More than you wanted to know about our house!

Some of you my find this post really boring. Sorry. I'm mainly posting this to show mine and Matt's parents so they can see how we are living. It is hard for them, as well as us, as you could imagine. I know the slide show is really long...

I took pictures of every room. We are still awaiting furniture in the living room therefore, the living room/dining room have yet to be decorated. I am hoping it comes in within the next 2 weeks!

The biggest downfall of the house is the kitchen. There is a very small refrigerator built into the cabinets. This is very common in the German culture. They go to the market pretty much daily to get what they need. They don't buy in bulk like we do back home. The Air Force provides us with a very basic refrigerator/freezer which you can see in the picture. Of course, we can't bring our own refrigerator due to the different voltage requirements. We would blow ours up! This also causes us to have to plug various appliances into transformers so that we can use them. Its pretty easy though. The cabinets themselves are very few in number and are quite cheap looking. There is no dishwasher, which would be ok. However, there is not even a full size sink! We have adjusted and that is actually going fine. The biggest thing I miss is a garbage disposal. Who knew I used one so much!!! Matt had the bright idea of making a kitchen island. So, we headed out and found two pieces of duplicate furniture and backed them up one to another. Matt bolted them together and we covered the top to protect the wood and taa...daa... we have a kitchen island and a little more storage space!

Now, lets move on to some things I like! It is definitely the most spacious house we have had. The hallways are very wide and its mostly tile throughout. I love that it is 2 story. We can tell the kids - well, the boys, to stay downstairs. There are no closets, so I guess thats another downfall. However, the military issues you wardrobes of which we put the majority into one room and call it our walk in closet, ha..ha. Seriously, we have gotten rid of a lot of clothes due to such limited hanging space. They are all stuffed full of clothes and such! When you start thinking about all your coats alone (for a family of 5) you can easily fill up more than one wardrobe. We have managed though and it is really not that big of a deal. Let's see... the kids rooms are very big. Actually, they are as big as mine and Matt's room with the exception of Jordyn's which is a little smaller.

The laundry room. Ahh... this must be my favorite room. I've never had a sink in my laundry room so I absolutely love this. It's big and spacious and I can leave the ironing board up, hang clothes, have tables for folding, sorting laundry baskets and more... :-) I am going to enjoy every minute of this room. I don't even mind doing the laundry! I do still despise putting it up, however. lol

The pictures of the heating oil room is a large room with two tall - about 6 foot tanks. This provides the heat for the house and water. You'll notice in the pictures the white radiators on the walls. I don't know how, but these actually put out a lot of heat! I was a little worried at first, but we have already tested them out. We have already had the tanks - 1/2 filled. It cost about $1500. We are projecting to have to fill them again in Feb/March so it is quite expensive! We don't have a heating bill, but the yearly costs is much higher than what we are used to. Oh - and the bathrooms are heated through the floor. It feels really nice and cozy!

I realize this is probably more than you ever wanted to know. I find it all interesting and thought some of you might to. Others of you probably wish you would have skipped the whole post. LOL