I promised prints, so here ya go!

You've all been so patient listening to us talk about the land and the new house, either in person or in the blog, that I thought it was time that those of you who haven't seen the prints be subjected to the torture that those of you who have met with us in person have been through. Wait, did I say that? Shame on me!

Anyway, here are the prints of this dream house that Ryan and I have created. And of course, by "us" I mean Ryan did all the drawing and I scrunched my face up when I didn't like something. If you're like me, these prints will mean very little to you - I have no vision whatsoever and cannot see how this flat page translates to a real, 3 dimensional house. If you're like Ryan and so many of the people that have seen these, enjoy - you'll be able to picture this all in glorious 3-D. Tell me how it is, will ya?

Here is the front and back of the house. Well, technically the back and the front of the house. Can anyone guess how much it bugs someone in my line of work that he put the back of the house above the front of the house? Alas, the house: (Note: you can click on any of these pics for a larger view.)

Here are the sides of the house:
As you can tell, we have a problem with giant cats at the new house. Giant cats are very common out in the country. We'll learn to live with it.

(Special note to Poppa P - I had to rewrite that multiple times to get around the "miniature horse" phenomenon!)

Here is the first floor:
AAK! The giant cat got in the new house! SCRAM, giant cat!!

There, that's better:
No, that post near the entrance to the kitchen will not be there. (Whew!) Note the rockin' walk-in pantry, wrap-around porch and covered deck. Who is coming over for BBQ?

On to the second floor. Plenty of room for family and friends to come stay. See the "Bonus Room"? It's all mine. It's a little known fact (since I just made it up) that "Bonus" is a home building term that means "Meghan's." Look it up, I dare ya. Unless you've got better things to do. And I really hope you do.

(Don't worry, men. Ryan will have a barn all to himself.)

So that's the house. Oh, wait, I should probably give you a little color in this post, huh?? Ok, here are some of the views from the house. This picture was taken from the future location of our driveway, facing the nearest human neighbors. That's their barn.

This is the view to the other side:

Out the front of the house:

And off the back of our property:

MOOOOOOOOO!