March Update - Mission Creep

The daily discipline of writing in this blog has been slipping away from me. I have been busy. We moved our household from our residence of 11 years, so all of my free time has been spend unpacking boxes.

We decided mid year 2004 that the time was right for a move. We bought our "Kingwood House" in 1994 after returning from an overseas assignment in Singapore. At the time, our kids were early high school age, and while the house was not ideal, it was certainly very comfortable. 3650 sq ft, two story, five bedrooms 3-1/2 bathrooms. We had a pool installed, did eye-popping landscaping, and the family lived happily there. The children graduated, went off to college, got married and now are having children of their own.

So now is the time to "downsize", right? We decided we wanted to live on the water, so we began looking on Lake Conroe at condos with boatslips. Well, we had trouble with a little mission creep. The more we looked, the less we liked small accomodations, and I had a requirement for a three car garage and an exercise room. Not available in a condo. So we began looking at houses.

After looking at 25 or 30 houses we began to despair. One day in August, we were over at a friend's house who offered to take us for a ride in a pontoon boat. Looking at houses from the lake is interesting. After a short ride, we spotted a beautiful southern plantation style house on a point - and it was for sale!

The next day, we arranged a visit, and fell in love with it. 3 bedrooms, 4-1/2 baths, 4 car garage, exercise room, study, media room, big beautiful verandas all around the house, and a 4 mile view across the lake. 5,500 sq ft! So much for downsizing. It has a boathouse, a boat, and two jet skis. Great for grandchildren.

We closed on it on Valentines Day, and have spent the last month trying to get straightened out. That is the reason why I haven't posted here for a while.

I've decided to start a new blog to post photos of the house, and record events that occur there.