Good Things (that I didn't have to do)

One of the benefits of buying a house is that sometimes you can mooch off of the work of others. We have a little house in Homewood, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath with an extra art room. It is just right, having lots of finished details in a small space. The garden already has raised beds, bird feeders mounted in stone-paved corners, roses growing over an arbor, irises and lilies by the lamp post in the back; all we have to do is take care of what has already been prepared. We are good at keeping things up; not so good at taking on projects (hence, the still-present GIANT stained and sagging ceiling above the kitchen table from the late-winter monsoons, or was it fall? I lose track. It is a lovely accent to our kitchen). One of the latest benefits to our house are the beautiful hydrangeas blooming in the front and back yards. All I have to do is reap the rewards! There is one downside to our small space (setting aside the leaky roof, which Stephen has so expertly repaired)--two words: one bathroom. The key is to ask MC if she has to go before you get settled (something we often overlook, to our own detriment).