Once we settled in, life is really not that different here. We got up, made breakfast and watched The Soup on E!. We got cleaned up and went house hunting for new homes. We liked this one.



We were looking at model homes, but we did go look at one that's actually for sale.



Video here.

I absolutely despise that white tile on the counters. That's a California thing. It makes me think of an autopsy and I imagine blood smears and organs on them. But they have other options. I just don't get that tile. It would be a nightmare to clean and it looks like hell.

I want to buy soon. We can get out of this lease fairly reasonably. We both like it here, the market is in our favor, and we really want our own space. The problem with new homes is that the view from the bedrooms is this:



Pretty bleak. But soon enough there will be a row of two story homes peering down on you. This place is weird.