VISUALIZE A NEW HOUSE

FOR US. Suffice it to say, we need to move. The sagging market has prevented us from selling our place the last two summers, but third time's a charm, right? Since I want to keep this blog positive, I will refrain from complaining about our atrocious duplex neighbor who is driving this urgent need to move (that might appear on my Myspace blog) but for here...
picture a snug, cute, peaceful house... surrounded by a fairly large yard, with either a garage or basement for storage... close to a park, with great neighbors on either side, and friends just blocks away. it's on a safe street, where my baby girl can learn to ride a bike someday and not worry about high school kids drag racing et.al.
and where if our future dog gets out, she won't be almost instantly killed by traffic.
There's some stuff planted in the gardens, but not so much as to present a huge "removal" problem. the back yard is enough of a blank slate for us to build an addition without guilt, and for me to play around with xeriscaping and do my little plant experiments.
Maybe I should draw a picture.
thanks in advance for all your good thoughts.