house hunting

So, I mentioned on Friday that we would be house-hunting this weekend.

Husband is in construction, which is not the ideal business for a struggling economy, so we have been moving where the jobs are for the last several years. He is almost finished with the project here in Charlotte. The next job will be in a tiny town outside of Greenville, SC.

It's been fun living in different places. It makes my job a real challenge, but it's character-building and teaching me to be resourceful and open-minded!

(Husband shaved the beard last night finally. I didn't like it.)

As far as where to live, there are a lot of options. Greenville (downtown street pictured above) is a cute, clean city. However, the job is actually 30 minutes away and near a lot of little mountain towns.

On one hand, there are more cute houses for rent in Greenville. On the other hand, it might be fun to live in a mountain town for a year. Maybe I could give up "cute" for a year, eh?So, we have been doing a lot of exploring.

Picture of a Greenville church in the Fall, taken from Internet source.

My criteria for a rental home is this:

-must have a fenced-in yard area for Khan

-must have hardwood floors (or something other than carpet. Otherwise, I never quite feel like it's clean.)

-Must have a kitchen I want to cook in.

-Not too many "dark" walls. I feel gloomy under dark paint.

Husband's Criteria is:

-Must be a 30-minute drive at most from the job site

-Must have a coffee shop or library nearby and a "community" feel for Wife to go read on the lonely days before finding work so she won't be crazy and mad when he comes home from work(not that I ever get that way :)
-Must be a safe neighborhood

-Must have outdoor storage for lawn care equipment and man tools :)

On our weekend wanderings, we accidentally stumbled upon Husband's work site. It has been cleared for construction (he's building a high school) and check out those mountain views! I told him I am going to bring picnic lunches for him and his coworkers! He said no.

Ah well, more to come in the next month on the house-hunting process!