House Hunting Cinnamon Style: Trees are a Good Thing

Well, last week was a busy one in the house-hunting process. We drove by to see the house that we made an offer on. I didn't get out of the car but got to check out the neighborhood during our drive-by. Here is what I saw:

I'd love living on a cul de sac with neighbors who take care of their homes.
(they even put the garbage out on time!)

Now this is promising. A park right across the street!

Here's the house. It has its own trees, a big fenced yard and a front porch (portal).
But does it have squirrels? Only time will tell!

I am keeping my paws crossed that this will be my new house. I noticed it has a fireplace. I'll bet I'd look good all curled up in front of a warm fireplace. But I think what I'd like best is being settled and looking up at ALL THOSE TREES!

Love, Cinnamon

House Hunting Cinnamon Style: I Give Up!

You all know we've been looking high and low for the right house at the right price. We've looked downtown and we've looked out in the suburbs. I can't figure out why we don't have a new house yet. Some of them have met my criteria.

All I want is:

• Proximity to squirrel trees
• Deck or patio to relax on
• Yard to play in
• Room for my cushy big bed
• A few assorted sunbeams to lie in 

So why don't we have a new house? Here's one she saw yesterday. Looks great from my perspective!

Here's a yard with sun and shade. It even had 2 decks!

The worst part of this is that the house-hunting takes time away from going to the dog park! Grrrrr.

Love, Neglected Cinnamon

House Hunting Cinnamon Style - Rose Cottage is Out but Squirrel Streets Rule!

I won't bore you with the details about why we are not moving into Rose Cottage. It had to do with "iffy" documentation on neighborhood rules and who is responsible for paving the private street. (Hey, it wouldn't be me, Cinnamon!)

Ready for more house hunting

So we are back to looking for houses. Today we drove all around town. I really got excited. (More than excited) when we drove up and down the downtown streets. There were SQUIRRELS all over the place... on the sidewalks, in the streets and in the trees.

I think I like house-hunting there!

House Hunting Cinnamon Style

Houses with Squirrels
Good!

Well, I made my owner promise we wouldn't move last year and we didn't. I had a hard time moving from my birthplace in Santa Fe, NM to Vancouver, WA. I had to adjust to rain and had to realize not too many people spoke Spanish. I did adjust to my new home... after awhile.

So now we are house-hunting BUT WE WON'T LEAVE VANCOUVER! I've been participating in the ride-byes and sometimes we do a neighborhood walk. So I am getting the hang of house hunting and have very definite opinions on the homes we look at. Here's an example:

House Number 1 (if you watch HGTV, you'll know where I'm going with this)

I call this the garden house

This house has a small fenced garden area and a huge vegetable garden on the side and a nice lawn in the front. It has plenty of room for MY BED in the family room. It does not have a garage, because that is where the family room is. So we'd have to get out of the car in the rain and snow. I'm not sure I like that.

But here's the big PLUS on this one. House #1 is just around the corner from a big park with BIG trees. And you know what lives in trees, don't you? SQUIRRELS! I walked this neighborhood and chased a bunch of squirrels up trees and even saw a rabbit. So far, I like House #1!

House Number 2
Now I haven't seen this house yet but it looks like it has a really big yard. I like that.

Big yard but a big hilly driveway

I hear the yard has trees in it so that is promising. There might be some squirrels there. It also looks big enough that I might get my own room!

House Number 3
I haven't seen this one yet either but it is even closer to the park than House Number 1! Yay! It looks like it has a shady back yard and enough room that I might get my own room.

This is the shady house close to Squirrel Park!

I don't know about these houses. I haven't been allowed to tour them yet. I do like the idea of being close to a park and I do like the idea of TREES IN MY YARD!

Now for my downtown friends, let me tell you ... WE ARE looking there but the houses seem to be either weird (too weird) or close to the freeway. So no luck there yet!

So, I'll keep y'all updated on what happens. Will we move? Or will we stay put? I just don't know. But I do know that I am getting less dog park time due to all this looking at houses.

Love, Cinnamon