Welcome to Our New Home

This is a picture of our new home in Floresville Texas, which was actually taken before we moved in.  It is not a brand new home, but as you can see, not much had been done for landscaping.  This is what we had for a start when we arrived in mid-May.
Now a two story house was not in our plan, but we had both agreed that we could consider a second story, if the master bedroom was downstairs. This is a 4 bedroom house with the master bedroom downstairs.  The master bedroom also has a very large bathroom and 3 closets... a linen closet, a miscellaneous closet and a large walk-in closet.  The master bedroom, with all its amenities, won me over.  There is a bathroom upstairs with the 3 additional bedrooms.  A two car garage is accessed from the back side of the house, and there is room for a small garden. Did I say that we have two porches?

The house is situated in a sub-division on a golf course, only a couple miles from the center of our little town.  It is a quiet neighborhood with a multitude of choices for safe places to walk or ride our bikes.
Moving is lots of work no matter what condition the house is in.  This house was not bad considering renters had been its occupants for many years.  Lots of cosmetic work, inside and out, will have to be done, but in the process we will be able to make this our house... hopefully our home for many years to come. Ron asked if I had documented any of the work we have done so far, and other than a few pictures I have taken here and there... I pretty much have not. 
I figure that we are not that far into this whole new adventure, and that if I start now to try posting our progress... not only will you be able to see what is going on, but we will have something to look back to for reference.