same school district and they'd be going to the exact same schools.

After that we went to a new housing development on the outskirts of town. We really liked one of the model homes and it's under $300,000. It had the kind of open floor plan we like where the living room flows into the dining room flows into the kitchen. The yard is small enough to maintain easily (with a push mower even), but big enough to feel like a yard.

The Master Bedroom is sizable and on the first floor, the master bathroom is sizable. No tub, but doublewide shower stall with built in chairs, dual shower heads and totally handicapped accessible. There is a second bedroom/office on the first floor as well, that would be perfect to put the piano in and the treadmill and the desktop computer. There was an alcove for a washer and dryer and a two car garage.

Upstairs it had two decent-sized bedrooms, a bathroom with a tub, and a large alcove area between the bedrooms that would have been big enough to fit a double bed in or a couple of desks.

It was really, really nice and would have met all of our needs...except it's not in the same school district, since it's technically outside the city limits. I'm not even talking about the two schools they go to, but the entire district. And let's just say that the Meridian school district is not known for it's high educational standards.

I'm a little bummed as they will be building houses there for the next few years so in a year or so when we are ready there would be something available in the floor plan we want. But I can't see ripping my son away from his best friend. He needs her too much and she really needs him, too. They've both been bullied so much in the past so finding each other and being a support to each other this year has made a world of difference for both children.

Oh, well. We'll find something, eventually, in the area that we want. It'll be the right house at the right time. I'm sure of that.

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