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October 03, 2006
Clean Clothes and Chicken coops...
Our Austin house has gas for the hot water, heat and dryer...the new house is all electric (not our choice, but that's how it is)...so we left our old washer/dryer at the old house, since we can't use the dryer out here...last night we picked up a used set of washer/dryer that are almost identical to the set we left behind...and for a pretty sweet price...I'm happy to have a washer/dryer here, and although they are still sitting in the pick up (it was too dark to try to take them out last night), it'll be cool to get them setup in the coming days...It hasn't been that bad, I have plenty of clothes to last awhile, so doing laundry isn't something that needs to be done all that frequently in my house...
It was really cool to drive the backroads to get around, instead of driving the interstate at rush hour...we saw all sorts of farms and houses out in the sticks that we didn't know existed...we are such city folk, having lived in Austin for well over 20 years, and we never ventured out into the country much...but man, we are certainly enjoying it...for one thing, its so much quieter than the city...and the wildlife is readily available...and the speed at which things happen is slower...traffic is practically non-existent and when it is, its slow going...I love Austin and our old house and the memories and convenience of living in town, but I am really enjoying being away from it too...Sure, we don't have sushi restaurants nearby, and I have to go into Austin for a movie, but its not like I was doing those things on a daily basis anyway...there were times that I'd stay home for 5 or 6 days at a stretch, never driving my car, never leaving the house...we just weren't taking advantage of the convenience of the city, so it made sense to move out where things are quieter and we can get some chickens to cluck in the backyard...that's the next big thing I want to do, before planting anything, is get a chicken coop setup...anyone have any experience with that??
Posted by Donner at October 3, 2006 09:29 AM